Registration Fee Includes:
• Continental Breakfast & Lunch for student participants and coaches on Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15, 2009.
• Evening Reception on Sunday, March 15, 2009, for student participants and coaches.
• Gala Awards Banquet on Monday, March 16, at Pier 60 at 6:00 p.m. (for each Student Participant only). Additional tickets are available for coaches or other guests at a special discount rate of $175 each.
Hotel & Travel
Hotel and travel accommodations are at your expense. The special hotel rate is $249 per night at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, 811 7th Avenue on 53rd Street,
New York, NY 10019, www.sheraton.com/newyork. When
making reservations, call (888) 627-7067 and mention St.
John’s University School of Law to receive this special rate.
Details
The annual Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein Bankruptcy
Moot Court Competition is widely recognized as one of the
nation's preeminent moot court competitions. The competition
promotes and recognizes the finest oral and written advocacy
on significant issues in bankruptcy practice. Approximately 50
law school teams participate, making this the largest single site
appellate moot court competition.
Jointly sponsored by St. John's University School of Law and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), the competition
is named in memory of St. John's alumnus and former ABI
Director Chief Judge Conrad B. Duberstein. ABI is the largest
multi-disciplinary membership organization devoted to research
and education on insolvency issues. St. John's is a leader in
bankruptcy education and offers the only LL.M. in bankruptcy law.
The Duberstein Competition is well known for the quality of its judging. New York is a center of bankruptcy practice, and area bankruptcy practitioners judge the
preliminary rounds and briefs. Advanced rounds are judged by
New York-area bankruptcy judges and more than a dozen
leading appellate and bankruptcy judges from around the country.
The competition culminates in a gala awards banquet at scenic Pier 60, Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. The banquet draws more
than 800 attendees, including many leading bankruptcy judges
and practitioners.
Any ABA-accredited law school may enter one or two teams, comprised of two or three students each. Each team will argue
in at least two preliminary rounds on alternating sides. Sixteen
teams will advance beyond the preliminary rounds. All students
will receive a certificate of achievement. Students need not have
taken a bankruptcy course to do well in the competition.
To be part of this prestigious competition, complete and return the attached application. For more information, visit
www.stjohns.edu/law/bankruptcy.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court, E.D.N.Y. in Brooklyn has officially been
renamed the Conrad B. Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse. The naming ceremony will take place on Monday,
March 16, 2009 at 11am in the courthouse with lunch to follow.
Download the 2008 competition's Fact Pattern or Information from Prior Competitions.
