Thurgood Marshall School of Law Mock Trial Teams
Place in Regional Mock Trial Competition

Two Mock Trial Teams of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), Barbara C. Jordan Chapter at Thurgood Marshall School of Law won second and third place in the Mock Trial competitions held January 25-29, 2006, during the Rocky Mountain Region’s 38th Annual Convention in Houston. The semi-finals were held at the Doubletree hotel and the final round of the competition was held at South Texas College of Law.

Second place was won by Team 1, which consisted of all third-year students, including Walter Jones, Chris Elliott, Chanae Connell, and Melissa Morris. Third place was awarded to Team 2. The third-year students comprising Team 2 were Rhoda Adusei, Toria Finch, Beatrice McFarland, and Audra Riley. Kebaru Smith, TMSL alumnus served as the coach for Team 1. Carroll Robinson coached Team 2. Robinson, a TMSL alumnus currently serves as the associate dean in the School of Public Affairs.

Team 1 will travel to Washington, D.C. in late March to represent Thurgood Marshall in the National Black Law Student Association’s Mock Trial Competition.