Grogan '16 and Misenhimer '16 Win Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Competition

Adam Grogan '16 and Myleah Misenhimer '16 recently emerged as the winning team from the final round of the Domenick L. Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Competition.

The final round was judged by Hon. Jenny Rivera, New York Court of Appeals; Hon. Howard A. Levine, a retired member of the New York Court of Appeals; Hon. Gary L. Sharpe, Chief Judge of the Northern District of New York; Hon. David N. Hurd, District Judge of the Northern District of New York; and Hon. Theresa Wiley Dancks, Magistrate Judge of the Northern District of New York.

Jared Pellerin '16 and Samantha Stagias '16 placed second in the competition.

The Gabrielli Appellate Advocacy Competition gives second-year students at Albany Law School the opportunity to practice written and oral advocacy skills in an intramural competition. The subject matter for the competition encompasses a broad range of current issues of social and legal importance.