Mercer University School of Law successfully defended its title as the champion of the Attorney General’s Cup in the Second Annual Legal Food Frenzy – a competition to help feed the hungry in Georgia. In a friendly competition against the state’s other law schools to see which could gather the most food for Georgia’s food banks, Mercer Law School gathered more than any other school. In all, the School gathered 8,037 pounds of food, or 22 pounds per student, to help support the Middle Georgia Community Food Bank, which is more than double the total from last year. This effort is part of a statewide food drive organized by the Georgia Attorney General’s Office and the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, which will help provide food for the state’s seven regional food banks.

Mercer’s team of second year students Christiane Cochrane, Geoff Bard and Catherine Bishop competed in the John J. Gibbons National Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition and took home the award for Best Respondent’s Brief. The competition was hosted by Seton Hall Law School in Newark, New Jersey on March 23-24. Mercer’s team advanced to the quarterfinals before losing a close match to Ohio Northern Law School.