Elite
UPDATE: JSL entered the elimination round ranked 4th of 8. We lost in a close contest to Chicago-Kent. (Cheers to Kile.) Despite the exit, our students received a great result on their brief. The competition rests on oral advocacy in court but also on a written legal brief. Our brief won 2d place in the entire competition, probably a more impressive result than being in the Final Eight teams. Go team.
Yesterday, JSL's team in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition continued its historic campaign in our inaugural outing. Our students continued their streak with victories over Chapman (Los Angeles) and Texas Tech (Lubbock).
Today, they suffered their first loss against the University of Georgia's A Team by a margin of .333 points out of an available 100 points. My student on the team said by email, "Oh well, I guess that's payback for knocking out their other team at regional." That's the spirit.
Despite the loss, the JSL team advances by a comfortable margin into the elimination round of Eight. That is, JSL is among the last 8 standing from a field of 178 teams from over 150 ABA law schools. Our three students have risen from the ranks of about 150,000 law students to take their place in some mighty high cotton.
More updates as they proceed.
Yesterday, JSL's team in the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition continued its historic campaign in our inaugural outing. Our students continued their streak with victories over Chapman (Los Angeles) and Texas Tech (Lubbock).
Today, they suffered their first loss against the University of Georgia's A Team by a margin of .333 points out of an available 100 points. My student on the team said by email, "Oh well, I guess that's payback for knocking out their other team at regional." That's the spirit.
Despite the loss, the JSL team advances by a comfortable margin into the elimination round of Eight. That is, JSL is among the last 8 standing from a field of 178 teams from over 150 ABA law schools. Our three students have risen from the ranks of about 150,000 law students to take their place in some mighty high cotton.
More updates as they proceed.
posted by JRB at 1:24 PM
6 Comments:
Here's a fair analogy: Harding makes the jump from NCAA Div. II into Div. I-AA. Harding then makes the play-in game of the NCAA national basketball tournament, then makes it to the Elite Eight.
Looking forward to watching the highlight reel on Court TV
Nothing like a few back to back episodes of "CourtCenter" to really get me going in the morning. I really appreciate the way they cover everything from the latest national and state Supreme Court stuff to the minor leagues of ABA school competitions.
I rarely see "SportsCenter" covering the NAIA or the Minor Leagues.
Nice work; you guys will only get better...
Congratulations. That's some real bragging points. And it's sweeter because people didn't know who you were when you got there. Now they do.
Congrats to the team and to JSL. In all seriousness, you guys need to hype this up as much as possible. This is great PR for a little school and goes a long way to show the potential law student what you already knew: you have great Prof's and smart kids.
Oh, and props to Chicago-Kent!
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