Students from 34 Law Schools to Compete in Labor and Employment Law Competition at New York Law School

Business Wire, March 6, 2003

Business Editors/Legal Writers/Education Writers

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2003

WHAT: Law students representing 34 schools from every region of the country will compete in the annual Robert F. Wagner Sr. Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition at New York Law School.

The 89 students in this year's competition will test their mettle in written and oral advocacy by arguing a moot case arising under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967. In the fictitious case, authored by New York law School students, the television character Carrie S. Bradshaw of HBO's Sex and the City fame, files an employment discrimination suit against her former employer, City Style, Inc., alleging she was fired after requesting accommodation for her epilepsy, the medication for which causes insomnia and drowsiness.

Founded at New York Law School, the Wagner Moot Court Competition is run entirely by students who author the fact pattern and the bench brief; score the written part of the competition; and organize the extensive series of oral rounds judged by distinguished practitioners and members of the bench. The Competition is named in honor of the Law School's distinguished alumnus, United States Senator Robert F. Wagner Sr., who graduated from New York Law School in 1900.

Final round judges include: The Honorable Leslie E. Silverman, Commissioner, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; The Honorable David Boies, Managing Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP; The Honorable Nadine Strossen, President, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Professor of Law, New York Law School; The Honorable Richard A. Matasar, Dean and President, New York Law School.

WHEN: The final round begins at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, and is open to the public.

WHERE: New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, New York, Stiefel Reading Room.

ABOUT NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL

Located near the centers of law, government, and finance in New York City, New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. Its faculty of noted and prolific scholars has built the school's curricular strength in the areas of tax law, labor and employment law, civil and human rights law, media and information law, urban legal studies, international and comparative law, and interdisciplinary fields such as legal history and legal ethics. The Law School enrolls 1400 students and has more than 11,000 graduates.