Cardozo celebrates student achievement.
Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society Wins Championship at John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition
The Cardozo Moot Court Honor Society took home the championship at the John J. Gibbons Moot Court Competition on March 15-16.
Cardozo competed in the annual competition at Seton Hall Law School and earned top honors against a field of 46 teams. Coached by Zoe Cebulash, the team's two oralists were Linzy Dineen and Matt Scaptura.
The team also took home the following honors:
Linzy Dineen, 2nd Place Preliminary Rounds Oralist out of over 90 oralists
Linzy Dineen & Matt Scaptura, Runner-up Petitioner's Brief
Linzy Dineen, Best Final Round Oralist
Cardozo Students Win The Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Award
A team of Cardozo students consisting of John Dellamore, Talia Heller, Brett Jones and Jillian Leavey won the "Best Application" Award at the Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition, sponsored by the American Red Cross. It is an annual international competition that tests participants’ knowledge of the international law of armed conflict (International Humanitarian Law).
Left to Right: John Dellamore ('23), Brett Jones ('23), Jill Leavey ('24), Talia Heller ('23)
Cardozo Student Receives the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship from NYSBA
3L Shelley Wu received the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Memorial Scholarship from the New York State Bar Association’s Women in Law Section, the Committee on Annual Awards and the Committee on Civil Rights on April 1.
Wu is the Submissions Editor and Podcast Editor for Cardozo Law Review and Co-President of the Cardozo Mentorship Program. Prior to coming to Cardozo, Wu graduated early from Fordham University and worked as a paralegal in the Child Abuse and Domestic Violence Units of the New York County District Attorney’s Office.
Wu earned the $5,000 scholarship due to her efforts in supporting survivors of domestic violence and their children, seniors, people with disabilities and inmates preparing for parole hearings.
In support of Wu’s candidacy for the scholarship, Dean Melanie Leslie wrote that Wu has “cultivated a service-oriented mindset and a commitment to advancing women’s rights.”
Student Achievement News
-
StudentsShelley Wu '23 and Ilona Ehrlich '23 Selected as 2023 Recipients of Mark Whitlock Scholarship
-
Clinics & Externships
Cardozo’s Criminal Defense Clinic Wins Commuted Sentence for NY Man Serving one of the Longest Prison Terms Under Rockefeller Drug Laws
-
Students
3L Anda Totoreanu Awarded American Immigration Lawyers Association DEI Law Student Scholarship
3L Elka Blonder Writes Article for the New York State Bar Association
In the article, Blonder writes that “the reality is that domestic violence victims suffer long beyond the span of abuse. While Integrated Domestic Violence courts may not prevent lifelong consequences - they provide victims of domestic violence a structure designed to help them.”
Read “The ‘One Family, One Judge’ Court Model: Instituting Integrated Domestic Violence Courts in the United States” here.