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DEANDRE BELL
Student, Dillard University
"I started telling my family that I wanted to run for President, and Barack Obama has been a big influence for me in terms of doing that. The man did it all. He was a lawyer. Naturally, it's some shoes that I'd like to fill."
ANDY VIZCARRA
Student, St. Mary's University
"The point is that you have to keep fighting. You cannot stop fighting, the entire way. It's like we're bleeding in practice so we don't bleed in competition."
JUSTIN PETEREIT
Student, University of South Dakota
"You have to find a way to make your style fit with what you're trying to accomplish."
TYLER VOLESKY
Student, University of South Dakota
"I don't know what your stereotypes about South Dakota people are, but, I've never hunted. I don't fish. I don't camp. I don't hike. On a cold day in early November, the last thing I want to do is be in a field at seven o'clock in the morning when it's 32 degrees out."
JASMIN OLGUIN
Student, St. Mary's University
"It means a lot to show that I can do well, and I can do as well as my other peers, you know, being a Hispanic woman."
BAYLIE MORAVEC
Student, University of South Dakota
"It's fun watching a case come together. And then it's fun listening to what someone else has done and then flipping it on them. It sounds a little mean, but it's fun to just tear something apart."
MATT SKINNER
Student, University of South Dakota
"What appeals to me is the overarching justice system and the fact that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Whereas, that's how it's written. But, in society, that is not the case."
PHIL PASQUARELLO
with guest, Attorney, Battle of the Experts Trial Competition Director.
"There's nothing like coaching a team. Every decision that you make as a team affects every facet of everything you're doing. There'll be times where I'm getting ready for bed and thinking, 'That theme we're using, I think that's going to be polarizing. I'm having second thoughts.'"
MARIELA ENCINAS
Student, St. Mary's University
"Your honor, opposing counsel, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. She couldn't escape. She wanted to leave, but, she couldn't. He would not have it. So, instead, he killed her."
BRAEDON HOUDEK
Student, University of South Dakota
"A lot of being a lawyer is being prepared, keeping your cool, and always coming back to the facts of the case."
WILLIAM MURRAY
Student, University of South Dakota
"My favorite takeaway from trial team is being able to stand up and get your point across to a jury effectively."
ELIE HONIG
with guest, CNN Senior Legal Analyst, former federal and state prosecutor, bestselling author
"Getting people to flip is really the name of the game when it comes to the mob. That is how you're going to make your big cases."