The digital subscription of the casebook provides online access only. Nyu law moot court casebook digital subscription only. Means by which professors, lawyers and law students submit moot court problems to the nyu moot court casebook. Moot courts provide training in written and oral advocacy by giving students mock problems involving current realworld legal issues. On the civil side, michael represents both plaintiffs and defendants across a wide array of jurisdictions, legal areas and procedural postures. In the fall of each year, the college hosts the iowa supreme court on the university of iowa campus. At nyu law, he was the editorinchief of the moot court casebook. A conversation with sanford levinson new york university. While attending law school, vilas was an editor of the moot court board and authored a problem for publication in the nyu moot court casebook. Unlike most other law school moot court programs, our organization has two divisions. Albany laws moot court program continues to thrive. Even the moot court board exec stumble over our words apply to join moot court board. As one of nyu laws 10 academic journals, nyu moot court board publishes an annual casebook, participates in more than a dozen major moot court competitions each year, and holds an international moot court competition at nyu law. Michael desanctis gw law the george washington university.
The competitions committee is what normally comes to mind when people think of moot court. Moot court members research their respective sides, write appellate briefs, and present oral arguments in front of the judges. The competition consists of an extensive sixday educational and social program, which brings together students of diverse backgrounds and cultures to the hague to. Zoe lo new york university school of law greater new york. Mellon fellow in humanistic studies graduate theological unionuc berkeley joint program in jewish studies graduate coursework. In law school, michael was a member of the moot court board and the executive editor of the nyu moot court casebook, and had internships with the new york state attorney generals office and the us attorneys office for the eastern district of new york. Rk in action support and vote for our king of casebook and comedy. Nyu moot court board combining legal scholarship with. Sean has been with the firm since his graduation from new york university school of law.
Case number 3707 supreme court of appeals of west virginia. The moot court board casebook provides appellate problems that are ideal for use in moot court competitions and classroom exercises, or as a valuable. The nyu moot court board is one of nyu school of laws student academic. Moot court board which is actually classified as a journal rather than an organization publishes the moot court casebook, a nationally recognized. At nyu law, the moot court board is classified not as a student organization but as a student journal, a unique arrangement for a top law school. Marden competition, one of the countrys bestknown intraschool moot court competitions. Besides competing in moots nationally and hosting an innovative competition annually, what puts the board in a class by itself is the moot court casebook, published each year since 1976. Cofounder and coordinator, holocaust victim assets litigation project. A unique institution at a top law school, the moot court board offers students creative freedom, practical experience, and oral advocacy opportunities no other journal can provide.
Students participate as the law schools representatives in the regional moot court competition in the fall of their third year. The principal activities of the board include the administration of two intramural competitions each year and participation in the. Oral advocacy is far from standing up and making a prepared speech. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The moot court board is one of nyu laws academic journals. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Professor balsam is a recognized authority on sports law and teaches the sports law course at both bls and nyu school of law. The jones firm jenny kaufman, attorney in santa fe. The moot court competition has prizes, arguments in front of circuit and supreme court judges, and a giant reception.
The immigration law competition focuses on cuttingedge issues in the field of immigration law, and is judged exclusively by immigration law professionals in the immigration capital of the nation. In addition, the new york university moot court board administers the annual orison s. About us office of general counsel georgetown university. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. She earned her undergraduate degree in international relations, magna cum laude, phi beta kappa, from brown university. She writes and speaks on sports law topics, including as coauthor of weiler roberts sports and the law, the leading law school casebook in the field.
To be a successful trial lawyer, you need to know how to present a compelling case, introduce evidence, and prepare and crossexamine witnesses. Judges are free to ask questions at any time during the presentation, and. The casebook division, which i belong to, publishes the annual nyu moot court casebook ordered by over 100 law schools. Students then argue the cases to appellate courts, using the techniques and processes of real lawyers. All journals and moot court, which unlike at all other schools is treated as a journalyou can only do a journal or moot court, not both, and moot court publishes a casebook every year that is essentially a student journal of moot court problems go through the writing competition. Jessup international moot court team international tax moot court competition william minor lile moot court competition about 80. William minor lile moot court competition extramural moot court philip c. The moot court board casebook provides appellate problems that are ideal for use in moot court competitions and classroom exercises, or as a valuable resource for research on current circuitsplits.
No experience required, only a good sense of humor and. The harvard law school team won first place in 2006, 2014, and 2015. She received her law degree from new york university, where she was an editor for nyus moot court casebook and a teaching assistant for their legal writing program. The matching system is electronic and takes minutes to runall journals find out the results at the same time and, in my experience, immediately begin calling and emailing their new members. This happens simultaneously with the journal writing competition. Nyu washington, dc welcomed author and renowned legal scholar sanford levinson for a discussion on his new book, an argument open to all. Moot court and trial advocacy competitions university of.
As 3ls, students manage the journal, compete, coach teams, or edit the nyu moot court casebook or our online journal, proceedings. Calb is a litigator who divides his time between complex civil litigations and white collar defense and investigations. The nyu moot court casebook, published annually, is the most widely recognized and utilized set of moot court problems in the nation. Oral argument is typically the only chance an attorney has in an appellate court to verbally argue his case in person to a panel of judges, so moot court can be a great proving ground. She received her law degree from new york university, where she was an editor for nyus moot court casebook and a teaching assistant for their legal writing. It is sponsored by the new york city bar associations national moot court competition committee committee and the american college of trial lawyers actl and is one of the longest running and honored competition of. Moot court is about both written and oral advocacy and so the scoring methodology for the championship is designed to incorporate not only team awards, but best brief and best speaker awards as well. Jakes is a commercial trial lawyer and founder of the firms intellectual property group. You can also apply for botheither the moot court board they publish a moot court casebook that is used by a lot of competitions and the competition team. Elena earned her law degree from nyu school of law, where she was an institute for international law and justice scholar and a casebook editor for the nyu moot court board. Jessup international law moot court atlantic regional competition. Fried attended new york university, school of law and earned her j. At nyu, sean served as the executive editor for the moot court casebook, a journal that prepares and publishes moot court competition problems that are used at academic institutions and law firms across the united states.
The circuits are also split on what facts are necessary or what circumstances must be taken into. The icc moot court competition welcomes universities from all over the world for a large scale moot court simulating the proceedings of the international criminal court icc. New york, school of law, moot court board, 1977ocolc768084218. Marissa elgrissy, associate attorney at hirschen singer. Following law school, murray clerked for sonia sotomayor, then of the us court of appeals for the second circuit, and stefan underhill of the us district court for the district of connecticut. The national moot court competition is an annual interlaw school event designed to promote the art of appellate advocacy. Electronic resources texas tech university school of law. Moot court is a very different beast, especially at nyu law. The moot court board is a studentrun organization in the maurice a. This program was made possible through collaboration with the brennan center for justice at nyu school of law, and included gene healy, vice president, cato institute and. Nyu moot court board combining legal scholarship with oral. She earned her undergraduate degree in international relations, magna.
Hunton andrews kurth moot court national championship scoring methodology. While specializing in intellectual property disputes, frank also handles compl. These provide an introduction to the essential skills of research, preparation of memoranda, briefs, and other legal documents, as well as. When youve graduated from moot court, you will have written several briefs that. Nyu moot court casebook, associate casebook editor prosecution clinic, manhattan district attorneys office b. Nyu law moot court board, casebook associate executive editor journal equivalent nyu law women partnership chair. Students compete in appellate moot court and trial advocacy competitions nationwide, and the law school also is home to one of the most famous moot court competitions. He was recognized as the best oralist at the philip c. Bu laws moot court programs offer valuable research, writing, and oral advocacy experience that will help you in your legal career. Moot courts are taught by fulltime clinical faculty members with practice experience, adjunct attorneys and judges. She graduated summa cum laude from tulane university with majors in literature, medieval studies and classical studies, and is a member of phi beta kappa. New york university moot court casebook nyu law school password access the nyu moot court casebook online is a comprehensive database of topquality moot court problems suitable for competitions, appellate advocacy classes, and professional development activities. This case file is adapted from the nyu moot court casebook, volume 41 2017 for educational purposes only and as licensed under the creative commons byncsa 4.
Court of appeals for the third circuit and in the u. Deane school of law at hofstra university that is dedicated to the development of students written and oral appellate advocacy skills. Fried was a member of the moot court board, casebook division and in her third year of law school served as associate editor of the immigration law competition hosted each spring by the moot court board. Students interested in global issues can also apply for international moot court competition funding. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The casebook editors hone their research and writing skills. For me, however, this prepart has been a summer job preparation a welcome and interesting diversion from my black letter law course readings, and even a bit of an ego boost. New york university school of law, jd deans merit scholar, 19992002. Instead, competitors can expect to be bombarded by judges with questions from all angles. Dec 01, 2017 the nyu moot court casebook, published annually, is the most widely recognized and utilized set of moot court problems in the nation. Santa fe attorney jenny kaufman the jones firm 5059896205. In addition to the traditional casebook courses that typify legal education, most firstyear students participate in legal writing or lawyering courses which may include moot court programs. White collar criminal defense, corporate investigations, and professional licensure.
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