Moot Court Team Takes Home Honors

UC Davis Moot Court Teams won several honors. Danny Barak '06 and Chad Mahalich '07 represented UC Davis School of Law at the 16th Annual National First Amendment Moot Court Competition and was runner up among 40 teams of students from law schools across the United States. More than 200 attorneys, professors, federal and state judges, and legal scholars judged the preliminary rounds and final rounds.

"The performance of these student advocates gives me great optimism for the future of the profession," said 10th Circuit Judge Deanell Tacha.

Tiffany Villager who, as First Amendment Center research director, spearheads the Moot Court program, said: "The level of oral advocacy was impressive and of the highest quality. It always inspires me to see the level of dedication and professionalism these law students from across the country put into this First Amendment Moot Court competition."

In addition, Chad Greeson '07 and Jenica Wilkins '07 won best brief award and second place in the Manne Moot Court Competition for Law and Economics at George Mason University Law School in Virginia and Andrea Fazel '06, Melissa Schutz '07 and Teri Ann Kezirian '07 took second place in the National Sexual Orientation Moot Court Competition at UCLA Law School.

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