Every year, Alabama Law students, along with their faculty coaches and other supporters, prepare for and compete in dozens of moot court competitions across the country, going head-to-head against competing law students and honing their advocacy skills.
Two of those teams, the Carol Andrews ABA National Appellate Advocacy Team, coached by Assistant Dean Anita Kay Head, and the Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, coached by Professors Clare Ryan and Dan Joyner, advanced to the national and international rounds of their competitions, respectively.
Andrews ABA National Appellate Advocacy
The Carol Andrews ABA National Appellate Advocacy Teams of Jason Carlton, Grant Hershbine, Justin Heydt, Sarah Frances Jackson, Madeline Martin, and Joe Zenick competed in the ABA NAAC Regional in Boston. Both three-student teams advanced through preliminary rounds and both knockout rounds, and the team of Hershbine, Heydt, and Jackson will compete in the National Rounds in Chicago.
Pictured: Justin Heydt, Faculty Coach Anita Kay Head, Jason Carlton, Joe Zenick, Student Coach Davis Boland, Grant Hershbine, Sarah Frances Jackson, and Madeline Martin
Jessup International Law
The Jessup International Law Moot Court Team of Bella Hopkins and Thomas Blackwell (for the Applicant), Amara Rivera and Andrew Weisenfeld (for the Respondent), and Yuqiao Hu (memorialist and of counsel for both sides) competed in the Jessup National Competition in Atlanta, where they ranked #10 in the nation out of more than 90 teams. The team will represent Alabama Law and the United States in the International Rounds in Washington, DC.
Pictured: Bella Tompkins, Thomas Blackwell, Yuqiao Hu, Amara Rivera, Andrew Weisenfeld, and Faculty Coach Clare Ryan