Media Advisory
November 16, 2007
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Benjamin N. Cardozo School of
Law Wins Regional Moot Court Competition
At New York City Bar Association
New York , NY – The Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law captured
the regional rounds of the 58 th Annual National
Moot Court Competition on Thursday, November
15, 2007 , at the New York City Bar Association.
Law students on the winning team included:
Parvin Aminolroaya, Arlene Stevens and Jennifer
Vakiener.
The New York University School of Law took
second place honors. Members of the NYU team
included: Alison E. Epting, Kyle W. Hallstrom
and Anthony C. DeCinque. Both teams will advance
to the final rounds, from January 28 thru January
31, 2008 .
Best Brief honors went to Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law. Best Runner-Up Brief went to the Pace
University School of Law. Law students
on the Pace team are Delyanne Barros, Lindsey
Kneipper and Fatima Silva.
Best Individual Oral Argument went to Jenifer
Vakiener of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of
Law. Second Place Best Individual Oral Argument
went to Alison E. Epting of the New York University
team.
The final round of the competition was judged
by The Honorable Ralph Fabrizio,
The Honorable Darrell Gavrin, The Honorable
Andrew J. Peck, Michael Cooper Esq., Stuart Summit
, Esq. and Mary Jo White, Esq.
This year’s Annual National Moot Court
Competition presents two issues not previously
addressed by the United States Supreme Court:
1. Does the Second Amendment protect an individual’ s right to “ keep
and bear ” arms for private use? and
2. Does the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act preempt a State
from exercising its own public health and police powers to regulate the delivery
of handgun ammunition?
The American College of Trial Lawyers (a national
organization composed of approximately 5,400
of the leading advocates in the United States
) co-sponsors the competition with the Association’s
Young Lawyers Committee .
Twenty-eight winning and runner-up teams from
14 regions across the United States will compete
in the final rounds of the National Moot Court
Competition early next year.
About the Association
The New York
City Bar Association (www.nycbar.org)
was founded in 1870, and since then has been
dedicated to maintaining the high ethical
standards of the profession, promoting reform
of the law, and providing service to the profession
and the public. The Association continues to
work for political, legal and social reform,
while implementing innovative means to help
the disadvantaged. Protecting the public’s welfare remains one of the
Association’s highest priorities.
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