The Moot Court Honor Society is structured like a publication, with oralists, editors, and staff selected on the basis of grades, writing ability, and oral advocacy skills. The organization is entirely student-run and advised by Professor Burton Lipshie. Selected students participate in numerous national and regional moot court competitions, writing advocacy briefs for competitions and preparing for oral argument. Members also prepare the problems and bench memos for interscholastic and intramural competitions.

Established by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the University of Oxford in 2008, the Price Media Law Moot Court Programme aims to foster and cultivate interest in freedom of expression issues and the role of the media and information technologies in societies around the world.

The Competition is currently comprised of six Regional Rounds (South Asia, Asia-Pacific, South East Europe, North East Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas) and the selective International Rounds held in Oxford.

The Regional Rounds in the Americas of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition are held annually at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and organized in association with Cardozo Law, the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.  

Cardozo’s second annual FAME Center Intellectual Property Law Moot Court Competition is open to all U.S. law schools and will be held in person at Cardozo School of Law from March 19-21, 2025. 

This competition will delve into current hot-button issues in intellectual property law. Competitors will showcase their skills in oral advocacy and brief writing before a panel of lauded legal experts, including professionals, professors and practitioners. 

Registration will open on October 21, 2024, at 9:00 am EST. Participating schools may register up to two (2) teams. Registration for a single team is $850. Registration for the second team is an additional $750. 

Important Dates:

Registration Opens: October 21, 2024 at 9:00 EST

Registration Closes: December 16, 2024 by 5:00 pm EST

Registration Payment(s) Due: January 10, 2025 by 5:00 pm EST

Problem Released: January 20, 2025  

Briefs Due: February 23, 2025 by 11:59 pm EST

Competition: March 19-21, 2025 

For more information about The FAME Center, click here.

For FAME related questions, email fameiplcompetition@gmail.com.

The rulebook for the competition can be found below, under the FAME Competition Rulebook 2025 Download section.

The Monrad G. Paulsen Competition, named after Cardozo's first Dean, is an intramural competition, sponsored by the Moot Court Honor Society, which provides a forum for second and third year students to compete for recognition as Cardozo's best advocates. All upper level students are eligible to participate. Entrants write briefs which are evaluated by the Moot Court Honor Society Editorial Board and faculty members. Entrants then participate in an "elimination style" oral advocacy tournament which is judged by faculty, practicing attorneys and judges. Students submit a brief on one of the two issues of law before the court and orally argue both issues over several nights of competition. Students with the best oral and written scores advance progressively to semi-final and final rounds. On the basis of their performance in the competition, some participants are invited to join the Moot Court Honor Society.

Editors-in-Chief

Nargiz Adigozalova & Rebecca Yaminian

Managing Editor

Andrew Walker

Executive Teams Editor

Linzy Dineen

Inclusion Committee Chair

S. Priana Aquino

Inclusion Committee

Isaac Kim

Anais Rosenblatt

Mengyao Yu

Problem Editors

Isabelle Markoe

Tyler Ross

Competition Editors

Marcelle Angeles

Chantall Sanchez

Jordan Wappler

Senior Editors

Joshua Barzel

Emaan Choudhry

Joanne Ling

Jack Linkhorst

Penny Savryn

Matt Scaptura

Associate Editors

Keith Carpenter

Marlene Da Cruz

Dayrielis Noa Guzman

Maria Kayser

Staff Editors

Brianna Adams

Rachel Aristei

Adeline Baumbach

Mackenzie Carroll

Elisa Davila

Andrea Delia

Danielle Dorchester

Trystan Edwards

Xander Elias

Jack Faivish

Gabrielle Farris

Felicia Fortel

Maria Giordano

Julia Gubner

Alicia Guzman

​​​​​Samuel Hernandez

Arsalan Jamal

Elaine Kwan

Sejung Lee

Raquel Leifer

Kira Lingala

Jenna Macone

Spencer Mair

Zack Mor

Cameron Pankau

Nikki Patel

Jacob Rahabi

Mariano Ramirez

Aitan Rosner

Alejandra Suárez García