USD School of Law 3L Roger Bains ’19 (JD) wins first prize in prestigious Baylor Law “The Closer” National Transactional Law Competition

Roger Bains ’19 (JD) Wins First Prize in Prestigious Competition

SAN DIEGO (January 24, 2019) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law 3L, Roger (Rajdeep) Bains, ’19 (JD), was awarded the first-place prize of $5,000 in the 2019 Baylor Law “The Closer” National Transactional Law Competition held in Waco, Texas on January 17-20. Bains was coached by Dean Stephen C. Ferruolo, faculty advisor to USD’s Transactional Law Team.

2019 was the third year for the prestigious competition, only schools who have previously excelled at the National Transactional LawMeet® or otherwise distinguished themselves in the area of transactional training are invited to compete.  Unlike other transactional law contests, the details of the problem are only disclosed to the competitors twenty-four hours prior to the first round of negotiations.  This tight timeline pushes competitors to identify the legal issues and devise and negotiate solutions that best serve their client's wishes with the efficiency required of lawyers under realistic time constraints.   Bains previously competed and placed second in National Championships the 2018 Transactional LawMeet®.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Irvine.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

Recognized for the excellence of its faculty, curriculum and clinical programs, the University of San Diego (USD) School of Law educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school's faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 36th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 29th nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.