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February 26, 2016

Bodie Colwell Coaches Maine Law’s Duberstein Moot Court Team to Victory at Northeast Regional

Bodie Colwell led one of the University of Maine Law School’s Duberstein Moot Court teams to a first place win on Saturday, February 20 at the first annual Northeast Regional Duberstein Tournament in Boston. Students Kristy Hapworth and Ryan Woodward celebrated their victory after rigorous preparation with Bodie, who.is an alumna of both the University of Maine Law School and the Duberstein Moot Court Team.

The regional tournament, sponsored jointly by the American College of Bankruptcy and the American Bankruptcy Institute had two Maine Law teams competing against teams from Boston University and Suffolk University. The competitors argued a hypothetical Supreme Court appeal addressing complex problems of bankruptcy jurisdiction.

Bodie’s team will join 55 others to compete at the National Hon. Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition in New York City on March 4-7, 2016