University of Wisconsin Law School Legal Advocacy, Analysis, and Writing professors chose 20 students’ trial briefs for the Spring 2025 Best Brief Competition. The semi-finalists are Yasmeen Asfoor, Justin Barham, Mikayla Bird, Ellie Dellenbach, Conor Green, Isabelle Hoffman, Alyssa Laufenberg, Ariel Leykin, Prescott E. Miller, Lucia Pechloff, Leslie Rapp, Eric Roman-Binhammer, Will Schwegel, Erin Seifert, Emily Smith, Sarah Stout, Dallas Tilley, Lillian VanHandel, Charlie Wied and Stella Yang Zhang. 

This summer, these trial briefs will be read and ranked by a panel of Wisconsin attorneys, who will choose the finalists in the competition. The finalists’ briefs will then be read by a panel of UW Law School faculty, who will choose the winning brief. All the briefs will be anonymous throughout the judging process. The winner will be announced in September.

The Best Brief Competition is an annual event that recognizes outstanding legal writing by first-year law students. This is the competition’s 23rd year. See past winners.

Submitted by Law School News on May 20, 2025

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