2019 - Thirty-Seventh Annual John S. Bainbridge Moot Court Competition - Finals

Margaret Caruso, a second-year full-time day student, was selected as the winner of the 37th annual Bainbridge Moot Court Competition held at the Law Center on Wednesday, September 25, in a close decision over 2FTD John Bonnano. The finals bench was comprised of the Honorable Cheryl Joseph, Court of Claims Judge and Acting Supreme Court Justice, presiding; Dorian R. Glover ’97, President-Elect, Nassau County Bar Association; Henry Mascia, Partner, Rivkin Radler; Mark S. Mulholland, Partner, Ruskin Moscou Faltischek; and Lynn Poster-Zimmerman, President, Suffolk County Bar Association. At the end of the competition, the Judge George C. Pratt Award for contributions to Moot Court was presented to Myra Berman Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law. In the competition, named for former Law Center Dean John S. Bainbridge, 2Ls write briefs and participate in oral arguments before panels of judges and lawyers. Successful competitors are invited to join the Moot Court Board, the Law Center’s elite interschool appellate advocacy team.