The “Gold” team includes Benjamin McArthur (from left to right), Rochelle Bogle, Samantha Jacobsen, and Lauren Watson.
The “Purple” team includes Craig Chrisman (from left to right), Damian Olvera, Eliza White, and Lance Harvey.
An LSU Law ABA Arbitration team placed as a Regional Semifinalist in a competition held at the South Texas College of Law in Houston on Nov. 11-12.
Two LSU Law teams competed at the regional competition. The “Gold” team consisted of Rochelle Bogle, Samantha Jacobsen, Benjamin McArthur, and Lauren Watson, and placed as one of the top four teams. The “Purple” team included Craig Chrisman, Lance Harvey, Damian Olvera, and Eliza White.
Both teams were coached by Professor Jeff Brooks, Advocacy Fellow Charles Watkins, and Board of Advocates member Mitchell Williams.
The ABA Arbitration Competition is sponsored by the ABA’s Law Student Division, and it simulates an arbitration hearing. The competing teams prepared and presented a full arbitration case, including opening statements, witness examinations, exhibit introductions, evidentiary presentations, and summations. This year’s case file involved a dispute between the parent of a child with special needs and a school district as to the extent of the services that the school district must provide to the child.
