Second-year law student Crystal Uebelher is the winner of the third annual Best Brief Award conferred by the UW Law School’s Communication and Advocacy Program.

Uebelher’s work was selected for the honor by two successive panels: three practicing attorneys narrowed the field from 22 submitted briefs down to five, and three law professors then chose the winning work from among the five.

Finalists in the Best Brief Competition, in addition to Uebelher, were Curt Clausen, Andy Meehan, Ann Pikus, and Matthew Wheeler.

Uebelher’s trial-level brief deals with a child-support modification order. She received a plaque commemorating the award from Dean Kenneth B. Davis, Jr., in a ceremony on January 29, 2006, in the Dean’s Suite. Also attending were Uebelher’s Legal Writing instructors Emily Kokie and Virginia Hayes; and Professor Susan Steingass, Director of the Communication and Advocacy Program, of which Legal Research and Writing is one component.

Submitted by on February 7, 2006

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