[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 106 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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 SALUTE TO THE 1994 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA INTERNATIONAL MOOT COURT TEAM

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                           HON. TERRY EVERETT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 4, 1994

  Mr. EVERETT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate the 1994 
University of Alabama International Moot Court Team for having written 
the best brief in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, 
Worldwide. The Dillard Award recognized the best brief, worldwide, 
among hundred of briefs submitted for competition by Moot Court Teams 
from law schools throughout the United States and the world.
  The team members, Ms. Jamie Manasco, respondent oralist, of counsel; 
Mr. John Gilliland, respondent oralist, of counsel; Ms. Christa Hayes, 
applicant oralist, of counsel; Mr. David Overstreet, applicant oralist, 
of counsel; Ms. Paige Carpenter, of counsel; Sonya Powell, team 
manager; and team advisors, Dean Kenneth Randall and Frank Kaprio, 
attorney at law, should be commended for their hard work, dedication, 
thorough research, and brilliant writing. Two members of the team, 
Jamie Manasco and John Gilliland were also awarded the Baxter Award for 
having written the best respondent brief in the Jessup international 
competition.
  Mr. Gilliland is from Montgomery AL; Ms. Manasco is from Birmingham, 
AL; Ms. Hayes if from Gadsden, AL; Ms. Carpenter is from Tuscaloosa, 
AL; Mr. Overstreet is from New Mexico; Ms. Powell is from Virginia 
Beach, VA; Dean Kenneth Randall is from Tuscaloosa, AL; and Frank 
Kaprio is from Huntsville, AL.
  I am proud to pay tribute to these fine young scholars representing 
the University of Alabama, the State of Alabama, and the country as a 
whole. They deserve our congratulations and our best wishes as they 
graduate from law students to jurists, moving forward from this success 
toward their next.

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