Belmont University College of Law’s Mock Trial team recently traveled to Lousiville, Kentucky to compete in the American Association of Justice Regional Tournament. Two teams of students including Zac Barker, Will Blackford, Whitney Hickerson, Jeff Walker, Paul Fata, Kiersten Jodway, Mario Knox and Summer Melton participated in the weekend’s competitions.
Fata, Jodway, Knox and Melton advanced to the final round and went on to secure the regional championship. They will go on to compete in the National Tournament. Led by Professor Caple Shaw and Dayne Geyer, Belmont’s Mock Trial Team has been to the final round of this regional tournament for the past four years, bringing home the championship title three of the four times.