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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 9, 2022

A number of Tennessee law schools brought home honors in various competitions this spring. Two Belmont College of Law moot court teams competed in the ABA Appellate Advocacy Competition. One team was named regional finalist while the other took the regional championship. Duncan School of Law students also participated in the ABA competition with wins for the third oral advocacy round and the school’s first individual advocacy award. One team also advanced to the semifinals, missing the finals by one ballot. University of Tennessee College of Law students won for the best draft agreement at the Jaffe Transactional Law Invitational hosted by Wayne State University Law School. And Vanderbilt Law School students won the Bass Berry & Sims Moot Court Competition with one student receiving the Best Oralist Award and two others receiving the Best Brief Award.