Final Trials for SLU Law Trial Advocacy students

Joan Lockwood is an adjunct professor at Saint Louis University School of Law where she teaches Trial Advocacy to second and third year law students.

The trial advocacy program at SLU Law provides students with an in-depth and comprehensive introduction to the art of courtroom advocacy. At the conclusion of the semester, the law students demonstrate their learning in a half-day final trial. The final trials for the Spring 2026 semester were held on April 12, 2026 at the Carnahan Courthouse in the City of St. Louis.