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2005 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition
NYU School of Law Team
East Competition, Hong Kong, 2005
Talia Barsam, Bryan Blades, Omer Kimhi, Suzana Medeiros, Jame Ortiz and Rick Susalka spent the fall semester organizing submissions for and planning the moot court competition. After submitting both the Claimant and Respondent briefs, plans crystallized, and in early April, the NYU School of Law team found itself aboard a plane bound for Hong Kong. The team arrived on a Sunday evening with their first oral argument scheduled for the following Tuesday. The opening ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitration among much expectation. Arguments continued all week against various opponents from across the globe. NYU School of Law received second place honors for their written Respondent brief, and a certificate was presented to them at the closing ceremony.
In addition to the competition, the team had time to explore parts of Hong Kong. Some students decided to hike on a remote, undeveloped island, while others decided to visit a Buddhist temple. Additionally, events organized by the administration of the moot court competition, for example a memorable seafood dinner aboard a large boat heading for an outlaying island, were not to be missed.
The NYU School of Law team was comprised of members from the United States, Brazil, Israel and England, functioning effectively to produce original arguments from diverse perspectives. Receiving funding from the Hauser Global Law School Program allowed the team more time dedicated to preparation for the competition, and intensified the motivation to compete.
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European Competition, Vienna, Austria, 2005
NYU School of Law and the Hauser Global Law School Program sponsored a team to attend the Twelfth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Competition. The NYU team traveled to Vienna, Austria, in March.
NYU School of Law Moot Court Team Members
Chloe Burnett is from Sydney, Australia. She holds Bachelor's Degrees in Finance and Law from the University of Sydney, and is now a candidate for the LL.M. in International Taxation at New York University School of Law. She has worked for law firms in Sydney and London, and for an investment bank in Sydney. Chloe has wide jurisprudential interests which she enjoys combining with the technical challenges of international tax law. Her research areas include the taxation of oil interests and other natural resources, the relationship between tax and trade, as well as the economics and sociology of globalization.
Alexandre de Miranda is from Recife, Brazil. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Linguistics and an MA in Communication, both from Purdue University. He is currently a third year student in the JD program at NYU law, and is on leave from a Doctoral program in Social and Political Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is also an Articles Editor at the Environmental Law Journal at NYU Law. His primary interests in law center on international dispute resolution and trade, as well as governance. He has worked at the Hague Conference on International Private Law, and at the Law Department of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Alex also works as an assistant to the Director of Community Development at the Department of Residential Education at NYU.
Adam Giuliano holds a Bachelor's Degree from Yale University, where he dual-majored with distinctions in history and political science. He is presently a candidate for the J.D. at New York University School of Law. Previously, Adam worked in a non-legal capacity on economic development and education reform projects in Newark, New Jersey. During that time, he founded GoNewark.com. At NYU, Adam has served as a research assistant on criminal sentencing guidelines and in a student clinic with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. He has also competed on NYU's mediation competition team and as a current semifinalist in the school's oral advocacy competition. He is an assistant editor for the multi-university International Journal of Communications Law and Policy. Last year, Adam was a Summer Associate of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York and London.
Astri Kimball is a third year J.D. student at NYU. During law school she has worked as an intern for Hon. Richard Conway Casey, Southern District New York, and as a law clerk in the Litigation Department at O'Melveny & Myers, LLP. She has also worked as a research assistant, analyzing arbitration awards for a new edition of a reference book on maritime law. Astri is currently participating in the Family Defense Clinic at NYU, representing parents in foster care proceedings. Before law school she worked at Goldman Sachs & Co. and as a fundraiser for political campaigns. Astri received her undergraduate degree in U.S. History from Princeton University. She is interested in both international dispute resolution and combining her love of politics with the practice of law.
Paul Quigley graduated first in his class from the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin, where he was a gold medalist in 2003 and a scholar in 2001. As part of his LL.B., he spent a year specializing in international law and trade law at the University of Helsinki (2001-2002). Prior to coming to NYU School of Law, Paul completed an M.Litt. (post-graduate law degree by research) and was the recipient of a Trinity College Postgraduate Fellowship while also tutoring in both EC law and jurisprudence. He is co-editor of a legal practitioners' guide to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board of Ireland, a new quasi-judicial body. Paul has worked as a researcher on the interaction of EC law and the law of the WTO, an advisor in the European Consumer Center in Dublin, and was a 2004 Summer Associate at the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He likes swimming, skiing, and, occasionally, law.
Corporate Sponsors of the Moot Court Competition
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (major sponsor)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Healy & Baillie LLP