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Moot Court Program

The Moot Court Program aids in the development of effective advocacy techniques by providing students with in-depth opportunities to improve their analytical, research and writing, and oral advocacy skills through healthy competition.

The program consists of multiple intraschool and interschool competitions involving appellate advocacy, trial advocacy, client counseling and negotiation as well as host for the National Family Law Competition.

Announcements:

The following competitions are seeking first year law student volunteers for the following 2010 Fall competitions:

Donna Jo Morse Client Counseling - Volunteers needed to serve as "client" actors.  Please contact Keith Mathews (kmathews@albanylaw.edu) or Laura Mona (lmona@albanylaw.edu) for more information.

Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy - Volunteers needed as bailiffs to serve as time-keepers for the competition.  Please contact Patrick Collins (pcollins@albanylaw.edu) or Christopher Honeywell (choneywell@albanylaw.edu) for more information

Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trials - Volunteers needed as bailiffs and jury members for the evening trials.  Please contact Jason Riegert (jriegert@albanylaw.edu) or Patrick Woods (pwoods@albanylaw.edu) for more information.  

2010-2011 Moot Court Board
The Moot Court Board is a student run organization whose purpose is to promote, coordinate, organize and supervise all Albany Law School Moot Court Competitions. The board members are elected every year from a panel consisting of the exiting members of the current board and that year's faculty advisor.

Lauren Owens, Executive Director
Jillian Diaz, Director of Finance
Jennifer Clark, Director of Competitions
Jason Riegert, Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trials Chair
Patrick Collins, Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Chair
Brittany Grome, Domenick L. Gabrielli Family Law Chair
Keith Matthews, Donna Jo Morse Competitions Chair
Patrick Woods, Associate 
Nicholas Battaglia, Associate
Laura Mona, Associate
Kevin Rautenstrauch, Associate
Chris Honeywell, Associate

 

 

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