Loyola Law School and Greene Broillet & Wheeler Announce Schools That Will Compete in Its 8th Annual National Civil Trial Competition

Loyola Law School (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) and Greene Broillet & Wheeler (Los Angeles Defective Product Personal Injury Attorneys | Serving Southern California Accident Victims | Nationwide Representation) are pleased to announce the law schools selected to compete in the 8th annual National Civil Trial Competition (NCTC) which will be held November 12-14, 2009 in Los Angeles. They include: California Western School of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, University of Maryland School of Law, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, South Texas College of Law, Stetson University College of Law, Suffolk University Law School, St. Johns University School of Law, Syracuse University College of Law, University of Akron School of Law, University of Alabama School of Law, University of Buffalo Law School, and University of Houston Law Center.

Loyola Law School Prof. Susan Poehls created the NCTC, and the first competition was held in 2002. Since its inception, Greene Broillet & Wheeler has exclusively sponsored the event. By invitation only, the NCTC gives law students an opportunity to develop and display the skills of a successful civil litigator.

Thirty-five law schools vied to participate in the NCTC, considered one of the top-tier law school trial advocacy competitions in the United States. The preliminary elimination rounds will begin on Thursday, November 12 in downtown Los Angeles at the U.S. Federal Courthouse. The semi-final and final rounds will be argued at Loyola on Saturday, November 14. The NCTC is judged by prominent members of the Los Angeles bar; and past judges have included Federal District Court Judge Dickran M. Tevrizian, Jr., Mark Geragos, Walter Lack, Tom Girardi, Thomas Mesereau, and Greene Broillet & Wheeler partners, Browne Greene, Bruce Broillet, Timothy Wheeler, Christine Spagnoli, Mark Quigley, Geoffrey Wells and Scott Carr.

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