2005 National Student Trial Advocacy Competition
Endowed by Baldwin & Baldwin, L.L.P.

What is the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition?

The Baylor Law School Students Win National Mock Trial Competition!

West Palm Beach, Florida (April 11, 2005) – Paul Bailiff, Robert Little, Gabe Head, and Meredith Black-Matthews formed the amazing team from Baylor Law School which won the national "mock trial" competition sponsored by the American Association for Justice (AAJ).

Known as the annual AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition (STAC), the mock trials began in February in 14 cities where 223 teams from 138 schools faced each other regionally. The top team from each region advanced to the finals competition held April 7 - 10 in West Palm Beach, Florida. The national finals winning team and their coach will receive free airfare, hotel accomodations, and registration to the AAJ Annual Convention in Toronto, Canada, July 23-27, where they will be honored.

Listed below are the standings of the top-placed teams for the 2005 National Finals Competition. Congratulations to all teams!

1st PLACE
BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL
Waco, Texas

2nd PLACE
ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Jamaica, New York

SEMI-FINALISTS
WASHBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Topeka, Kansas

BARRY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Orlando, Florida

QUARTER-FINALISTS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF LAW
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
Akron, Ohio

CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW
Birmingham, Alabama

DUQUESNE SCHOOL OF LAW
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

For more information about the competition, contact Sondra Stephenson, Manager, Law Student Services, at 800-424-2725, ext. 372, or 202-965-3500, ext. 372 or sondra.stephenson@justice.org.