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If winning is a crime, NIU’s mock trial team is guilty. At the American Mock Trial Association’s opening round of the championship series (ORCS) held this month in Geneva, the Huskie team was named as one of six “Outstanding Trial Teams” and finished with the third best overall record. Their prowess in the courtroom earned...
The NIU College of Law team advanced to the quarterfinals of the Midwestern Regional Jessup International Moot Court Competition, held from Feb. 4 through Feb. 7 at Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. NIU Law students Nick Atwood, Christine Beaderstadt, John McWard and Lucas Park were coached by professors Heidi Kuehl and Annie Mentkowski....
The verdict is in on NIU’s mock trial team, and they’re guilty of winning. At the American Mock Trial Association regional competition held last month in Joliet, an NIU mock trial team went undefeated and advanced to the national tournament for the first time in the university’s history. “We’ve made remarkable strides since the beginning...
The NIU mock trial team finished fifth out of 14 teams during a recent University of St. Francis Invitational. NIU finished ahead of such teams as Notre Dame, DePaul and the University of Illinois-Springfield. Junior Joel Heilmann, NIU’s team captain, was awarded an “outstanding attorney award,” while Mike McCarthy won an “outstanding witness award.” “Student...
