32nd Annual Robert F. Wagner Competition Letter to Competitors

Dear Competitors:

On behalf of the New York Law School Moot Court Association and the entire New York Law School Community, thank you for registering to participate in the 32nd Annual Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition.  We have tentatively scheduled this year’s Wagner Competition to begin Thursday, March 6, 2008, with a check-in at New York Law School on Wednesday evening, March 5, 2008. The Final Round is scheduled for Sunday, March 9, 2008, and will be webcast live. 

The Wagner Competition is the Nation’s largest entirely student-run moot court competition and the only national competition dedicated exclusively to the areas of labor and employment law.  The Moot Court Association sponsors this competition in honor of our distinguished alumnus and United States Senator, the late Robert F. Wagner. 

Competitors will argue in three Preliminary Rounds spread over the course of two days, Thursday, March 6, 2008 and Friday, March 7, 2008.  Following the Preliminary Rounds, the top sixteen teams will advance to the Octo-Finals.  The advancing teams will compete against each other according to their rankings from the Preliminary Rounds (i.e. Team 1 vs. Team 16).  The Octo-Finals will occur on Friday, March 9, 2007 in the early afternoon.  Those teams advancing to the Quarter Finals will be announced Friday evening following the Octo-Finals.  The Quarter Finals will occur on the morning of Saturday, March 8, 2008 and the Semi-Finals will commence directly after the completion of the Quarter Final round.  The top two teams competing in the final round will be announced following the Semi-Finals.   The final round will occur Sunday, March 9, 2007 and will be webcast live. 

On Saturday evening, the New York Law School Moot Court Association will host the Wagner Ball to celebrate all your hard work.  At the Ball, we will announce the winners of the three Best Preliminary Round Oralists, three Best Petitioner Briefs, three Best Respondent Briefs, and an award for Best Preliminary Round Team. 

Good luck in preparing your oral arguments and we look forward to seeing you in March.

Best Regards,

Michelle Benedetto & Chance Miller

2008 Wagner Competition Co-Chairs