On Friday, April 4, the Thomas Jefferson Alternate Dispute Resolution team of Natasha Cluff and Eric Rollason, ably coached by Berend Diderich, Saher Jaberi and Zachary Belinsky placed fourth in the State Bar Environmental Law Negotiation competition. They beat 16 teams from 10 other schools, including Boalt Hall, UC Davis, UC Hastings, UCLA, USF, Whittier, Stanford and Loyola. Only Chapman, Golden Gate and Pepperdine finished ahead of TJSL.

Also competing for Thomas Jefferson were Alicia D'Souza and Bobby Finkle, ably coached by Deepalie Joshi, John Griffith, and Michelle Tran.

The ADR Team Advisor is Professor Paul Spiegleman, who says congratulations to the competitors, the coaches and the entire Thomas Jefferson ADR team for their excellent preparation, teamwork and performance!

Professor Spiegelman also notes that TJSL teams have reached "the final four" five out of the last seven years, winning twice and finishing second twice!

Posted: 4/7/2008