(L to R): Ron Smith (Director of the Competition); Judge Cheryl Johnson, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Hon. Edmund Ponce De Leon, Cook County Circuit Court; Stephen Komie, Esq., Chicago; and the members of the University of Georgia School of Law first place team: Megan Jones, Nick Walter, Kellie Casey Monk (coach), Andrew Speaker and Joshua Belinfonte.

Megan Jones of University of Georgia School of Law receives the "Best Advocate" award from Albert Krieger (L), Chair of the Criminal Justice Section of the ABA and Prof. Ronald C. Smith (R), Director of the Competition.

The Harvard team receives the Second Place Finalist award from ABA Criminal Justice Section Chair Albert Krieger (far L.) and Competition Director Ronald C. Smith (far R.). The Harvard participants are (L. to R.): faculty advisor Soffiyah Elijah, Cassie Dick, Leo Wise, Matthew Zisow, Vanessa Buch, and faculty advisor Stacey A. L. Best.
Harvard won the Competition in 1992, and has been a second place finalist or a semifinalist on five other occasions.

The Championship Round - Harvard's Leo Wise (center) cross-examines Georgia's Joshua Belinfonte.

Opening Statement - Andrew Speaker (Georgia) speaks, Albert Krieger and Judge Ponce De Leon listen.

Megan Jones of University of Georgia conducts the direct examination of the witness, Nick Walter, portraying Jamie Byrnes (the owner of the drugstore which sold the poisoned aspirins).

Cassie Dick of Harvard cross-examines the University of Georgia witness, Nick Walter.

Leo Wise of Harvard shows Megan Jones and Andrew Speaker of Georgia the next exhibit.

The evaluators (L to R): Hon. Cheryl Johnson, Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals; Albert Krieger, Esq., 2002-2003 Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section; Hon. Edmund Ponce De Leon, Presiding Judge, Third Municipal District, Circuit Court of Cook County, IL; Stephen Komie, Esq., Chicago, Member of the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association; John Clitheroe, Esq., London, England, former Chair of the International Bar Association Section Six [Criminal Justice]; with John Marshall Law School Professor Ronald C. Smith, Director of the Competition.