Student Team Wins Trial Competition Regional

A razor-sharp Berkeley Law team recently won the San Francisco regional round of the American Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Student Trial Advocacy Competition. Winners Veliz Perez ’13, Collin Tierney ’14, Ciara Mittan ’13, and Kristen Corpion ’13 will advance to the national finals in Miami Jan. 28-29, 2012. Berkeley Law Director of Professional Skills David Oppenheimer said the team, coached by Carolyn Zabrycki ’08 and Stephanie Clark ’11, “showed levels of poise, polish, and cooperation that are rare among all but seasoned trial attorneys. The judges called our team’s performance in the final round ‘amazing’ and ‘outstanding.’”