Cameron Rentschler, 3L, Jordan LaPorta, 2L, Carl Madden, 2L, and Karman Gaines, 2L, won first place in the Southeast regional of the American Association of Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition in Birmingham. The team was the number one seed after the three preliminary rounds and beat Cumberland in the semifinals and Emory in the final round to take first place. The team now advances to the national finals in Philadelphia on April 11-14, where they will face the winners of the 14 other regional competitions. Alabama’s second team of Ed Hines, 2L, Charles Stakely, 2L, Mark Williams, 3L, Stephanie Avant, 2L, and Reed Norris, 2L, also had a good showing, taking sixth place among the 18 teams competing. Both Alabama teams received outstanding coaching from Robert Prince (’74), Clay Hornsby (’88), and Grace Prince (’17).
