Marlyn. E. Lugar Trial Association
Officers:
President
Matthew Chapman
Vice President
Jimmy Haslup
Secretary
Laura Wakim
Treasurer
Daniel Funk
Trial Coordinator
Jeffrey Gustafson
Trial Membership Chair
Nathaniel Griffith
Co Faculty Advisor
Associate Dean & Prof. Marjorie McDiarmid
PH: (304) 293-6821
Co Faculty Advisor
Prof. William Rhee
Purpose: The purpose of this organization is to establish a fitting edifice to a great educator and instructor (Marlyn E. Lugar) of trial practice who was an outstanding and dedicated member of the trial bar; and to further academic excellence and professional competence in the field of trial advocacy. Members are selected at the end of their first year of law school by lottery. First-year students serve as jurors for each of the trials. Second-year students serve as witnesses and bailiffs. Third-year students serve as the attorneys in each case. Three sets of trials are held each year. In the fall, the third year teams compete in two rounds for the places on the traveling trial advocacy team. In January and February, all students are invited to participate in the West Virginia Invitational Trial Advocacy Tournament. Students from all three years of law school compete in an intense, multi-round competition for the Lugar Cup.