National Trial Team Wins Regional Championship

February 23, 2009 - Congratulations to the National Trial Team, which has successfully defended its Region III championship title in the National Trial Competition, held at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, PA.  With this victory, Temple Law has won the Region III championship for twenty-one years straight.

In this weekend's competition, Temple students defeated teams from Dickinson, Duquesne, Penn, Rutgers-Newark, Seton Hall, Villanova, West Virginia, Widener-Delaware, and Widener-Harrisburg.  The winning team consisted of Priya DeSouza '09 and Jeff Goodman '10.  Mr. Goodman won additional honors when he was awarded the John J. Scott Memorial Plaque as "Best Advocate in the Final Round."

In the double bracketed competition, a second team of Tanasha Bennett '10, Amanda Dougherty '10, and Rahul Munshi '09 finished as regional semi-finalists after being edged out by a team from Dickinson.

The teams are coached by Alex Gosfield, Esq.'08 of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP; Elizabeth Lippy, Esq.'03 of Rubin, Glickman, Steinberg & Gifford; and James Zoll, Esq.'06 of the Montgomery County District Attorney's office.

The National Trial Team travels to Texas on March 25, 2009, to compete for the National Trial Championship against the twenty-four winners and runners up from the other twelve regional contests.  Temple teams have won the national championship three times and finished second three times in the past fourteen years.