Twelve Emory Law students have been designated as Kessler-Eidson Scholars for their excellence demonstrating trial advocacy skills this past May. Based on the evaluations of the Trial Techniques faculty and their performance during the final jury trials, they were recognized to be the top performing students out of the entire Class of 2025. These students are: 

• Josh Blackman
• Lane Cannon
• Claudia Cornelison
• Grace Driskell
• Shyanne Kelly
• Bailey Lowe
• Aryssa S. Mansfield
• Malinda Sees McLeod
• Wesley Reed
• Lilly Renaud
• Myriyah Wells
• Maximilian Zekowski

The Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, founded in 1982, is an important part of the Emory Law curriculum. As a mandatory course for our students during their 2L year, it includes a series of spring workshops and a one-week intensive program in May, which culminates in a simulated jury trial. The largest trial advocacy program in the country, it has been awarded the Emil Gumpert Award for excellence in the teaching of trial advocacy by the American College of Trial Lawyers. The program integrates second-year students’ knowledge of substantive evidence law with practical skills in a “learning-by-doing” format, all under the watchful eye of renowned trial lawyers, judges, and trial skills teachers who travel in from all over the country to teach Emory’s students.