Please join us for the final round of the 2019–2020 Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition

Friday, May 1, 2020
4:15–6:30 p.m

Via Zoom webinar. Please register here

The competition will be judged by a distinguished panel of federal judges: Hon. Joseph F. Bianco ’91 (2nd Circuit), Hon. Adalberto Jordán (11th Circuit), and Hon. Debra A. Livingston (2nd Circuit).

This year’s case —bringing with it a new set of social-distancing challenges not outlined in the case summary—touches on issues of disability rights, statutory interpretation, standing, and mootness. Oral arguments in Chen v. Secret Saturdays Inc. will be delivered by four outstanding student finalists: Lydia Turnage ’21 and Christen E. Hammock ’20 (representing Chen) and Gregory Bernstein ’20 and Andrew Khanarian ’20 (representing Secret Saturdays).

Since 1925, the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Competition has been the proving ground for the Law School’s most talented aspiring advocates. I hope you will join me in supporting this important program—and our larger commitment to providing students with unmatched opportunities to hone their legal skills—by attending this year’s final round.

Kindly sign up in advance to receive your individual registration code, which you will need to access the event. For inquiries, please contact Ilene Strauss or Sarah Shin.

This program is made possible by the generous support of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Congratulations to the Four Finalists!

In October 2019, 73 law students signed up for the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court. They navigated the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), faced the absence of Internet-era guidance on how to apply the law, interacted with the web content accessibility guidelines, and dove into the depth of standing and mootness. After months of incredibly skilled competition, on March 9, 2020, our final four has emerged.

The Moot Court Executive Board would like to warmly congratulate:

Gregory Bernstein
Christen E. Hammock
Andrew Khanarian
Lydia Turnage

Christen Hammock and Lydia Turnage will represent the Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, while Gregory Bernstein and Andrew Khanarian will serve as counsel for the Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant. The upcoming final round will take place at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2020. 

Congratulations to Our Semi-Finalists!

The Stone Moot Court Executive Board wants to congratulate the 16 competitors who have advanced out of the qualifying round into the elimination round. The competition was strong and each of these competitors demonstrated substantial written and oral advocacy skills to earn their place in the elimination round. They will be competing in two more rounds on March 4th and 5th to try to earn a spot in the Harlan Fiske Stone Moot Court Final Round.

• Grace Assaye
• Gregory Bernstein
• Alexis Campbell
• Ellie Dupler
• Christen Hammock
• Zach Jones
• Britt Jordan
• Andrew Khanarian
• Mary Marshall
• Ian Miller
• Olivia Morrison
• Gabriella Okafor
• Thea Raymond-Sidel
• Emilie Schwarz
• Lydia Turnage
• Wendy Xiao