National Trial Competition finals set

The Texas Young Lawyers Association's National Trial Competition heats up later this week with the national finals scheduled to start on Thursday morning in Dallas.

The two teams advancing from each regional competition (which took place in early February) are:

Region 1 (Conn., Me., N.H., R.I., Vt.):
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Yale Law School

Region 2 (N.Y.):
Syracuse University College of Law (2 teams)

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

Region 4 (Md., Va., D.C.):
Regent University School of Law
William & Mary Law School

Region 5 (Ga., N.C., S.C., Tenn.):
Georgia State University College of Law
Wake Forest University School of Law

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

Region 7 (Ky., Mich., Ohio):
Salmon P. Chase College of Law Northern Kentucky University
University of Kentucky College of Law

Region 8 (Ill., Ind.):
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago-Kent College of Law
Northwestern University School of Law

Region 9 (Iowa, Minn., Mo., Wis.):
Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (2 teams)

Region 10 (La., Tex.):
South Texas College of Law
Texas Tech University School of Law

Region 11 (Ark., Colo., Kan., N.M., Okla.):
Oklahoma City University School of Law
University of Denver Sturm College of Law

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