The Dean, faculty and members of the Legal Research and Writing committee would like to extend our congratulations to Gwynne Kizer, this year's winner of the The SmithAmundsen Excellence in Legal Writing Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the participants who worked so hard on entering their briefs. SmithAmundsen will sponsor another writing competition for first year students in May of 2009, so keep a look out for the announcements!