Congratulations to the teams who competed in the final round on April 14, 2024
and to all award winners and participants!
THE ROGER J. TRAYNOR AWARD
First Place to the team presenting the best oral argument in the final round: Berkeley
Second Place to the other team in the final round: McGeorge
THE GISNET MANDELL AWARD FOR BEST BRIEF: Berkeley
2nd Place: McGeorge
3rd Place: Kern Co.
4th Place: UCLA
EXCELLENCE IN APPELLATE ADVOCACY
First Place to the team with the highest combined total points as follows: 50% brief; 50%
combined oral argument score in the first two rounds from among the schools in the top 50%
on both the brief score and the oral argument score: Berkeley
Second Place to the team with the second highest combined total points: McGeorge
GEOFFREY HALL WRIGHT AWARD FOR BEST ORALIST: Kathleen Cuschieri, Empire
INDIVIDUAL MERIT AWARDS FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
Lillian Dutcher, Empire
Adriana Herrera, Berkeley
Jordan Hefcart, Berkeley
John Young, UCLA
Peter Hanna, UWLA
Alina Werth, Davis
Hannah Nguyen, McGeorge
Adi Nair, UC Law San Francisco
