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Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society Presents:

The Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media and Art (CINEMA) Competition

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Nov 09, 2025, 8:00 AM – Nov 10, 2025, 4:00 PM
Cardozo Law School,
55 5th Ave, New York, NY 10003
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CINEMA Competition & Conference 2025

The Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media and Art Competition (CINEMA) simulates intellectual property and entertainment law negotiations in which law students, acting as lawyers, manage a series of legal problems relating to real-life scenarios. The simulations consist of a common set of facts known by all participants and confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. All of the simulations deal with the same general topic, but the negotiation situation varies with each round and level of the competition. Teams of two competitors will represent each party. Competitors are scored exclusively on their oral argument performance.

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In addition to honing their negotiation skills, competitors will also have the opportunity to hear from leading lawyers and professionals spanning the breadth of the entertainment industry through a series of panels meant to stoke dialogue surrounding the industry’s most pertinent legal challenges.

The Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society (CDRCHS) is a student-run organization that is led primarily by a select group of 3L students that excelled as 2L competitors. CDRCHS is the competitive wing of Cardozo’s Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution.

The Honor Society selects approximately 25-32 competitors each year. Together, these students participate in a week-long summer intensive course, DR Moot Camp, and continue to prepare for domestic and international competitions throughout the fall and spring semesters. These competitions simulate negotiation, client counseling, representation in mediation and arbitration.

Final Round

Past Years CINEMA Competition

3rd Annual CINEMA, held on Sunday, November 10, 2024
Organized by former Editor-In-Chief, Samantha Harberg and former Internal Managing Editor, Becca Hine

Hosted 34 teams 

1st Place: Brooklyn Law School 

2nd Place: St. Mary's University School of Law

Best Advocate: Joanna Ong, Berkeley Law 

 

2nd Annual CINEMA, held on Sunday, November 12, 2023
Organized by former Editor-In-Chief, Diana Miller
Hosted 31 teams (nearly tripling our enrollment since our first competition!)
1st Place: University of Maryland Carey School of Law
2nd Place: University of Georgia School of Law
Best Advocate: Ayllin Vishnevetski - New York Law School

 

First Inaugural CINEMA, held on Sunday, March 26, 2023

Organized by former Editor-In-Chief, Ilona Erlich and former Managing Editor, Alec Neimand

CDRCHS Awards

Spring 2025:

  • University of Miami Counseling Creators Competition

    • 1st Place: ​Carter Clees, Solly Jacobs, and Claire Miller 

  • ​New York Law School Sports Law Society Soccer Dispute Competition

    • Semi-Finalists (3rd Overall):​ Zeynep Karageldi and Perry Santos 

  • Brooklyn Law School Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competition

    • 1st Place: Lauren Johnson and Maddy Katz​

  • International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution International Mediation Competition (São Paulo, Brazil) 

    • ​1st Place: Best Negotiators Team - Alan Gitelman and Rachel Sadow

    • 2nd Place: Best Mediator - Maya Horowitch 

    • 2nd Place: Best Counsel - Rachel Sadow

    • 3rd Place: Best Client - Alan Gitelman

  • Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna, Austria)

    • Among ​400 teams from law schools around the world, we advanced to the Top 64 for the first time in school history.

    • Individual Oralist Honors: Sarah Brummet and Jeff Rula​

    • Vis Moot Pre-Moot Competitions (New York City): Cameron Sotoodeh, Krista Jones, Sarah Brumett, and Jeff Rula

      • ​18th Annual Fordham Pre-Moot

      • 13th New York University Practice Moot

      • 2025 New York City Bar Association Vis Pre-Moot​​​

Fall 2024:

  • Brenau University International Invitational Mediation Tournament 

    • 1st Place Advocate/Client Team 

    • 3rd Place Mediator Team

    • 2nd Place Advocate/Client Pair - Sy Alifeld and Joshua Rosen

    • 10th Place Advocate/Client Pair - Joshua Rosen and Madeline Katz 

    • 8th Place Mediator - Sy Alifeld 

    • 10th Place Mediator - Madeline Katz​

  • University of Houston Law Center National Mediator Competition

    • ​Semi-Finalist (Top 4): Helena Daudbourg  

  • Thomas Jefferson School of Law National Sports Law Negotiation Competition

    • First Runner Up: Zeynep Karageldi and Eli Gordon 

  • Mediation Bombay

    • ​All six of our competitors advanced to the Round of 16. We were not able to attend the rounds in India. 

  • ABA M&A Committee National Invitational

    • Semi-finalists (Top 4 among 64): ​Lauren Chasnow and Alan Gitelman 

  • University of Miami Counseling Creators Competition
    • 1st Place:  ​Carter Clees, Solly Jacobs, and Claire Miller 

  • ​New York Law School Sports Law Society Soccer Dispute Competition

    • Semi-Finalists (3rd Overall):​ Zeynep Karageldi and Perry Santos​

Spring 2024:

  • Semi Finalists at the Tulane Professional Football Negotiation Competition (out of 48 teams);

  • Quarter Finalists and 6th Place Overall at the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition (out of 46 teams)

  • INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament

    • Top Client/Advocate Pair

    • Top Individual Mediator6th Place Overall Mediator Team

    • 9th Place Overall Client/Advocate Team

    • 1st Place Social Media Engagement Award

  • Brooklyn Law School Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competition

    • 2nd Place Overall

    • 3rd Place Overall

Fall 2023:

  • Semi Finalists at the Bucerius Mediation Competition by BODENHEIMER (out of 24 teams);

  • INADR IIMT Mediation Tournament

  • 2nd Place for Best Mediator Team

  • 2nd Place for Best Individual Mediator

  • 6th Place for Best Advocate/Client Pair

  • 8th Place for Best Advocate/Client Pair

  • 8th Place for Best Individual Mediator

  • 9th Place for Best Mediator Team

  • ABA Law Student Division Negotiation Competition

  • Semi Finalists - 4th Place Overall

Spring 2023:

  • INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament, Bologna, Italy

    • 1st Place Overall Advocate-Client Team (1st place out of 40 teams)

    • Top Place Individual Mediator (7th place out of 120 individuals)

  • XI Rio Pre-Moot

    • 1st Place overall for Best Oralist (out of 39 participating teams)

Fall 2022: 

  • 2nd Place at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Sports Law Negotiation Competition 

Spring 2022: 

  • Semi-Finalists at the X-Rio Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Pre-Moot;  

  • 16th place of 47 teams at ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition; 

  • Top 8 teams (out of over 50 teams) at the Sports Arbitration Moot; 

  • 2nd Place and other team advanced to quarter finals at the Fordham Basketball Negotiation Competition. 

  • 2nd place in preliminary and 4th overall at the South Texas Energy Law Negotiation Competition 

Fall 2021: 

  • 1st place at ABA Regional Negotiation Competition;  

  • 1st place in Arbitration Advocacy at the FINRA Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon;  

  • 1st place mediator, 3rd place overall advocate-client team, 3rd place advocate-client pair, 5th place overall mediation team, and 10th place advocate-client pair at the INADR Invitational Mediation Tournament;  

  • 3rd place at the Thomas Jefferson School of Law Sports Law Negotiation Competition;  

Spring 2021: 

  • In February 2021, Cardozo took the top spot (“Best Overall”) out of 46 schools in a competition at UCLA! We also got the award for “best negotiation.”  

  • 1st place at the Fordham Basketball Negotiation competition. 

2025-2026 Executive Board & Members

Editor-in-Chief
CLAIRE MILLER

Internal Managing Editor
PERRY SANTOS


Executive Editors
ANWULI ONWAEZE
RACHEL SADOW

External Managing Editor

ZEYNEP KARAGELDI

 

Problem Editors

CARTER CLEES

LAUREN HALL

MAYA HORWITCH

​Senior Editors


JOSH ROSEN
KHADIJA QADERI
KINME REEVES
KRISTA JONES

ALAN GITELMAN
ALEXA MILLER
CAMERON SOTOODEH
DAWSON HOLDER
JEFF RULA

LAUREN CHASNOW
LEXI SILVERMAN

MADELINE KATZ
SCOTT GOODMAN
SY ALIFELD

​Staff Editors

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XAVIER DREUX
LAUREN FIALKOW
ALEC GORDON
NISHA GUPTA
JENNIFER HAWKINS
CAMRYN HOHNEKER
GABRIELLE HUNTER
INGA KESELMAN

ARIANA AUGELLO
JAKE BELMONT
SASHA BERNIKER
SOFIA BERGQVIST
SAFA BILAL
MARISA BRAVERMAN
COLE BUFFA
MINJUNG CHOI
KENDRICK DARKO

MCKENNA MADDEN
JOSHUA OH
JARED PERAGLIA
REBECCA REYES
JASMINE ROSARIO
LEORA SCHWADRON
ALIXANDRA SHOLOMON
JESSICA TAFT
MOLLIE THOMAS

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Schedule

Day 1
9:30 - 10:30 a.m
Breakfast and Room Assignments 
10:30 - 11:00 
Welcome Remarks and Orientation 
11:00 - 11:15
Judges and teams move to assigned rooms
11:15 - 12:05 
Round 1 (50-minute negotiation)
Cocktails & Party!
Day 2
8:30 - 9:30 a.m
Breakfast 
9:40 - 10:30
Panel 1: All the World’s a Stage (and it Needs Lawyers)
10:55 - 11:45 
Panel 2: Creator Deals 101:
Term Sheets,
Royalties, and the
"Gotchas"
11:45 - 12:00 
Networking Break
12:00 - 12:50 
Panel 3: Casebooks to Credits:
Building an Entertainment
Law Career
See Schedule Tab for Full Information 

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