King Hall Team Advances to Student Trial Advocacy Nationals

Vivienne Pismarov ’22, Ariel Mendlin ’23, Taryn McLaughlin ’23 and Anika Gidwani ’24 emerged as West Coast champions in the prestigious annual Student Trial Advocacy Competition, held virtually March 10-13. The UC Davis Law student advocates have advanced to the April 8 national competition -- the first time a team from King Hall has done so in five years. 

The team achieved victory after facing off against some of the West Coast’s top teams, including UC Berkeley and McGeorge. 

Organized annually by the American Association for Justice, STAC is one of the top mock trial competitions in the country.  

The team is coached by Samantha (Gavin) Drysdale ’15 and Timothy Snowball.

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