Judy Shammo ‘15 Wins Best Oral Advocate Award in 2013 National Pretrial Competition Preliminary Round
Judy Shammo, a second-year student at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law, received the Best Oral Advocate Award during round two of the sixth annual National Pretrial Competition held October 10 through 13 at Stetson University College of Law's Gulfport campus in Florida.
Shammo was judged the best of 80 competitors in the preliminary rounds of the invitational tournament, which is designed to capture the essence of pretrial motion practice. The competition is sponsored by Stetson's Center for Excellence in Advocacy.
Shammo earned an undergraduate degree in political science with minors in Spanish and sociology from DePaul University.
The IIT Chicago-Kent team comprising Shammo, Laura Henneman '15, Rob Kohen '14 and Lucas Peters '15 was coached by Joseph Carlasare '12, Lindsay Gephardt '12 and Rachael Sinnen '11.
Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is celebrating "125 years of distinctive legal education." IIT Chicago-Kent 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. U.S. News & World Report this year ranked Chicago-Kent's trial advocacy program among the top five in the country. IIT Chicago-Kent won National Trial Competition championships in 1988, 2007 and 2008.
