Rebeca Puente Chavar L’27 Wins the Hancock Estabrook First Year Oral Advocacy Competition

Rebeca Puente Chavar L’27 prevailed over Nicholas R. Hardy IV L’27 in the 15^th Annual Hancock Estabrook First Year Oral Advocacy Competition.

The competition was judged by the Hon. Thérèse Wiley Dancks L’91, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of New York; S. Alexander Berlucchi L’18, an associate at Hancock Estabrook; Michelle Whitton Cowan L’07, Managing Attorney, AmTrust Financial Services Inc.; and Gabriela Groman L’23, an associate at Hancock Estabrook.

Thirty-three first year students participated in the competition.