Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law - Res Nova Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Members of the Moot Court Board are seieted on the basis of grades and a writing competition adminis- tered each August. The Moot Court Board offers its members the opportunity to increase and improve oral and written advocacy skills-indispensable tools for the effective practice of law.

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Forum 5th Annual Paulsen Competmon N atlonal Team Chosen It took three weeks for the field of 58 to get down to the fmal four but on Monday March 21 The Fxfth Annual Monrad G Paulsen Compe tltxon came to a rousmg con clusxon Sandra Wallach was named Best Orahst wlule Mark Wexssmann was runner up The lssues were qrute m volved but Wallach and Welssmann along wxth Mar Jorxe Mxller and Marty Aron proved up to the task Argu 1ng as one Judge sald bet ter than most lawyers who appear m lhxsl court Srttmg for the fmals was a drstmgulshed bench con slstxng of the Hon Otto Kaus Assocrate Justlce of the Supreme Court of Cal lforma the Hon Jose Cabranes Umted States Dlstrlct Court Judge for the Dlstnct of Connectxcut and the Hon Abraham Sofaer Umted States D1str1ct Court Judge for the Southern D1str1ct of New York The Paulser Competltlon IS where next year s Cardozo Natlonal Moot Court Team IS selected As a tlurd year student Ms Wallach IS m ehglble for the Natlonal Team Therefore next year s N atronal Team Orahsts w1l1 be Mark Werssmann and Maj one Mxller The competltron to be the Natlonal Team Bnefwrlter also was keen Honorable rnentwns were awarded to Sheldon Goldman, 1Robert by Herb Pltkowsky Greenberg and Larry Tofel The Best Brxef was won bv Marty Aron Tlus year s problem dealt wlth two especxally perplex mg lssues standmg to brmg an action before the Su preme Court of the Umted States and a constltutlonal challenge based on the Flrst Amendment Estabhshment Clause The case arose over a state statute authorrzmg tultxon tax deductlons After the competmton Prof Leshe Gerwm thanked the bench for takmg the txme to be there Paulsen Edltors Brlan Sahn and Jonathan Spanbock and Llsa Sarnoff and Isacc Mlshkoff who prepared the bench memo for therr untrr mg efforts m makmg the competrtnon a success Thls years competrtlon drew the largest fxeld of any I ' ' ' l ' . initshistory.

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Editor-in-Chief: Adam J. Krim Competitions Editor: Beth M. Mann Managing Editor: Scott E. Hershman National Editors: David G. Cherna Debra E. Wind Paulsen Editors: Brian Fi. Sahn Jonathan H. Spanbock Jessup Editors: Valerie Crown Goldstein Susan T. Robins First Year Editors: Elise A. Berkower Mary Ann W. Collisn Lori A. Fife Barbara H. Levine William A. Meltzer Debby E. Schoenfeld 2L Members: Amy Alkoff Martin Aron Donna Bashe Donald Berk Harlan Cohen A Patricia Einbender Mariane Kern Lisa Landsman Lisa B. Levine Laurie Mac Leod Isaac fMeirl Mishkoff Laurel Ftotker Lisa Sarnotf Judy Schneeberg Robert Semaya Charles Silverstein Cheryl Slavin Lawrence Tofel Mark weissmann Daniel Weisz l llll Gill lllllllll llCUOl SHODDIHG