The Advocate's Advantage
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Advocacy is both an art and a science. It can be taught, studied, practiced, and written about. To us, advocacy is a passion – something inside a litigator’s heart and their brain. To us, advocacy is our advantage. Through this blog, we aim to educate ourselves while also sharing resources and helping others through an online community. Here, at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Advocacy Program is always looking for ways to further our skills and understanding of the law.
And so, The Advocate’s Advantage was born…
REFORM THE REFORM: The Downside of New York’s Discovery and Bail Reform Laws
In what seems to be a quest for justice, New York State embarked on a journey of reform, aiming to ensure fairness and equity in its legal system. But we must consider fairness for whom exactly? New York’s criminal justice system would soon face consequences that none...
THE ART OF JURY SELECTION
Jurors perform a crucial role in the American criminal justice system. Individuals accused of a crime rely upon jurors for the protection of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. However, often when someone gets a letter telling them that they have been...
Foul Territory: Reviewing Major League Baseball’s Ban Against Statcast-Generated Sabermetric Evidence in Salary Arbitration Hearings
In January 2024, I was a competitor in the International Baseball Arbitration Competition. This competition was held at Tulane University. In the banquet that followed the competition, which was held at the New Orleans Arts Warehouse District Hotel in an art gallery,...
IF THEY SNOOZE YOU LOSE: KEEPING JURORS ENGAGED DURING TRIAL
Trials do not always live up to the dramatic portrayals seen on television, and not all jurors are enthusiastic about their courtroom duties. On the other hand, serving as a juror could offer the unique opportunity to unwind and take a break from the usual work...
Competing in the 2023 ABA Arbitration Competition
On November 18, 2023, Derek Romberg, Marc Bisogno, Steven Donofrio, and I (Colin Savino) competed on behalf of Haub Law Advocacy in the ABA Arbitration Competition regionals. We were coached by Kristen Mogavero. We thank her for all her time working with us to prepare...
Navigating through Imposter Syndrome as a Team Captain
With my previous successes, one would think I had overcome my fear of not being “good enough.”- that feeling of being an imposter. I should feel confident in being named the captain of Haub Law’s team in the Wechsler First Amendment Moot Court Competition- right? But...
WEB-BASED EVIDENCE AND IT’S ADMISSIBILITY
The rise of the internet has led to a rise in the introduction of web-based evidence in court. It is something that attorneys find themselves having to deal with on a more frequent basis. Whether it be posts from social media, published web articles, or web page...
Is it the journey or the destination? Neither, it’s the company.
On May 23rd, 2023, I landed in Reykjavík, Iceland to participate in a two week advocacy program. I stepped off of the plane into a country of blustering winds and freezing temperatures. Little did I know how much this country and the people I met there, would change...
Admissibility of Grand Jury Testimony at Trial Under the Federal Rules of Evidence
Sometimes situations will arise where, at a criminal trial, the defendant wants to admit the grand jury testimony of a witness. Since grand jury hearings are ex parte proceedings, grand jury testimony will almost never be admissible on behalf of the government due to...
Lessons I’ve Learned From Generational Advocacy
My family has a strong presence in the law: my dad is a New York State Supreme Court Justice sitting in White Plains, New York, and my aunt is a solo real-estate practitioner based out of Armonk, New York. The question when I was growing up was always whether I would...
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