Students Participate in Moot Court Competition

ASFAR MIRZA WINS BAINBRIDGE MOOT COURT COMPETITION

Asfar Mirza prevailed over fellow second-year full-time student Angela Paolino in the finals of the 42nd Annual Bainbridge Intramural Moot Court Competition held at the Law Center on Monday, October 7 before a finals bench comprised of three Touro Law alums: Hon. Valerie Cartwright ‘03, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, a former Bainbridge winner, presiding; Cornell Bouse ‘89, Past President of the Suffolk County Bar Association; and Dorian Glover ‘96, Past President of the Nassau County Bar Association. The duo argued a timely problem involving the use of force in the school setting and the standard by which “excessive” force should be assessed.

Assistant Professor of Legal Process John Quinn received the Judge George C. Pratt Award for contributions to the Moot Court Honors Board. The award is named in recognition of the high standards of appellate practice set by the Honorable George C. Pratt, Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (retired) and former Law Center faculty member. Alexander Sussman won best brief honors and Samuel Briller was named best oralist.

In the competition, named for former Law Center Dean John S. Bainbridge, 2Ls write briefs and participate in oral arguments. Successful competitors are invited to join the Moot Court Honors Board, the Law Center’s elite interschool appellate advocacy team. Congratulations to semifinalists 2FT Alexander Sussman and 2FlexTime Maurice Hall, and to competitors Samuel Briller, Britini Guthy, Ceili Howland, Joel Izquierdo, Yessica Martinez, Jessica Patel, Luciano Reinoso, Morgan Rubel, Julia Sanchez, Jessica Sullivan, and Alexandra Troiano, who in addition to the semifinalists and finalists were selected to membership.

Photo Caption: Bainbridge Bench, Finalists and Pratt Award Winner L-R Professor John Quinn, recipient of the Judge George C. Pratt Award for contributions to the Moot Court Honors Board; Hon. Valerie Cartwright, presiding judge; finalists Asfar Mirza and Angela Paolino; judges Cornell Bouse and Dorian Glover.