The football team broke Bulldog hearts earlier this year, but now the University of Georgia has earned the law school equivalent of a national championship.

UGA law school's team won the national South Texas Mock Trial Challenge and the Intrastate Moot Court Competition. These wins bring the total national titles for UGA for the 2017-18 season to three, in addition to a coveted state title, the university announced Monday.

“Our South Texas mock trial team was outstanding from the start, and they just got better and better with each and every round,” law school director of advocacy Kellie Casey said in the news release.

Law school Dean Peter B. “Bo” Rutledge cheered the winners and said their successes “demonstrate the law school's commitment to preparing its students for real-world practice while connecting them to professionals and leaders in the legal community—who in this case serve as competition judges—through a variety of different opportunities.”

One of those competition judges is Georgia Court of Appeals Chief Judge Stephen Dillard, who has been bragging on the teams to his 12,000 Twitter followers (@JudgeDillard).

Third-year law student Lauren E. Lutton, and second-year law students Shanice Echols, Robert Harrison II and C. Daniel Lockaby, captured the national title in the 2018 South Texas Mock Trial Challenge, UGA announced. Lutton was recognized for her oral argument skills in the preliminary rounds and was named the best advocate for the final round.

The UGA Law team was undefeated in the competition, beating teams from the law schools at Georgia State University, Campbell University, University of Missouri at Kansas City and Charleston Law School.

This is the second consecutive year that UGA has won this national competition and the third time in five years that Georgia has brought home the championship trophy.

In the 2018 Intrastate Moot Court Competition, second-year law students Anna C. Braue, Thomas Grantham and Timia Skelton beat teams from Georgia State University in the final and semifinal rounds to bring home the state title.

All four law schools in Georgia field two teams in this annual Peach State courtroom rivalry. UGA's second team included second-year law students Dymond Anthony, Cliffton Jacques and Conner Rose.

“Winning the state trophy is always special to our advocacy program, as the state of Georgia has the most competitive moot court teams in the country,” Casey said. “We are glad to have the championship trophy back in our trophy case!”

UGA last won this tournament in 2016, and in the last 10 years UGA has captured the state title seven times.

The other national advocacy titles won this academic year include the 8th Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition and the 2018 Charleston School of Law National Moot Court Competition.