Charleston Law hosts Court-Martial Challenge

Charleston School of Law hosted the second annual Charleston Court-Martial Challenge in collaboration with the United States Coast Guard. Over 30 JAG Officers from every branch of the U.S. Military came to judge the competition. We ran four preliminary rounds between Friday and Saturday and then cut to the semi-finals and Finals on Sunday afternoon.

The rounds resulted in an evenly split tally between the Government and the Defense, with 29 ballots for the Government and 28 for the Defense. In the end, the Government broke the ballot tie with the University of South Carolina’s win for the Government over Baylor’s defense team in the final round.

Charleston Law was honored to host this exciting event. Please join us in congratulating the following teams and their advocates for their awards:

• First Place – University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law
• Second Place – Baylor University Law School
• Third Place – University of Alabama School of Law
• Fourth Place – Fordham University School of Law

The South Carolina team won the following individual awards:

• Best Advocate of Preliminary Round: Christina Harding, University of South Carolina
• Best Advocate of Preliminary Round: Julienne Stefen, University of South Carolina
• Best Advocate of Preliminary Round: Meredith Antley, University of South Carolina
• Best Advocate of Final Round: Christina Harding, University of South Carolina