Delaware Law Students Capture First Place at the Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition
Delaware Law School is celebrating a major national victory as students Kylie Lovelace, Damon Edwards II and Jayden Velazquez captured first place at the 41st annual Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Moot Court Competition, held recently at Brooklyn Law School.
In addition to the team’s overall win, Velazquez earned the competition’s top oralist award. The team’s success was strengthened by the guidance of coach and adjunct professor of law, Joshua W. Brownlie, whose leadership helped refine arguments and prepare the advocates for the rigor of national‑level competition.
The Jerome Prince competition honors the legacy of Dean Jerome Prince, a leading evidence scholar and author of “Richardson on Evidence,” and is recognized as one of the nation’s premier forums for evidence‑focused appellate advocacy. Hosted each spring by the Brooklyn Law School Moot Court Honor Society in Brooklyn Heights, New York, the competition brings together teams from across the country to brief and argue a contemporary evidentiary issue before panels of distinguished judges and practitioners.
This victory marks the Moot Court Honor Society’s second national championship of the semester, following its first‑place finish at the Domenick L. Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Competition at Albany Law School. In this highly competitive environment, Delaware Law’s team excelled across all rounds, demonstrating exceptional command of evidentiary doctrine, written advocacy and oral argument. This national victory reinforces Delaware Law’s growing presence in appellate advocacy and highlights the talent, professionalism and collaborative spirit that define its students.