This year’s topic was sports law.
The ABA Law Student Division Negotiation Competition provides a means for law students to practice and improve their negotiating skills. The competition simulates legal negotiations in which law students, acting as lawyers, negotiate a series of legal problems. The simulations consist of a common set of facts known by all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. All of the simulations deal with the same general topic, but the negotiation situation varies with each round and level of the competition.
The national semifinalists were:
- Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law: James Dewey and Madeleine Dobson
- Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School: Shannon Havlicak Grondel and Marissa Paxman Flowerday
National quarterfinalists were:
- Samford University—Cumberland School of Law: Dylan Martin and Allison Lowery
- Boston University School of Law: Megan Miller and Lisa Richmond
- Lewis & Clark Law School: Victoria Muirhead and Stephanie Palomino
- Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law: Ramia Mitchell and Edward Saint-Vil
Other teams competing in the national finals were:
- University of Connecticut School of Law: Bron Tamulis and Joseph Messina
- University of Maryland—Francis King Carey School of Law: Celena Dyal and Garett Unger
- Baylor University School of Law: Alisa Trejo and Christian Carson-Banister
- University of St. Thomas School of Law—Minneapolis: Grant Gibson and Ricardo Johnson
- Brigham Young University—J. Reuben Clark Law School: Brooke Gledhill and Haley Holloway
- Georgetown University Law Center: Bill Jewell and Kelley Kling
- Stetson University College of Law: Huda Awan and Carlton Robinson
- Stetson University College of Law: Alina Acevedo and Kylie Weaver
- Campbell University—Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law: Thomas Harvey and Michael Logan
- Seattle University School of Law: Cameron Martin and Eric Vicente-Flores
- Quinnipiac University School of Law: Jill Durso and Patrick Hoerle
- University of Illinois College of Law: Lauren Eiten and Erin Husi
The ABA thanks all of our competitors, coaches, and host schools for their work on this year’s competition.