Pepperdine Wins Civil Trial Competion

A team of Pepperdine Law School students were the winners of the 5th annual National Civil Trial Competition hosted by the Loyala Law School in Los Angeles.

Over 50 law schools applied for places in this year's contest, which involved arguing a hypothetical case in which a journalist alleged that a private investigator had threatened him in ways that kept him from pursuing his work.

Students from 4 law schools competed in the semi-final round of the competition. The schools were Pepperdine, Loyala, the University of Maryland School of Law, and St. Johns' University School of Law. The final round came down to St. John's and Pepperdine.

Loyala began the National Civil Trial Competition in 2002, with sponsorship by the Santa Monica, California-based law firm of Greene Broillet & Wheeler. The competition gives second- and third-year law students a chance to develop and demonstrate their civil litigation skills.

16 law schools were selected to send teams to this year's competition. In addition to the semi-finalists and finalists mentioned above, they were:

The University of Akron School of Law
The Brooklyn Law School
The University of Buffalo Law School
The University of Denver College of Law
The George Washington School of Law Center
The University of Houston Law Center
Loyola University Chicago
The South Texas College of Law
The Stetson University College of Law
The Syracuse University College of Law
The Temple Law School
Washington University in St. Louis

Source: "Pepperdine Law School Wins Loyola Law School's 5th Annual National Civil Trial Competition," press release, Loyala Law School (Los Angeles, CA), November 13, 2006