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title: 'Alabama Law Team Wins First Place at Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition'
date: '2025-03-27T10:33:42-05:00'
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# Alabama Law Team Wins First Place at Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition

![Tionna Tate, Professor Susan Donovan, and Claudia Bonney Amamoo](https://law.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Moot-Court-Comp-11-684x1024.jpg)*Tionna Taite, Professor Susan Donovan, and Claudia Bonney Amamoo*At the 57th Annual National Black Law Students Association Convention in Atlanta, 3Ls Claudia Bonney Amamoo and Tionna Taite represented Alabama Law in the Nelson Mandela International Negotiations Competition, where they competed against 16 other teams from around the country. The team was seeded first after each round, and finished in first place.

The team was coached by Professor Susan Donovan and received assistance in practice rounds from Assistant Dean Cassandra Adams, Monroe Clayton (’26), Raine Cook (’23), and Kyra Perkins (’23).