Brooklyn Law School Moot Court Honor Society Alumni

Congratulations to our 2026-2027 Moot Court E-board!!!

Last weekend, our team competed in the Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition in San Juan 🇵🇷

Competitors Gabriella Schifano, Stephanie Leibowitz, Angela Giaconia, and Cory Bolton tackled a challenging negligence case, arguing whether Malgreens was liable for recommending medication to Dany Snore. Both sided did an excellent job putting on their case!

Coached by Hannah Ferrugiari, Susan Yegoryan, and Andy Ramstad ‘21

🚨‼️Calling all Alumni!! 🚨‼️

It is my pleasure to invite you to our annual Alumni Dinner being held on Thursday, April 23rd at 7:00 PM in Forchelli, located on the 22nd floor of 205 State Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Please see the link in our bio to purchase your tickets.

We will be introducing the new Executive Board, recognizing all of our 2025-2026 Appellate and Trial Division Teams, and announcing the recipients of MCHS’ annual end of year awards to current members and alumni. We hope to see you there!

Ayla Misbah and Max Greenberg, coached by Zoe Schacht and Evan Oliver, were quarter finalists in the Touro National Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion!!

They tackled the issues of whether a mandatory reporting law, that requires clergy members and other functionally equivalent religious leaders to report suspected child abuse even when those communications are protected by the sacramental seal, violates the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause.

Ayla was awarded Best Oralist and Max was awarded 6th Best Oralist. Congratulations to Ayla and Max, as well as their coaches Zoe Schacht and Evan Oliver!

Congratulations to the Kaufman Securities Team for competing at Fordham this past weekend! Competitors Caleb Gray and Henry Rogers argued about the pleading requirements for a securities fraud claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, specifically the use of expert opinion to plead falsity and the requirements for establishing reliance based on an issuer’s alleged omissions and misstatements.

Further congratulations to their coaches, Valerie Hanna and Jordyn Baker!

Please join us on Saturday, March 28th to watch the final round of the Prince Competition!! We’d love to see you all there.

This year’s Final Round Judges are:

The Honorable Cheryl L. Pollak, retired United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

The Honorable Sparkle L. Sooknanan ‘10, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia

The Honorable Saliann Scarpulla ‘86, Associate Justice for the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department

Congratulations to the Queens DA team that competed this past weekend! Competitors Emily Bukh, Bella Rosalina, Weihao Tang, and Max Trauring worked hard and successfully litigated a murder case!

Further congratulations to Bella Rosalina for winning best cross-examination!

Shout out to their coaches Alex Becker, Alex Fogg, Niki Gerakaris, and Anthony Hernandez!

Congratulations to our AAJ National Team for competing in New York on a case concerning premises liability. Competitors Alexandria Lindsay, Jake Goldenberg, Niki Gerakaris, and Vlad Pavlov worked extremely hard on this issue, and should be very proud of themselves!

Also, congratulations to the coaches Bern Schneider and Michael Conte!

Congrats to Alex Pan, Lorena Flores, Elizabeth Carey, and Samantha Barnes who competed in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition this past weekend!  Together, they tackled a problem about third party intervention in a case before the international court of justice concerning the rights of indigenous populations in international mining projects, extradition treaties, and the sovereign immunity of state-run corporations!!

Also shout out to their coaches Philipine Mariaud, Michael Klebosky, Paige Cook, and Taran Rao!

Please sign up to judge our Prince Competition! Find the sign up link in our bio.