Victoria Wong '15 Wins California State Bar Real Property Section Student Writing Competition

Victoria Wong '15 is the winner of the California State Bar Real Property Law Section (RPLS) and the RPLS Journal Committee's inaugural RPLS Journal Law Student Writing Competition. Her article, "Mitigating the Ongoing Impact of the Subprime Mortgage and Foreclosure Crisis: Lessons from Oakland and Richmond, California," will be published in the California Real Property Journal.

The competition was open to all California law students.  Entries were judged by the RPLS Journal Editorial Board and Journal Writing Competition Committee according to their overall content, how well the article addresses an aspect of California real property law, relevance of the subject matter of the article to issues facing California real estate practitioner, the quality of legal scholarship, and other factors.

Wong, who is Senior Articles Editor of the UC Davis Law Review, will travel to San Diego in May to attend the Real Property Law Section's annual retreat, where she will accept the award for winning the competition.