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2008 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – Hastings College of the Law
Second Place – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Special Merit – University of San Diego School of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Second Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Second Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Oral Argument
Kristin Long – Empire College School of Law
Frankie DiGiacco – University of San Diego School of Law
Christopher Fredrich – Hastings College of the Law
David Hazlehurst – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Britton Lacy – University of San Diego School of Law
Matthew Olson – McGeorge School of Law
Caroline Rath – University of West Los Angeles School of Law
Sarah Jane Fischer – University of California, Davis, School of Law
Joshua Siegel – University of West Los Angeles School of Law
Gavin Gruber – Hastings College of the Law
2007 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Second Place – McGeorge School of Law
Third Place – Empire College School of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place (tie) – Empire College School of Law
First Place (tie) – McGeorge School of Law
Second Place
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – McGeorge School of Law
Second Place – Empire College School of Law
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
2006 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – U.C. Davis School of Law
Second Place – University of San Diego School of Law
Honorable Mention – Hastings College of the Law
Empire College School of Law
U.C.L.A. School of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – Empire College School of Law
Second Place – U.C. Davis school of Law
Third Place – Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – U.C. Davis School of Law
Second Place – Empire College School of Law
Third Place – Hastings College of the Law
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Oral Argument
Katherine Oyama – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Rachele Breglund-Bailey – San Joaquin College of Law
Danny Barak – U.C. Davis School of Law
Sherry Powell – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Anthony Flemmer – Hastings College of the Law
Kraig Jennett – Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Mark Kafka – University of San Diego School of Law
Mark Thuesen – San Francisco Law School
2005 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – Hastings College of the Law
Second Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – San Francisco Law School
Second Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Third Place (tie) – San Joaquin College of Law
Third Place (tie) – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Second Place – Hastings College of the Law
Third Place – University of San Francisco School of Law
2004 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Second Place – Hastings College of the Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – University of West Los Angeles School of Law
Second Place – Empire College School of Law
Third Place tie – California Western School of Law
San Joaquin College of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Second Place – Empire College School of Law
Third Place – Hastings College of the Law
Honorable Mention:
California Western School of Law
U.C. Davis School of Law
2003 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – Hastings College of the Law
Second Place – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Third Place – San Joaquin College of Law
Honorable Mention:
U.C. Davis School of Law
California Western School of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Second Place – Empire College School of Law
Third Place tie – San Joaquin College of Law
U.C.L.A. School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – U.C.L.A. School of Law
Second Place – U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Third Place – San Joaquin College of Law
2002 Winners
Best Oral Argument: The Roger J. Traynor Award:
First Place – U.C. Davis School of Law
Second Place – University of West Los Angeles School of Law
Runner Up – San Joaquin College of Law
Best Brief: The California Academy of Appellate Lawyers Award:
First Place – San Joaquin College of Law
Second Place – Western State University College of Law
Runner Up – Empire College School of Law
Excellence In Appellate Advocacy: The Bernard E. Witkin Award:
First Place – San Joaquin College of Law
Second Place – U.C. Davis School of Law
Runner Up – San Fernando Valley College of Law
