McLaughlin Advanced Trial Advocacy Workshop Welcomes Inaugural Class
From January 6-17, 2020, select Seton Hall Law students immersed themselves in the
Denis F. McLaughlin Advanced Trial Advocacy Workshop - an intense two-week experience for 16 of the Law School’s most committed trial
advocacy students.
Endowed by the law firm O’Toole Scrivo, LLC, the Workshop honored the life’s work
of Seton Hall Law Professor Denis F. McLaughlin. The curriculum covered each aspect of a trial as students learned from highly skilled attorney coaches, culminating with students trying cases at federal
or state courthouses before federal judges including United States District Judges for the District of NJ, The Honorable Katharine
Hayden ’75, The Honorable Madeline Cox Arleo ’89, The Honorable Michael Shipp ’94,
and United States Magistrate Judge for the District of NJ, The Honorable Michael Hammer
’93.
In addition, students heard from a panel of distinguished speakers during the Workshop,
including The Honorable Brian R. Martinotti ’86, United States District Judge, District
of New Jersey; Craig Carpenito ’00, United States Attorney for the District of New
Jersey; Michael Farbiarz, General Counsel, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey;
Betsy Fishbone, VP, Senior Associate General Counsel, Colgate-Palmolive Company; Tanya
Holcomb, VP, and General Counsel, Global Litigation, Honeywell International; Bruce
Nagel, Partner, Nagel Rice LLP; and Anthony Slimowicz, Executive VP and Chief Operating
Officer, Crum & Forster.