The Best Brief Competition is an annual event in which the Legal Research & Writing faculty select the best briefs written by their students. The winner is chosen by a panel of Wisconsin attorneys and a panel of law school faculty.
2018 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Trina Tinglum; Winner Sarah Wertz, Class of 2020; Dean Margaret Raymond.
Previous Winners
2017 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Sarah Hadjimarkos; Winner Lindsey Rose Klarkowski, Class of 2019; Dean Margaret Raymond.
2016 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner; Winner Laura E. Schroeder, Class of 2018; Dean Margaret Raymond.
2015 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner; Winner Joseph S. Diedrich, Class of 2017; Dean Margaret Raymond.
2014 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner; Winner Catherine E. White, Class of 2016; Dean Margaret Raymond.
2013 Best Brief Winner - 1L
Dean Margaret Raymond; Winner Daniel Poniatowski, Class of 2015; LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner.
2012-2013 Best Brief Winner - 2L
LR&W Professor Timothy Barber; Winner Bryce A. Schoenborn, Class of 2014; Dean Margaret Raymond.
2011 Best Brief Winner
Dean Margaret Raymond; Winner Brian McCall, Class of 2013; LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner.
2010 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Deborah Moritz; Winner David W. Staple, Class of 2013; Dean Kenneth B. Davis.
2009 Best Brief Winner
Winner Kyle Fry, Class of 2011; Dean Kenneth B. Davis; LR&W Professor Mullen Dowdal.
2008 Best Brief Winner
Winner Ryan Masse, Class of 2010; LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner; Dean Kenneth B. Davis.
2007 Best Brief Winner
LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner; Winner Emily Gold, Class of 2009; Dean Kenneth B. Davis; Susan Steingass, (former) Director of Communication & Advocacy Program
Not pictured: Deborah Moritz, spring semester LR&W Professor.
2006 Best Brief Winner
Dean Kenneth B. Davis; Winner Eric Huston, Class of 2008; LR&W Professor Margaret Baumgartner.
2005 Best Brief Winner
Susan Steingass, (former) Director of Communication and Advocacy Program; Winner Crystal Uebelher, Class of 2007; LR&W Professor Virginia Hayes; Dean Kenneth B. Davis; LR&W Professor Emily Kokie.
2004 Best Brief Winner
Winner: David Connally, Class of 2006
LR&W Professors: Virginia Hayes, fall semester; Scott Peterson, spring semester.
2003 Best Brief Winner
Winner Laura Schulteis, Class of 2005; Susan Steingass, (former) Director of Communication and Advocacy Program; Dean Kenneth B. Davis.
Not pictured: LR&W Professors Joy Burkholder, fall semester, and Shunette Campbell, spring semester.
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