Alaina Richard and Harrison Smith, winners of the fall 2015 Opening Statement Competition
Congratulations to Alaina Richard and Harrison Smith, winners of the fall 2015 Opening Statement Competition. The Opening Statement Competition is an intra-school competition exclusively for second-year students. It is designed as an introduction to trial advocacy skills for second-year students interested in participating in LSU’s Flory Trial Competitions and various external traveling competition teams.
Thank you to the following who served as judges for the competition: Lindsay Blouin (’12), East Baton Rouge Public Defender’s Office; Professor Jeffrey Brooks; LaToya Jordan (’10), Long Law Firm; and Joshua Newville (’12) East Baton Rouge Public Defender’s Office.
