Michael Mariani L’27 Won the Best Cross Examination Award at the Peter James Johnson '49 National Civil Rights Trial Competition 

Michael Mariani L’27 won the Best Cross Examination Award at the Peter James Johnson '49 National Civil Rights Trial Competition. The College of Law team of Hannah Boyer ’24, G’27, L’27, Mariani, Sydney Schappell L’27, and Julia Wheeler L’27 were quarterfinalists in the competition. Brent Dadey L’07 coached the team.

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Two men and three women in business attire standing in front of a sign.
From left, Brent Dadey, Hannah Boyer, Sydney Schappell, Michael Mariani, and Julia Wheeler

The team competed through multiple rounds on both sides of a civil fact pattern based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. This year’s problem was D.A. Scully v. Utopia, a case involving claims for employment discrimination and retaliation.