The Cardozo Alternative Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society (“ADRCHS”) is a student-run organization that is led primarily by a select group of 3L students that excelled as 2L competitors. ADRCHS is the competitive wing of Cardozo’s Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution.
The Honor Society selects approximately 25 to 32 competitors each year. Together, these students participate in an ADR Moot Camp over the summer and continue to prepare for domestic and international competitions during the fall and spring semesters. These competitions simulate negotiation, client counseling, representation in mediation, mediation and arbitration. These events are sponsored by the ABA, other law schools and various international entities such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris, France. Coaching is supplemented by Cardozo Law faculty members who assist in preparing individual teams for competitions.
2023 Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media and Art (CINEMA) Competition
About the CINEMA Competition
The Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media and Art Competition simulates intellectual property negotiations in which law students, acting as lawyers, manage a series of legal problems relating to real-life scenarios. The simulations consist of a common set of facts known by all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. All of the simulations deal with the same general topic, but the negotiation situation varies with each round and level of the competition. Teams of two competitors will represent each party. Competitors are scored exclusively on their oral argument performance.
2023 CINEMA Competition
The competition’s preliminary rounds and final rounds will be held on Sunday, November 12, 2023. This will be an in-person event held at Cardozo School of Law, located at 55 5th Ave, New York, NY.
We strongly encourage all teams to read the entire CINEMA 2023 Rules Guide.
Please click here to view the 2023 CINEMA Rules Guide
Please click here to register
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2023-2024 Leadership Team & Members
Editor-in-Chief
Diana Miller
Managing Editor
Megan Bishop
Executive Editors
Sabrina Clifford
Lisa Mordkovich
Problem Editors
Judzia Bryant
Sydney Clarke
Senior Editors
Noah Agnew
Chloe Canaan
Olivia Fortunato
Bradley Goodstein
Sarah Igarashi
Julia Pettis
Yonaton Raskin
Jacob Segal
Joshua Weiner
Muna Yiman
Staff Editors
Nibras Ayad
Micaela Broselow
Myles Ganther
Cem Gokhan
Samantha Harberg
Rebecca Hine
Lindsay Kaighin
Matt Kee
Adlai Lamason
Becca Malek
Alastair Mecke
Briana Miles
Kate O'Neill
Fayoni Olusesi
Daniel Pan
Talia Raoufpur
Jordan Rappaport
William Rogers
Aja Rumann
Sara Schlussel
Dilaris Sharipov
Kevin Weisman
Junyi Wu
Awards
Spring 2021:
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In February 2021, Cardozo took the top spot (“Best Overall”) out of 46 schools in a competition at UCLA! We also got the award for “best negotiation.”
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1st place at the Fordham Basketball Negotiation competition.
Fall 2021:
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1st place at ABA Regional Negotiation Competition;
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1st place in Arbitration Advocacy at the FINRA Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon;
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1st place mediator, 3rd place overall advocate-client team, 3rd place advocate-client pair, 5th place overall mediation team, and 10th place advocate-client pair at the INADR Invitational Mediation Tournament;
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3rd place at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Sports Law Negotiation Competition;
Spring 2022:
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Semi-Finalists at the X-Rio Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot;
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16th place of 47 teams at ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition;
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Top 8 teams (out of over 50 teams) at the Sports Arbitration Moot;
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2nd Place and other team advanced to quarter finals at the Fordham Basketball Negotiation Competition.
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2nd place in preliminary and 4th overall at the South Texas Energy Law Negotiation Competition
Fall 2022:
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2nd Place at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Sports Law Negotiation Competition
Spring 2023:
- INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament, Bologna, Italy
- 1st Place Overall Advocate-Client Team (1st place out of 40 teams)
- Top Place Individual Mediator (7th place out of 120 individuals)
- XI Rio Pre-Moot
- 1st Place overall for Best Oralist (out of 39 participating teams)
Fall 2023:
- Semi Finalists at the Bucerius Mediation Competition by BODENHEIMER (out of 24 teams);
- INADR IIMT Mediation Tournament
- 2nd Place for Best Mediator Team
- 2nd Place for Best Individual Mediator
- 6th Place for Best Advocate/Client Pair
- 8th Place for Best Advocate/Client Pair
- 8th Place for Best Individual Mediator
- 9th Place for Best Mediator Team
Spring 2024:
- Semi Finalists at the Tulane Professional Football Negotiation Competition (out of 48 teams);
- Quarter Finalists and 6th Place Overall at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition (out of 46 teams)
Tryouts
The Cardozo ADR Competition Honor Society Tryouts take place in the spring semester during April. This highly competitive mock negotiation will help us determine who will be invited to join the society for the following competition year. The negotiation will be followed by an interview with a group of Executive Board members.
The tryout process consists of one mock negotiation round that current ADRCHS members will judge. Participants will be sent a general fact pattern and a confidential fact pattern. In March, ADRCHS will host tryout information sessions for interested students to learn how to succeed in a negotiation.
During the May Unified Writing Competition, we will also ask interested students to submit a resume, statement of interest and headshot.
Contact
For more information about ADR Competition Honor Society tryouts, contact: cardozoadrteam@gmail.com