TEMPLE LAW TRIAL TEAM WINS

The National Trial Team finished its season by winning the ABA's National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition in Chicago this weekend. Winning all five of its rounds, the team placed first among twenty schools including American, Brooklyn, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, St. John's and Wisconsin.

Members of the team are Chris Mattioli, Jeremy Menkowitz, Jennifer Welsh
and James Zoll. Chris Mattioli was named "Best Advocate in the
competition" and "Best Cross-examiner in the final round." The team was
coached by Jennifer Brettschneider, Esq. (Philadelphia District Attorney's
Office), Prof. Carrie Cinquanto, Director, LLM in Trial Advocacy and Prof.
Maureen McCartney, Director of Trial Advocacy Programs.