Center for Advocacy & Dispute Resolution
The Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution will help prepare you to become an outstanding advocate, whether your career takes you to the courtroom, the boardroom or beyond. In 2010, U.S. News & World Report ranked our Advocacy Program #5 among the leading programs in the nation. The reason for that ranking is due in large part to the success of our outstanding Mock Trial and Moot Court teams, which consistently win awards in national competitions.
The Center has provided training programs around the globe, including in Chile, Italy, Cambodia, Rwanda, Uganda and Kosovo. In fact, we received a $2.1 million USAID grant to train Chinese law professors in experiential teaching.
Our Center's Mission
Our mission is to prepare you to excel as an advocate who can ethically and skillfully represent clients in an array of legal matters.
Our Faculty
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Michael Vitiello, who clerked for three years for Judge J. Sydney Hoffman of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and is active in the campaign to reform California's Three Strikes Law and sentencing laws. |
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Cary Bricker, who was director of the top-rated Trial Advocacy program at Temple University School of Law. |
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Thomas J. Leach, a former trial lawyer who was chair of his firm's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Resources Group and litigated several multimillion-dollar cases settled through Alternative Dispute Resolution techniques. |
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Mary-Beth Moylan, a former civil litigation associate with one of Sacramento's largest law firms. |
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Ed Telfeyan, who has more than 20 years of experience as a litigation and transactional attorney. |
Our Publications
Our faculty have written books used by law schools across the nation.
Our Programs
Our faculty have written books used by law schools across the nation.
- Competition Teams
- Executive Training in Mediation and Negotiation
- Lou Ashe Series
- Books, Movies, Crime and The Law
- Does Law School Really Have to Be Bleak House — or, Why Do We Still Teach Jarndyce v. Jarndyce?
- The Misuse of Other-Acts Evidence Obliterates The Rule Against Convicting on Propensity
- Before It's Too Late — How Can Law Schools Teach and Inculcate the Tradition of Civility
- National Ethics Trial Competition
Our Educational Initiatives
Questions?
Contact Michael Vitiello, Director, Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
Email | 916.739.7323
Contact Cary Bricker, Lecturer in Law, Trial Advocacy
Email | 916.739.7236
Contact Thomas J. Leach , Director, Trial Advocacy & National Ethics Trial Competition
Email | 916.739.7002
Contact Mary-Beth Moylan, Director, Global Lawyering Skills
Email | 916.739.7223
Contact Ed Telfeyan, Moot Court Faculty Advisor
Email | 916.739.7340
