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The New York Law School Moot Court Association, a student honor society, hosts the Charles W. Froessel Intramural Moot Court Competition and the Robert F. Wagner National Labor & Employment Law Moot Court Competition.  Since 1992, the Association has won eighty-one first place honors in intermural competitions. 
 
Accomplishments in 2006-07 competitions include:
 
Association of the Bar of the City of New York National Moot Court Competition
 
Competed with distinction.  The team consisted of Katie Smith, Alyssa Preston and Coach Helen Pustel.
 
Brooklyn Law School Jerome Prince Invitational Evidence Moot Court Competition
 
National Quarter-Finalists. The team consisted of Alyssa Preston, Luba Reife, Jackie Rovine and Coach Rachel Einbund. 
 
Cardozo Law School/BMI Entertainment & Communications Law Moot Court Competition
 
Team I: Second-Best Brief. The team consisted of Mika Mooney, Elizabeth Reilly and Coach Kerona Samuels. 
 
Team II: Competed with distinction. The team consisted of Anthony Scali, Michelle Benedetto and Coaches Gena Kaufman and Jonathan Lutzky. 
 
Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Competition
  
Team I: National Champions; Best Respondent Brief; Third Best Brief.  The team consisted of Rachel Einbund, Leigh Sutton and Coach Jenny Cheung.
 
Team II: National Quarter-Finalists.  The team consisted of Kerona Samuels, Holly Stiles and Coach Shlomit Aroubas. 
 
Federal Bar Association Thurgood A. Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition
 
Team I:  National Finalists; Second-Best Team; Third-Best Oralist (Jacqueline Kahman). The team consisted of Jacqueline Kahman, Jonathan Isaacson and Coach Kate Tagert.
 
Team II:  National Quarter-Finalists. The team consisted of John Buza, Devra Nemrow and Coach Brian Francolla. 
 
Team III:  National Octo-Finalists; Third-Best Brief. The team consisted of Vicki Becker, Lindsay Zuflacht and Coaches Marie Bonitatibus and Christian Gonzalez. 
 
Fordham University School of Law Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Securities Law Moot Court Competition
 
Team I: National Quarter-Finalists; Third Best Preliminary Round Oralist (Joseph Niemczyk). The team consisted of Farrell McManus, Joseph Niemczyk and Coaches Jen Cohen and Jordan Goldsmith. 
 
Team II: National Octo-Finalists. The team consisted of Sam Gabreal, Jack Kallus and Coaches Jeff Smodish and Brandon Walters.   
 
Hispanic National Bar Association 12th Annual National Moot Court Competition
 
National Quarter-Finalists; Second-Best Oral Advocate (Jose Gomez). The team consisted of Joseph Claro, Jose Gomez, and Marisol Ramos. The team was also coached by Jose Gomez.  
 
John Marshall International Moot Court Competition in Information Technology and Privacy Law
 
International Quarter-Finalists; Best Oral Advocate (Marie Bonitatibus); Third-Best Oral Advocate (Carolyn Klos).  The team consisted of Marie Bonitatibus, Carolyn Klos and Coaches Christian Gonzalez and Jeff Smodish.  
  
Pepperdine University School of Law National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition 
 
National Quarter-Finalists; Second-Best Preliminary Round Oral Advocate (Gena Kaufman).  The team consisted of Gena Kaufman, Jonathan Lutzky and Coach Jen Cohen.  
 
Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
 
Competed with distinction. The team consisted of Erin Efland, David Galan, Shahab Ghalambor, and Michael O’Connell. The team was coached by Shlomit Aroubas and Aaron Miner. 
 
Seton Hall University Law School John Jay Gibbons Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
 
Competed with Distinction. The team consisted of Stephanie McKaughan, Ernestine Ward and Coach Louisa DeRose. 
 
Southern Illinois University School of Law National Health Law Moot Court Competition
 
National Quarter-Finalists.  The team consisted of Natalie Amar, Brandon Walters and Coaches Jose Gomez and Brian Francolla.
Tulane University Mardi Gras Sports Law Invitational Moot Court Competition
 
National Quarter-Finalists.  The team consisted of Alyssa Gunther, Christopher Miller and Coaches Carolyn Klos and Jeff Smodish.
 
University of California, Los Angeles National Sexual Orientation Law Moot Court Competition 
  
National Semi-Finalists.  The team consisted of Anna Mikhaleva, Sharon Sorkin and Coach Christian Gonzalez.

University of Minnesota Law School William E. McGee Civil Rights Moot Court Competition
 
National Octo-Finalists. The team consisted of Allyson Cannistra, Stephanie Kudrle and Coach Cole Young.
 
University of San Diego Criminal Procedure Moot Court Competition
  
Team I: National Quarter-Finalists.  The team consisted of Kate Tagert, Cole Young and Coach Aaron Miner. 
 
Team II: Ninth-Best Oralist (Shahab Ghalambor).  The team consisted of Shahab Ghalambor, Jordan Goldsmith and Coach Louisa DeRose.  
  
University of Wisconsin Law School Evans A Evans Moot Court Competition
 
National Octo-Finalists. The team consisted of Andrew Finn, Chloe McRae and Coach Holly Stiles. 
 
Whittier Law School Juvenile Law Moot Court Competition
 
National Semi-Finalists; Second-Best Oralist (Lauren Angelo).  The team consisted of Lauren Angelo, Carla Warsaw and Coach Marie Bonitatibus.
William B. Spong, Jr. Invitational Moot Court Tournament, College of William and Mary
 
Team I: Competed with distinction.  The team consisted of Karlton Jarrett, Laura Seidl and Coach Jessica Dolfman
 
Team II: Competed with distinction.  The team consisted of Dina Cohen, Samir Patel and Coach Katie Smith.