Finalists for National Trial Competition announced

The Texas Young Lawyers Association has announced the 28 teams that will meet in San Antonio March 25-28 to compete for the top prize at the National Trial Competition. The two teams from each region to advance are:

Region 1 (Conn., Me., N.H., R.I., Vt.):
Suffolk University Law School (2 teams)

Region 2 (N.Y.):
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University
Syracuse University College of Law

Region 3 (Del., N.J., Pa., W. Va.):
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Villanova University School of Law

Region 4 (Md., Va., D.C.):
American University Washington College of Law
University of Virginia School of Law

Region 5 (Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn.):
University of Georgia School of Law (2 teams)

Region 6 (Ala., Fla., Miss.):
Samford University Cumberland School of Law
University of Mississippi School of Law

Region 7 (Ky., Mich., Ohio):
Ave Maria School of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law

Region 8 (Ill., Ind.):
Chicago-Kent College of Law (champions in 2007 and 2008)
Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Region 9 (Iowa, Minn., Mo., Wis.):
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School

Region 10 (La., Tex.):
Baylor Law School (2 teams)

Region 11 (Ark., Colo., Kan., N.M., Okla.):
University of Arkansas School of Law
University of Colorado Law School

Region 12 (Idaho, Mont., Neb., N.D., Or., S.D., Wash., Wyo.):
University of North Dakota School of Law
University of South Dakota School of Law

Region 13 (Nev., N. Cal.):
Stanford Law School
University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Region 14 (Ariz., S. Cal., Utah):
Loyola Law School Los Angeles
Southwestern Law School

Congrats to the advancing teams, and good luck in San Antonio. Can Chicago-Kent be the first school in history to three-peat??? Loyola Los Angeles (2005 & 2006), Temple (1998 & 1999), and Stetson University College of Law (1989 & 1990) are the only schools other than Chicago-Kent to pull off back-to-back wins...