Published on April 7, 2022  
Elena and Walker
Cumberland School of Law’s National Negotiation Team members, Elena Cassinelli and Walker McCrary, both second-year students, reached the semifinals of the Transatlantic Negotiation competition sponsored by Syracuse Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law School and Queens Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Belfast, Ireland. The global competition featured teams from 16 countries, 15 American states, five continents, and spanned 15 time zones.
 
Cassinelli and McCrary competed against teams from the National Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Juridicial Science in Kolkata, India, the Symbiosis Law School in Hyberdad, India, Newcastle Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Tyne, England, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.
 
They were coached by Ben Warren ’18, Kevin Bufford ’17, Dylan Martin ’21 and Thomas Thorneycroft ’20.
 
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