{"586722":{"#nid":"586722","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mock Trial Team Defends Championship at Seminole Smackdown Tournament","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Mock Trial (GTMT) \u0026ldquo;A\u0026rdquo; team finished in first place at the 2nd\u0026nbsp;Annual Seminole Smackdown Invitational, which was held January 28 - 29 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe tournament included nationally competitive teams from Brown University, Millsaps College, and the University of Florida. Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s A team finished the weekend with a record of 6-2, winning the tournament for the second year in a row.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to winning the tournament, the team was honored with the Spirit of American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMock Trial activities are situated within the Pre-Law Program in the\u0026nbsp;Ivan Allen College\u0026nbsp;School of Public Policy and overseen by program director Robert Pikowsky. The team is coached by\u0026nbsp;attorneys Andy McNeil (Public Policy 2001) and Will Warihay.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Mock Trial (GTMT) \u0026ldquo;A\u0026rdquo; team finished in first place at the 2\u003Csup\u003End\u003C\/sup\u003E Annual Seminole Smackdown Invitational, which was held January 28 - 29 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Mock Trial (GTMT) \u201cA\u201d team finished in first place at the 2nd Annual Seminole Smackdown Invitational, which was held January 28 - 29 at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. "}],"uid":"28513","created_gmt":"2017-01-31 20:50:11","changed_gmt":"2017-01-31 20:51:00","author":"Daniel Singer","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-01-31T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"586723":{"id":"586723","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Mock Trial at the 2017 Seminole Smackdown Invitational","body":null,"created":"1485895843","gmt_created":"2017-01-31 20:50:43","changed":"1485895843","gmt_changed":"2017-01-31 20:50:43","alt":"Georgia Tech Mock Trial at the 2017 Seminole Smackdown Invitational","file":{"fid":"223596","name":"gtmt.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtmt.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtmt.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":164829,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtmt.jpg?itok=PqUFZiSz"}}},"media_ids":["586723"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.georgiatechmocktrial.com","title":"Georgia Tech Mock Trial"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172510","name":"GTMT"},{"id":"171829","name":"mock trial"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.894.1720\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}