University of Wisconsin Law School third-year student Nenye Uche won Best Attorney honors at the Fourth Annual Bay Area Invitational Mock Trial Tournament hosted by Stanford Law School on January 27-28, 2007.

Only eight participants are chosen to receive the Best Attorney Award, which is based on number of points accumulated. Uche received the second highest total of points. More than 50 attorneys from the Bay Area served as judges.

The UW Law School Mock Trial Program sponsored three teams of four students each at the event. This is the first time that non-California teams have been invited to compete, the only other out-of-state team being from Georgetown University Law Center.

"The UW Law School Mock Trial program has grown tremendously in recent years," noted the program’s director, Professor Susan Steingass. "The students have achieved through hard work a level of professionalism, preparation and presentation seen in the best of lawyers. Nenye Uche is an outstanding example of this. He earned his award by dint of hard work and his own forensic talents. He earned it against mock trialers from the likes of Stanford, Berkeley and Hastings. He does us all proud by his achievement which, in the end, is also the University of Wisconsin Law School's."

When reached for comment, Uche responded, "The fact that a UW Law student was one of only eight students selected to receive a Best Attorney Award is a testament to the strength of the University of Wisconsin Mock Trial Program. It was in no way a solo effort. Our coaches are some of the best trial lawyers in the nation and they did an excellent job in preparing us for the competition. In addition, my teammates are some of the best mock trialers in the country and I learned a great deal from them. This honor goes to the University of Wisconsin Law School."

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