IIT Chicago-Kent advances to the national finals of the AAJ Student Trial Advocacy Competition
The IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law team of Michael Glink '14, Laura Henneman '15, Lucas Peters '15 and Valerie Raedy '14 have won the regional championship and will represent the law school in the national finals of the American Association for Justice's (AAJ) 2014 Student Trial Advocacy Competition.
IIT Chicago-Kent defeated law school teams from DePaul, John Marshall, Valparaiso, Marquette and Loyola University Chicago in the regional tournament held March 20 to 23 in Chicago. The winning team will join first-place teams from 13 other regions in the national finals April 10 to 13 in Santa Monica, California.
Team member Michael Glink received a degree in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Teammate Laura Henneman graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a major in journalism and a minor in political science. Teammate Lucas Peters received a degree in sociology from San Francisco State University. Teammate Valerie Raedy graduated cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in government and music from Lawrence University and Conservatory. The team is coached by Patricia Sudendorf, director of the LL.M. Program in Trial Advocacy for International Students; adjunct professor David Lavin; Joseph Carlasare '12; Jon Neuleib '02; and Erik Wilson '12.
The American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) is a broad-based, international coalition of attorneys, law professors, paralegals and law students.
Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, a private, Ph.D.-granting institution with programs in engineering, psychology, architecture, business, design and law. IIT Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy teams have won numerous individual student honors and regional and national competitions. The most recent U.S. News & World Report ranked IIT Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy program sixth in the country.
