Trial Team
Meet Our Trial Team
Our squad of elite courtroom advocates who train tirelessly to compete in mock trial competition in Florida and across the country. The successes our Trial Team has achieved, including local and national championships and numerous best advocate awards, is a testament to our student and coaching staff’s consistent commitment to excellence and refusal to be outworked.
The Trial Team is composed of second-year, third-year, and evening law students who are selected based on their performance at a rigorous tryout. The team competes in local, state, regional, and national competitions and is engaged both spring and fall semester.
Current Members
Sahara Fonseca
Emanuel Heredia
Kelly Parker (Trial Team Vice President)
Joshua Perez
Annasofia Roig (Trial Team President)
Michael Rojas
Jackson Shuford
Daniel Walker
Competitions & Results
Our Trial Team has participated in the following competitions: The Federal White Collar Crime Mock Trial Invitational, sponsored by the Georgetown Law Barristers’ Council; the AAJ National Student Trial Advocacy Competition, sponsored by the American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America); the Chester Bedell Memorial Mock Trial Competition, sponsored by The Trial Lawyers Section of The Florida Bar; and the Honorable E. Earle Zehmer Memorial Mock Trial Competition, sponsored by the Florida Justice Association. In just over 10 years, our Trial Team students have achieved extraordinary results, including:
2018
Semi-Finalist and Quarter-Finalist, Bedell
2017
Champion, Best Advocate Award, and Three Best Advocate Award Finalists, Zehmer
Semi-Finalist, Regional Competition, AAJ
2016
Champion, Quarter-Finalist, and Best Advocate Award, Bedell
Champion, Semi-Finalist, and Outstanding Advocate Award, Zehmer
2015
Semi-Finalist, Regional Competition, AAJ
Semi-Finalist and Two Best Advocate Award Finalists, Zehmer
2014
Exceptional Advocate Award, Georgetown Federal White Collar Invitational
Semi-Finalist, Zehmer
Quarter-Finalist, Bedell
2013
Quarter-Finalist, Bedell
2012
Champion, Georgetown Federal White Collar Invitational
Second Place, Regional Competition, AAJ
Second Place, Zehmer
Semi-Finalist, Bedell
2011
Semi-Finalist, Zehmer
2010
Fifth Place, Regional Competition, AAJ
2009
Second Place, Zehmer
2008
Champion, Regional Competition, AAJ
Semi-Finalist, Zehmer
2007
Semi-Finalist, Zehmer
2006
Semi-Finalist, Zehmer
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Contact Us
Trial Advocacy Program
- 11200 SW 8 Street, RDB 1010 Miami, FL 33199
- 305.348.8095
- Trial Advocacy Directory