Results from Last Year's Challenge
Competition Winners from Fordham Law School
The Stephen S. Weinstein Trial Advocacy Program and the WCL Mock Trial Honor Society hosted the Third Annual Capitol City Challenge Mock Trial Competition at the District of Columbia Superior Court on March 19-20, 2011.
The competitors were evaluated and critiqued by approximately 50 experienced federal and state prosecutors, public defenders, and private practice attorneys. The judges for the final round were Judge Eugene N. Hamilton, former Chief Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court and WCL Trial Advocacy Program adjunct professor, Katherine Winfree, Maryland's Deputy Attorney General and WCL Trial Advocacy Program adjunct professor, Karl Pilger, managing partner of Boring & Pilger, P.C. and WCL Trial Advocacy Program adjunct professor, and Gregory Hillyer, partner at Feldman Gale.
Fordham Law School's team defeated William & Mary Law School's team in the final round. The "Best Advocate" award in the final round was presented to Benjamin Pred from Fordham. The "Best Prosecution Advocate" award was presented to Brandon Prince from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, and the "Best Defense Advocate" award was presented to Elizabeth Quirk from the Georgetown University Law Center. Competition semi-finalists were teams from the Drexel University, Earle Mack School of Law, and the John Marshall Law School.
