Third-year students (l. to r.) Casey Wofford, Taylor Stablein and Mona Abboud finished as semifinalists at the National Moot Court Competition in New York City. The trio also went undefeated at their regional tournament in Atlanta. The National Moot Court Competition features more than 150 accredited law schools participating in this prestigious annual tournament involving more than 1,000 students.
Third-year students (l. to r.) Emily Wood, Garfield McIntyre and Hannah Ryninger finished as semifinalists at the 2025 Hicks Thomas LLP Moot Court National Championship with Cole Harper (J.D.’22) serving as coach. Additionally, McIntyre was named best advocate of the competition. This annual invitation-only tournament is reserved for the top 16 moot court programs from law schools across the country based on performances from the previous academic year.
Third-year student Drake Jones (second from right) was named best advocate at the National Trial Competition while he and his teammate, second-year student Dresden Day (second from left), finished as semifinalists and were named the most professional team. Second-year students Ethan Thomas (left) and Brianna House (right) served as witnesses. Jeremy Dailey (J.D.’14) and Haley Kairab (J.D.’22) coached the team. Administered by the Texas Young Lawyers Association, this year’s competition attracted more than 300 teams from at least 150 law schools nationwide.
LL.M. students (l. to r.) Fabienne Teller, Danish Ali, Samuel Kuo and Paria Kermatkhah won the LL.M. International Commercial and Investment Arbitration Moot Competition under the coaching of former Dean Peter “Bo” Rutledge and third-year student Gloria Correa (LL.M.’23). This event was created specifically for LL.M. students to foster the study of international arbitration for the resolution of international business and investment disputes.
Second-year students Taylor Hoying (left) and Kero Gadelrab won their American Bar Association National Appellate Advocacy regional competition. They were coached by Holly Pierson (J.D.’96) and third-year students Taylor Stablein and Garfield McIntyre.
Third-year student Drake Jones was named an inaugural Academic All-American Trial Advocate by the National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators. Jones is one of 20 students nationwide to receive the honor, which recognizes students who have had exemplary success in courtroom advocacy competitions, modeled good leadership and fellowship within the law school community and excelled academically.
Jones also represented UGA at the Top Gun XVI National Mock Trial Competition, an elite, invitation-only tournament for law schools that have excelled at mock trial tournaments during the past year.
