For the second year in a row, the University of Wisconsin Law School has won the annual fall Dean’s Cup competition with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

At the official celebration ceremony in the Law School atrium on October 17, 2007, Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis, Jr., pronounced a victory toast. Representing the Med School were Deans Robert Golden and Patrick McBride. All deans remarked on the good-natured spirit of the competition, which raises funds for local charities and fosters camaraderie between students of the two schools.

In final events of the month-long competition, the Law School clinched the change drive with $780, to be donated to the Rape Crisis Center of Madison, while the Med School emerged victorious in the blood drive. The Med School won the 5K run in both men’s and women’s divisions, while at the final picnic, the Law School captured victories in dodge ball and arm wrestling (both men’s and women’s), thus sealing the title.

Entertainment at the picnic was provided by a Med School rock band, which was received with approbation by both sides.

The annual Dean's Cup competition between the schools of law and medicine originated in 1995, when a group of student organizers borrowed the idea from a similar competition at the University of Miami. The UW students added the distinctive Wisconsin element of a charitable component.

Submitted by on October 24, 2007

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