Pace Law Advocacy Program

SPOTLIGHT!!! We are proud to present our distinguished honorees who will be awarded at this year’s Gavel Gala! Congratulations and thank you for all that you do for our program! Tickets are selling fast!!

Tickets to this years Gavel Gala can be found here: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1655/bp20/interior.aspx?sid=1655&gid=2&pgid=2993&cid=6808

Tickets for our Gavel Gala are now available!! Sponsorship opportunities are available. See the website to purchase tickets: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1655/bp20/interior.aspx?sid=1655&gid=2&pgid=2993&cid=6808

Save the date for the Elisabeth Haub School of Law Advocacy Program’s biennial Gavel Gala, Thursday, April 14th, 2022! Join us in celebrating our program's recent success and the contributors who made it possible, as well as our distinguished honorees. The Gala will include a dinner, cocktails, and dancing as well as fundraising opportunities for our program such as a silent auction and wine pull. Students will also have the opportunity to reconnect with upperclassmen as well as network with coaches, judges, and local attorneys. The event will honor coaches and alumni who have made remarkable contributions to their fields and our program over the past two years.
Find more event details here: https://law.pace.edu/gavelgala2022

Join us for our third workshop Wednesday, September 29 where we will have Professor Jared Hatcliffe and our Internal Competitions Director Marlene Geerinck discuss the use of Demonstratives in the courtroom.

The Advocacy Honor Board is proud to announce the launch of “The Advocate’s Advantage,” a blog created with the assistance of Professor Jared Hatcliffe that will provide insight and education on advocacy through an online community.

Subscribe on our website to keep up to date with the blog posts!
https://haubadvocacy.blogs.pace.edu/

Join us for our second Workshop Wednesday before tryouts TOMORROW at 7pm where we will have our Bootcamp Director, Michael Thompson, teach Opening Statements so you can make sure you're prepared for tryouts! Please sign up with the link below and make sure to read the mock trial fact pattern, State v. Blizard, before Wednesday!

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We are excited to announce our new series - Workshop Wednesdays! Throughout the semester, the Pace Law Advocacy Program will be holding various workshops about topics involving advocacy.

Come join us, before tryouts, for our first workshop this Wednesday from 7-9PM! We will have Kayla Kosack teach Cross-Examinations so you can get a head start and make sure you’re prepared for tryouts!

Now that the applications and fact patterns are open for tryouts, please attend our second information session and Q&A where we will answer any and all questions you may have before tryouts! And if you haven’t already, sign up for a time slot to tryout on our TWEN page!

Registration for tryouts for a moot court or mock trial team for the fall and spring is now open!

Please add the "Pace Law Advocacy" TWEN page to access the application and tryout materials.

Tryout dates: July 11th, July 14th, July 17th, and July 18th.

Each applicant must sign up for a 30 Minute time slot under “Sign-Up Sheets” on TWEN. If you would like to tryout for both Mock Trial and Moot Court, you must sign up for TWO consecutive time slots.

You can also submit an application to be a general board member.

Submission materials are due Thursday, July 1st at 11:59 P.M.

Come learn about our top ranking advocacy program at our info session tomorrow!

We are thrilled to announce that the Pace Law Advocacy Program is ranked the 24th best Trial Advocacy Program in the nation in 2021!

Each year, the U.S. News and World Report ranks the nation’s trial advocacy programs based on their performance in national or regional competitions and advocacy training. We are so unbelievably proud of our advocates!

We also want to take this time to thank our coaches, alumni, advisors, and Advocacy Program Director!

As the 2020-2021 academic year has come to a close, the Pace Law Advocacy Program is pleased to announce the newly selected Advocacy Executive Honor Board that will serve for the 2021-2022 academic year:

Executive Directors: Kiefer Campbell, Mattison Stewart, and Regina Rubino
Managing Directors: Angelo Spedafino and 'Kye' Krittika Shah
Internal Competitions Directors: Marlene Geerinck and Michaela Petersen
External Competitions Director: James McLaughlin
Bootcamp Directors: Kayla Kosack and Michael Thompson
Fundraising & Alumnin Relations Directors: Alanna Mecca and Dounea Elbroji
Mock Trial Skills Directors: Alex Towey, Alina Rizhinashvili, and Juan Rodriguez
Moot Court Skills Directors: Justin Bennion, Lili Caparosa, and Omar Youssef

Interested in trying out for a Mock Trial or Moot Court team next year? Learn more about the Pace Law Advocacy Program at our zoom info session Wednesday, May 19 @ 5:30 PM!

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