A West Virginia University law student from Culloden, W.Va., Treva Oxley, has won this years prestigious Bakers Cup Competition for successfully arguing a case before the West Virginia State Supreme Court. The justices, on their annual pilgrimage from Charleston, presided over the competition at the WVU College of Law on Tuesday, March 21.
Oxley, a second year law student, and Brian Crockett, from Dunbar, W.Va., competed in a mock trial titled United States of America vs. Chilli Conrad, a case which tested the Miranda Rights ruling.
A lifetime resident of Culloden, Oxley earned a sociology degree in 1994 and a masters degree in occupational safety and health in 1996, both from Marshall University. She is the daughter of Clifford and Linda Oxley of Culloden.
Before coming to WVU , she worked at a domestic violence shelter in Huntington. Oxley is married to Jason Stemple, also a law student. A member of the National Moot Court Team, Stemple was a Baker Cup semifinalist.
Oxley is a member of the National Moot Court Team and the Volunteer Law Clerks Association. This summer, she will work for the Huntington Public Defenders Office.
In honor of her achievement, Oxleys name will be engraved on the law schools Baker Cup trophy. She also will receive $500 and a plaque.
Her competitor, Brian Crockett, is a lifelong resident of Dunbar, W.Va, and a Guilford College graduate with a joint degree in justice and policy studies and history.
Prior to attending law school, he worked for Wachovia Bank in Greensboro, N.C. Crockett is a member of the Moot Court Board, the Black Law Students Association and the Volunteer Law Clerks Association.
He is the son of Daniel Crockett and Robin Johnson of Dunbar.
This summer, Crockett will work for the law firm of Jackson&Kelly in their Charleston office.
He will receive a $350 cash prize and a certificate.
Commemorative certificates also were given to the semifinalists who include: Marsha Hudkins, Fairmont, W.Va.; R.F. Stein, Point Pleasant, W.Va.; Trevor Taylor, Morgantown, W.Va. and Stemple.
Stemple also was named best Oral Advocate. Nathan Chill, from Cross Lanes, W.Va., was named Best Brief Writer.
The Baker Cup Endowment was established in 1980 to award second-year law students cash prizes and commemorative plaques for outstanding legal expertise. The establishment was created by the daughters of Judge George Coleman Baker, a distinguished Morgantown lawyer and 1886 law school graduate.