Top row, from left: Joseph Kammerman '16, Madison Wiles-Haffner '17, Charles Manfredi '17, Liliya Perelman '16, Vino Jayaraman '16. Botton row, from left: Sarah Griggs '17, Jonah Brill '17.
February 10, 2016 - The Cardozo School of Law team of Jonah Brill '17, Sarah Griggs '17, Joseph Kammerman '16, Vino Jayaraman '16, Charles Manfredi '17, Liliya Perelman '16, and Madison Wiles-Haffner '17 won first place at the 2016 Tulane Mardi Gras Sports Law Competition in February 2016. This is the third year in a row that a Cardozo Law team won the Mardi Gras Invitational.
Twenty-five teams participated in the competition, which dealt with the problem of (a) the constitutional issue of whether the right to wear one's hair length at whatever length he or she chooses in public school interscholastic sports is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment; and (b) the tort issue of whether the limited-duty Baseball Rule should apply to stadium owners.
Winners of the past two years have been Vino Jayaraman '16 and Joseph Kammerman '16 (2015), and Justin Reiter '15 and Shanitra Waymire '15 (2014).
"It's a great thing for Cardozo and, especially, for our Moot Court program," said the team's head coach Vino Jayaraman '16. "A lot of hard work (and great fortune) goes into winning a single competition, never mind three in a row, so while we are generally confident going into any competition, there is still a sense of shock and disbelief each time a judge announces Cardozo as Champion. More than how wonderfully the oralists performed this year, and how well our oralists have performed in the past, it's a true testament to how dedicated the members of the Moot Court Honor Society are, as a whole. Something about the way we assemble and operate our teams is clearly working. Each competition is truly a collective team effort, so it is extremely rewarding to see the hard work put in by our oralists, opposing brief writers, and coaches be recognized with such an honor."
Congratulations to our students!
