Stetson Law Trial Team Still Winning...

Below is the press release from Stetson University College of Law concerning the victory of its trial team in the Florida Bar's Mock Trial Competition concluded in Miami on January 19. Our beloved "Redington Pirate" is standing next to Arturo Rios who is holding the trophy along with other team members Angie Torrents and Senovia Lance. Congratulations to Stetson Law and the Pirate!
The winning trial team and Florida Bar members and President-photo courtesy The Florida Bar

Stetson Law trial team wins the Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition in Miami Jan. 19

January 25, 2006
Contact: Brandi Palmer
Communications Specialist
(727)562-7381

Gulfport, Fla. - The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team won The Florida Bar Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition for the 16th time on Jan. 19 in Miami.

Stetson’s team of Arturo Rios, Angie Torrents, Senovia Lance and the Redington Pirate defeated students from Florida State University in the final round of the state-wide competition.

Rios was named Best Advocate for the competition. Judge David Demers, Susan Demers, Creighton Shafer and Professor Roberta Flowers coached the winning team.

“This is a premier, annual statewide competition and Stetson has won more than half of the total competitions,” said Professor Lee Coppock, who directs the trial team program. “The trophy is deservedly coming home this year.”
Coppock, a Stetson grad, was part of the trial team that won the Chester Bedell trophy in 1996.

In November, a Stetson Law trial team won both first and second place at the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers 2005 Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition and won first place at the 15th Annual Cathy Bennett National Criminal Trial Competition.

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Stetson University College of Law is Florida’s first law school. It has educated lawyers for more than a century and offers continuing legal education programs for regional, national and international audiences. Stetson is tied for first in advocacy and third for legal research and writing by the 2006 U.S. News & World Report national rankings and is the headquarters for the National Conference of Law Reviews.