B R I E F S
ADVOCACY UPDATES FALL 2020 - SPRING 2021
October 2020
• The Trial Team won the 2020 National All Star Bracket Challenge, a mock trial competition
featuring 64 teams from across the country! Competing members were Tyler Hillier, Hunter
Perez, Ashleigh Taylor, and Katherine Castaner, who took Best Advocate overall.
November 2020
• Dispute Resolution Board members Abigail Dean, Alina Acevedo, Carlton Robinson, Diana
Estrada, Huda Awan, and Kylie Weaver competed at the regional rounds of the American
Bar Association Law Student Division Negotiation Competition. Stetson took both first and
second place, with Alina and Kylie in first and Carlton and Huda in second!
• Carmen Cato, William Linton, and Adam Poe competed in Region V of the 71st Annual
NYC Bar Association National Moot Court Competition. The team advanced to the
regional finals, thereby earning a spot at the upcoming National Finals.
January 2021
• Stetson’s Trial Team won the Chester Bedell Mock Trial Competition for the 25th time in
38 years! Team members were Alicia Roddenberg, Samantha Simmons, Lauren Cleveland,
and Tyler Hillier. Roddenberg was named Best Advocate.
February 2021
• Naomi Robertson and Mary Grace Henley will represent Stetson at the national level
in April 2021 after winning a regional round of the ABA Representation in Mediation
Competition.
• Stetson’s Vis International Arbitration Moot team won the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis
Pre-Moot competition for the 13th time in the 17 years of the pre-moot’s existence! The
team was composed of Robert Cummings, Audrey Gangloff, Melany Hernandez, Joseph
Kim, Brook Somerville, and Andrew Zacherl.
March 2021
Stetson’s Trial Team won the Chester Bedell Mock Trial
Competition for the 25th time in 38 years! From left:
Samantha Simmons, Tyler Hillier, and Lauren Cleveland.
Not pictured: Alicia Roddenberg.
• Dispute Resolution Board members Drew Trautmann and Shannon Walker won the William & Mary Negotiation Tournament. It marked the
fourth time in a row that Stetson has won that tournament.
• For the first time in Stetson moot court history, two Stetson teams won the virtual Washington, D.C., regional ABA Law School Division
National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) and will advance to the national finals together. The team of Frieda Lindroth, Anya Pardy,
and Toria Ryan won Best Brief Award. The team of Christopher Gieger and Jessica Merker beat the top-seeded team in their final round.
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Photo credit: Daniela Gomez
Dispute Resolution Board members won the William
& Mary Negotiation Tournament. Pictured from left:
Coach Allison Belanger, winners Drew Trautmann and
Shannon Walker, and coach Bill Greiner, J.D. ’07.
The 2020 National All Star Bracket Challenge winners
were, from left: Tyler Hillier, Katherine Castaner,
Ashleigh Taylor, and Hunter Perez.
Stetson’s Vis International Arbitration Moot team won
the Richard DeWitt Memorial Vis Pre-Moot competition.
Pictured, from left: Robert Cummings, Audrey Gangloff,
Brook Somerville, Joseph Kim, Melany Hernandez, and
Andrew Zacherl.
Washington, D.C., regional ABA Law School Division
National Appellate Advocacy Competition co-champions
from left: Jessica Merker, Christopher Gieger, Frieda
Lindroth, Toria Ryan, and Anya Pardy.