Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Moot Court CompetitionThe Irving R. Kaufman Memorial Moot Court Competition is held in honor of Judge Kaufman, a Fordham alumnus who served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for many years, including seven years as Chief Judge. The Competition offers teams the opportunity to test appellate advocacy skills before leading jurists, securities regulators, academics, and practitioners. In years past, the Kaufman Competition has attracted such distinguished final round panelists as Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Byron White, notable Circuit Judges, leading Securities and Exchange Commission officials, and influential securities law academics and practitioners. The Thirty-Seventh Annual Kaufman Competition will be held March 23-25, 2012. The esteemed final round panel for 2012 will include Judge Paul J. Kelly, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr., of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; Judge Jane Richards Roth, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Commissioner Troy A. Paredes, of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. If you have any questions regarding the 2012 Kaufman Competition, please contact Michael A. Kitson, Kaufman Editor, at the Fordham Moot Court office at (212) 636-6882 or via email at KaufmanMC@law.fordham.edu. |
