The competition was organised by Naples Bar Association vice-presidents Gabriele Esposito, Alfredo Sorge and Hillary Sedu, according to ANSA and Il Mattino. It centres on the value of oral advocacy in legal proceedings.
The simulated trial concerns the material perpetrators of the killing of Judge Rosario Livatino, according to ANSA.
According to Il Mattino, the five admitted lawyers are Gaetano Passante, Vincenzo Maria Scafa, Roberta Ceriello, Fabrizio Porciello and Mariacaterina Coiro.
ANSA presents the prize as part of Naples’ legal and cultural tradition and as one of Italy’s oldest and most distinguished forensic-oratory competitions. Il Mattino gives the same description.
