Brenau University Mock Mediation Tournament
Results,
October 9 and 10, 2009
The Seventh Annual Brenau University Mock Mediation
Tournament was held on October 9 and 10, 2009 at Brenau University.
Following an excellent training in mediation and Advocacy skills
conducted by Mr. Richard Calkins, noted author and mediator from Des
Moines, Iowa, students from Brenau University, Middle Tennessee State
University and the University of North Carolina, Charlotte participated
in a three round tournament. The rounds were judged by members of the
bar association who do mediation, local mediators from the 9th District
ADR office, as well as Brenau University faculty and staff who have had
mediation training. The team results were that a combined team from
Brenau finished first, a team from Brenau finished second, and a team
from MTSU finished third. Individually, Brenau student Michelle Gibbs
captured first place in the mediator portion of the competition and
Brenau students Lisa Changadveja, Charmaine Gilmore and Mercy Changwesha
finished second, fourth and fifth respectively. Brenau students Leigha
Roberts, Vicky Davis Changwesha, Gibbs, and Changadveja, received
outstanding advocate/client awards. Finally, Brenau student Lisa
Changadveja received the top individual award, the Elizabeth Baumgardner
Peacemaker Award for her outstanding work as both mediator and advocate.
It was the seventh year that Brenau University team has hosted this
invitational tournament, one of the regional invitational tournaments
that lead to the National Intercollegiate Mock Mediation Tournament to
be held in Chicago, Illinois on November 5 and 6, 2009.
