South Texas scrivenors win Scribes

In the "two-month-old news" category, South Texas College of Law won the ultra-prestigious 2008-09 Scribes Brief Writing Award. The award, which is given annually by the American Society of Legal Writers, ostensibly recognizes the best brief in the nation from the previous academic year. Any school winning a first-place brief award at any interschool moot court competition -- regional or national -- can enter that brief in the Scribes competition, and the selection committee then chooses the best brief from all the entries. Sort of a "best of the best"-concept. A "Top Gun" trophy, if you will.

The first-place prize went to the trio of Bridget Burke, Sephanie Holcombe, and Justin Jenson for the brief they entered in the University of Houston Law Center's Moot Court National Championship tournament (Ms. Burke and Ms. Holcombe were also members of the South Texas team that won the ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, where Ms. Burke notched National Best Advocate honors).

Impressively, South Texas also took the second-place Scribes plaque for a brief one its teams entered in the August A. Rendigs, Jr. National Products Liability Moot Court Competition. Third place went to UC Davis King Hall School of Law for its for its first-place brief at the San Francisco regional of the NAAC.