Date: April 07, 2008
News Subject: The Susan E. McGuigan Oral Advocacy Competition

The Susan E. McGuigan Oral Advocacy Competition is an annual event sponsored by the Institute for Legal Writing and Professional Skills. As part of the Legal Writing curriculum, all first year students present oral arguments to a panel of judges comprised of law school professors and practicing attorneys. Winners are selected from each section of legal writing and those individuals compete in subsequent rounds of oral argument. Ultimately one winner is chosen as the Best Overall Oral Advocate from the entire first year class.

It is with great pride that I announce Hoon Chang is the winner of this year's competition.

Below is a list of the other section winners and outstanding oral advocates. >/

Best Overall Oral Advocate
Hoon Chang

Finalists
Taylor Dudley
Drew Vogt
Alisha Wood


Semi-Finalists
Karyn Bohn
Courtney Brewer
Taylor Dudley
Kristen Hart
Andrew Myers
Jason Rittereiser
Michelle Tran
Drew Vogt
Alisha Wood

Outstanding Oral Advocates
Jennie Vu
Loren Coe
Ryan Ellis
Ramy Aboulesood
Tam Pham
Paul Lee
Molly O'Brien
Charlie Stanton
Debby Le
Kimberly Clark
Camille Boudreau
Brianne Stepp
Kelly O'Riordan
Richard Hastings
Isaac Maing
Alyssa Stafford
Narmin Shahin
Kristen Calder