Matt Easterwood Named Best Advocate at Statewide Trial Competition
The Stetson University College of Law Trial Team won the Florida Bar
Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition for the second year in a
row on Jan. 18 in Miami.
This is the 17th time the team has won
the competition. Student teams from eight Florida law schools competed.
Stetson’s
team of Matthew Easterwood, Johanna Castellon, Anthony Wilson and
Rachael Wood defeated students from the University of Florida in the
final round of the state-wide competition. Matt Easterwood was selected as the Best Advocate at the competition.
Also competing were
Andrew Hill, Ann Fiddler, Petra Risco-Adam and Tony Perez.
Stetson
professor and trial team program director Professor Lee Coppock coached
the winning team with former trial team member John Grant III.
“Stetson
is honored to win another top spot in this premier annual competition,”
said Professor Coppock. “We strive to train our students to be
outstanding advocates and professionals."
Stetson has won first
place in more national-level trial competitions than any other law
school in the nation and has consistently ranked as a top law school for
trial advocacy by the U.S. News & World Report since it started
rankings.