Paulsen Intramural Moot Court Competition

HISTORY OF THE MONRAD G. PAULSEN INTRAMURAL MOOT COURT COMPETITION

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.

On September 26 and 27, the Moot Court Honor Society hosted 22 competitors for their annual Monrad G. Paulsen Intramural Moot Court Competition. The competition was run under the direction of Competition Editor Chava Thomas and her team of Competition Assistants, Daniel Kessler, Eugenia Fowlkes, Pranav Katti, and Yasmine Bailey. The presiding judges at the Final Round on October 14 included Judge Sarah Netburn, Magistrate Judge of the Southern District of New York, Judge Paul G. Feinman, Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and Justice Dianne Renwick, Associate Justice of the New York Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for the First Appellate Division. You can find a video of the final round here. 

The winners of the 2018 Competition were:

Neil Kosslyn '19        Best Oralist

Griffin Sloan '20        2nd Place Oralist

Tamar Rosen '19       Best Brief 

Haley Levinson '20    2nd Place Brief

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