UH Law Students Channel Contracts Cases for Halloween Fun

From L to R: Professor Elizabeth Trujillo stands to the far left of the winners of UH Law’s contracts-inspired costume contest for UHLC students– Skyler Bohnert who won third place; Imaan Karachiwalla and Tara Porras who took second place; Erin Eldridge and Madison Arora who scored first place with Professor Aman Gebru.

Oct. 31, 2025 — University of Houston Law Center professors Aman Gebru and Elizabeth Trujillo combined Contracts law with Halloween creativity for a Contracts-themed Costume Contest and Review Session. A camel with sunglasses, human-sized contractual forms battling each other, and a judge in proper robes and white wig were among those who made an appearance.

This UHLC tradition has an educational purpose. “While a lot of fun, the primary purpose of the contest was to review the core concepts and cases covered in our contract classes,” said Gebru, assistant professor of law who started the contest four years ago. “This was achieved because each student with a costume or those guessing in the audience had to explain the rule of law behind their costumes.”

This year’s contest featured 23 participants and 15 costumes.  The winners:

• First prize went to Erin Eldridge and Madison Arora who dressed as a camel holding “Camel Cash,” referencing Sateriale v. R.J. Reynolds, a case involving a tobacco company’s advertisement deemed to form a valid offer.
• The second place winners, Imaan Karachiwalla and Tara Porras wore boxing gloves and sported fake battle wounds to represent “Battle of the Forms” between Count Dracula’s Night Supplies, LLC and Werewolf Trading Co., illustrating complicated concept of conflicting boilerplate terms.
• Third place was awarded to Skyler Bohnert who played a drunk Adrian Zehmer from the famous Lucy v. Zehmer, involving a disputed contract signed while intoxicated and unsuccessfully claimed to be a bluff.

The faculty also joined the fun. Trujillo dressed as Chief Baron Pollock from Raffles v. Wichelhaus, a case of mixed identities of two ships called “Peerless,” while Gebru portrayed the “Improbable Pilot” in the PepsiCo ad from Leonard v. PepsiCo, a case involving a Harrier jet displayed as being on offer, which the court declared a joke as opposed to a serious offer.

Besides reinforcing contract law lessons, the costume contest gave hardworking law students a chance to unwind and enjoy some Halloween cheer.

University of Houston Law Center’s Section C brought the Halloween spirit to Contracts class with lineup of creative, law-themed costumes for students and faculty. Learning the law in a fun way!

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