Bill Text: TX HR2477 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring The University of Texas School of Law on winning the national championship in the 2011 John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2477 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2477-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2477 |
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WHEREAS, The University of Texas School of Law has won the | ||
2011 John L. Costello National Criminal Law Trial Advocacy | ||
Competition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Hosted this year by George Mason University School | ||
of Law in Fairfax, Virginia, from February 10 through 13, the | ||
Costello competition differs from many other mock trial contests in | ||
that each school represents only one side of the case, and unknown | ||
facts and witnesses are revealed as the competition progresses; the | ||
UT Costello mock trial team represented the prosecution in its case | ||
against a hypothetical 21-year-old woman charged with DWI and | ||
involuntary manslaughter; and | ||
WHEREAS, Members of the UT Costello competition mock trial | ||
team were third-year students Robert Clopton and Lauren Sprouse and | ||
second-year students Tony McDonald and Bryan Acklin; coaching the | ||
team were Jay Adkins, a 1982 UT law school alumnus who serves as an | ||
assistant attorney general in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of | ||
the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, and Ciara Williams, a | ||
2007 alumna of the law school who maintains her own practice in | ||
Austin; the team was sponsored by the UT law school Advocacy | ||
Program; and | ||
WHEREAS, This year is the first time that The University of | ||
Texas has participated in the Costello competition and also the | ||
first time that Mr. Adkins and Ms. Williams have coached an | ||
interscholastic mock trial team; and | ||
WHEREAS, The members of the UT Costello mock trial team | ||
showed great poise and skill, winning each round of the competition | ||
before beating the team from Catholic University in the final round | ||
to bring home the national title; and | ||
WHEREAS, In honor of the Costello mock trial team and The | ||
University of Texas School of Law Advocacy Program, The University | ||
of Texas lighted the entire tower in orange on the night of April | ||
20, 2011, and displayed the number 1 in white lights on each side of | ||
the building; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Costello competition demands rigorous | ||
preparation and outstanding persuasive skill, and the members of | ||
the UT team may indeed take justifiable pride in their impressive | ||
achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor Robert Clopton, Lauren Sprouse, Tony | ||
McDonald, Bryan Acklin, Jay Adkins, and Ciara Williams and The | ||
University of Texas School of Law Advocacy Program on winning the | ||
national championship in the 2011 John L. Costello National | ||
Criminal Law Trial Advocacy Competition and extend to the team | ||
members and coaches and all those associated with the Advocacy | ||
Program sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Christian | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2477 was adopted by the House on May | ||
30, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||