By Janek                                              H.C.R. No. 58
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                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, Students from South Texas College of Law have
 1-2     brought honor to their school by winning the national championship
 1-3     trophy at the 49th Annual National Moot Court Competition, and this
 1-4     outstanding accomplishment is truly worthy of special praise; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Affiliated with Texas A&M University, South Texas
 1-6     College of Law emerged victorious for the second time in five years
 1-7     in this annual event sponsored by the Association of the Bar of the
 1-8     City of New York and the American College of Trial Lawyers; and
 1-9           WHEREAS, The competition began with 205 teams from 144 law
1-10     schools, with only 28 advancing to the national finals held in New
1-11     York City; before defeating The University of Texas School of Law
1-12     in the championship round, South Texas College of Law bested teams
1-13     from the University of Nebraska, Williamette University, the
1-14     University of Kansas, Georgia State University, and Southwestern
1-15     College of Los Angeles; and
1-16           WHEREAS, A panel of judges from the 2nd Circuit, federal, and
1-17     New York Court of Appeals officiated the final contest and they
1-18     presented the South Texas College of Law team with five awards,
1-19     including the Russell J. Coffin Fund Award, the John C. Knox Award,
1-20     the American College of Trial Lawyers Award, and the WESTLAW Award;
1-21     and
1-22           WHEREAS, This triumphant team consisted of Twila Grooms, who
1-23     received the Marian and Bernard Botein Award as the individual best
1-24     advocate, Brent Cordell, and Kevin Cain; they were ably prepared
 2-1     for this demanding event by their coach, Professor T.  Gerald
 2-2     Treece, assisted by former national champion advocates Rob
 2-3     Galloway, Mary-Olga Ferguson, and Sean Breen; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, The dedicated members of the South Texas College of
 2-5     Law team have distinguished themselves as formidable litigators,
 2-6     and for claiming the national championship trophy at the 49th
 2-7     Annual National Moot Court Competition they have achieved a feat
 2-8     that is indeed worthy of recognition; now, therefore, be it
 2-9           RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-10     hereby honor the members of the South Texas College of Law team for
2-11     earning first place at the 49th Annual National Moot Court
2-12     Competition and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued
2-13     success in the years to come; and, be it further
2-14           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-15     prepared for the South Texas College of Law team as a token of high
2-16     regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.