Cardozo’s 2019-2020 ADR Competition Honor Society’s had a great year considering the challenges posed by the pandemic.
Cardozo’s Team participated in/placed in competitions as follows:
● Third and fourth place in the People’s Choice Advocate Award in the St. John’s Annual Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon
● Participated in the New York State Bar Association and American Arbitration Association Judith S. Kaye Arbitration Competition
● Second place in the American Bar Association Regional Negotiation Competition
● Second place in the New York Law School Intellectual Property Negotiation Competition
● Advanced to the Top 16 at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition in Paris
● Placed third in mediation and seventh in advocate-client representation, as well as sixth best individual mediation performance and 10th best advocate-client pair performance at the INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament
● Participated in The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition (Virtual Vis Moot)
● Second place for Best Position Statement at the NYSBA Mediation Tournament
The following competitions that Cardozo teams were registered for were cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis: the Fordham National Basketball Negotiation Competition, the American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition, the William and Mary Law School Negotiation Tournament, and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law National Sports Law Competition.
One hundred and twenty one students were interviewed for the 2020-2021 ADR Team for one of the 20 positions on the team next year.