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March 27, 2007

TOURO TEAM WINS MOOT COURT COMPETITION

Congratulations to 3L PTE John Cooney and 3L FT Rosemary Garland, Associate Editor-in-Chief of Moot Court, for an impressive victory in the Nassau Academy of Law Moot Court Competition, held on March 21, 2007, at the Nassau Bar Association. The team defeated St. John’s in the semi-finals and Hofstra in the final round. In addition to garnering first place, Rose and John also swept the other awards, including Best Brief, and Best Oralist, won by Rose. She argued the Sixth Amendment issue of the effective assistance of counsel. John argued the Eighth Amendment issue of cruel and unusual punishment. The duo is the first Touro team in many years to receive the first place award in the Nassau Competition.

A special thank you is extended to Moot Court members Liane Colonna and Chris Wagner who served as coaches for the team during the competition. Thank you to all the volunteer student mooters, especially Tom DeLuca and Alison Epilone and also to the faculty members that gave so generously of their time in helping to prepare the team for the competition. These include Professors Arcila, Berman, Hornstein, Melniker, Morris, and Schweitzer.

Congratulations also to the second Touro team of 2L PTE students Christian DuBuche and Erik McKenna for representing the school well as semi-finalists in the competition. At the conclusion of the preliminary rounds, the two Touro teams were the only undefeated ones in the competition. Thanks to Christine Quigley for serving as Moot Court coach to this second team.

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