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Third Best Brief, 2007 Aba National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Shunta R. Harmon, Leslie B. Horne, Rebecca M. Thornhill
Third Best Brief, 2007 Aba National Appellate Advocacy Competition, Shunta R. Harmon, Leslie B. Horne, Rebecca M. Thornhill
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The ABA Law Student Division's National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) emphasizes the development of oral advocacy skills through a realistic appellate advocacy experience. Competitors participate in a hypothetical appeal to the United States Supreme Court. The competition involves writing a 40-page brief as either respondent or petitioner and then arguing the case in front of the mock court. This year the teams argued the case McCarthy v. United States, a fictional appeal, to the Supreme Court.
Second-year students Shunta R. Harmon, Leslie B. Horne and Rebecca captured the regional championship and third best brief. Third-year student Stephen A. Shea and …