McBride '09 and Osofsky '09 Triumph at ABA Negotiations Competition
Sarah McBride '09 and Jeffrey Osofsky '09 went undefeated in head-to-head competition at the American Bar Association National Negotiation Competition in Boston February 13-14 to achieve the UC Davis School of Law's best-ever showing in the national contest. The King Hall team competed against 24 regional winners emerging from 224 teams participating in regional contests across the United States and Canada in the fall of 2008. Though McBride and Osofsky were never bested in any round of the competition, final rankings were determined by point totals assigned by judges, which resulted in a second-place finish for the Law School and a one-point victory for the Northwestern University School of Law team.
McBride and Osofsky were grateful to Professor Donna Shestowsky for her coaching throughout the tournament, as well as to Professor Dylan Malagrino, the members of the Moot Court Board, Ben Bartlett ‘09, Monica Baumann ‘09,Walter Biggart ‘09, Joey Boufadel ‘09, Jose Cervantes ‘10, Michael Djavakhyan ‘09, Megan Bruce ‘09, Jeff Edwards ‘09, James Litwinovich ‘09, Jamie Kitano ‘09, Nabil Bisharat ‘09, Alex Kallis '09, and Yuri Kvichko ‘10, and others who helped them prepare. McBride and Osofsky, who had readied themselves for the competition by rising early in the morning in order to acclimate to Eastern Standard Time, also expressed thanks that they will not "have to get up at 3 am anymore."