Centers of Excellence
DanK.Webb
Center For
Advocacy
Last year’s highlights
Loyola enjoyed record success in advocacy competitions this past year (also see page 17):
• National trial competition —
The Philip H. Corboy Fellows won the WilliamW. Daniel
National Mock Trial Competition and the ABA National Criminal Justice Competition,
and were regional champions of the American Association for Justice Trial Competition
and national finalists at the National Trial Competition.
• National champions —
Loyola moot court teams were national champions of the
National Health Law Moot Court Competition, the Appellate Lawyers Association Moot
Court Competition, and the J. Braxton Craven Moot Court Competition.
• International competition —
Making strides in international competitions, Loyolans
finished as semifinalists in the International Academy of Dispute Resolution International
Law School Mediation Tournament in Dublin.
• 36th Annual Loyola Intraschool Moot Court Competition —
Meghan Murray (2L)
won the 36th Annual Loyola Intraschool Moot Court Competition, at which Judges
Diane Wood and William Bauer, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit,
and Virginia Kendall (JD ’92), US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, served
as competition judges.
Other highlights included the conferences “Women in Litigation” and “Law and Neuro-
psychology.” This year’s Philip H. Corboy Lecture in Advocacy, “The Life and Legacy of
Phil Corboy,” was delivered to a packed courtroom by Dan Kotin (JD ’91). Continuing its
longstanding partnership with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Loyola
hosted several NITA advocacy training programs this past year, including the Midwest
Regional Building Trial Skills program.
Faculty excellence
Barry Sullivan, Loyola’s Cooney and Conway Chair in Advocacy, was named the inau-
gural Arthur Cox Visiting Research Fellow at Trinity College, University of Dublin, where
he taught during the spring semester. Loyola’s Distinguished Practitioner in Residence
William Elward (BA ’82, JD ’93) was named NITA program director last fall.
Loyola’s Dispute Resolution Program, directed by former Chicago litigator Teresa Frisbie,
continues to expand. Last year, the law school hosted several cutting-edge programs,
including “Advanced e-Discovery Mediation Training” with the American College of
e-Neutrals, “Practical Applications of Neuroscience in Mediation and Negotiation” with
the Association for Conflict Resolution, and “Mediation Skills for Collaborative Lawyers”
with Brigitte Schmidt Bell PC.
What’s next
New courses for fall 2013 include an arbitration workshop and a mediation certification
course in which Loyola students will mediate actual cases in Cook County courts.
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The Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy reflects Loyola’s long
tradition of producing some of the most effective trial and appellate
lawyers in Chicago and across the country. Under the leadership
of Director Zelda Harris and Assistant Director Megan Canty, the
center’s comprehensive curriculum offers courses in trial advocacy,
appellate advocacy, and dispute resolution. Students also have
opportunities to compete in regional, national, and international
competitions—where Loyola teams routinely take top honors.
AVAILABLE COURSES
DEVELOP
ADVOCACY AND DISPUTE
RESOLUTION SKILLS.
LAW STUDENTS EARNED A
CERTIFICATE IN ADVOCACY
IN 2013.
ADVOCACY COMPETITION
CHAMPIONSHIPS
WENT TO
LOYOLA STUDENTS IN THE 2012–13
ACADEMIC YEAR.
Loyola’s nationally recognized advocacy program prepares students
to be highly effective in the courtroom.
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