The John Marshall Law School in Chicago again has been named the national champion at the National Animal Law Competition (NALC) on Feb. 21. John Marshall took first place for the second year in a row in the Advocacy Closing Argument Competition of the 13th NALC held at Harvard Law School.
Online, February 25, 2016 (Newswire.com) - The John Marshall Law School in Chicago again has been named the national champion at the National Animal Law Competition (NALC) on Feb. 21. John Marshall took first place for the second year in a row in the Advocacy Closing Argument Competition of the 13th NALC held at Harvard Law School.
John Marshall student Marco Rodriguez was named national champion in the closing argument competition. Marco was coached by John Marshall alumni, Nicholas Navarro and David Lipschutz. Navarro now serves as a public defender in Will County, Ill., while Lipschutz is an attorney with Markoff Law LLC in Chicago. John Marshall student Sarah Hanneken also competed at the NALC and received an award for "Best Bill and Fact Sheet" in the legislative drafting and lobbying portion of the competition.
For almost a decade, John Marshall Trial Advocacy teams have been leaders at the NALC. Since 2008, John Marshall has either won or placed in the finals at the competition every year except one. In 2015, John Marshall student Adam Bolotin took the top prize in the closing argument contest. The competition is presented by the Center for Animal Law Studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, in collaboration with the Animal Legal Defense Fund.
For more information about John Marshall's nationally award-winning Trial Advocacy and Moot Court programs, please contact Christine Kraly at ckraly(at)jmls(dot)edu.
About The John Marshall Law School
The John Marshall Law School, founded in 1899, is an independent law school located in the heart of Chicago's legal, financial and commercial districts. The 2016 U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Graduate Schools ranks John Marshall's Lawyering Skills Program fifth, its Trial Advocacy Program 16th and its Intellectual Property Law Program 17th in the nation. Since its inception, John Marshall has been a pioneer in legal education and has been guided by a tradition of diversity, innovation, access and opportunity.
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