Seton Hall Law Students Win the Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition

Third Year Students Shea Moran and Emme Anderson took home the win at the Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court Competition. Additionally, the team won an award for writing the best respondent brief and Emme Anderson received the Best Final Round Oralist award.

Known as the largest student-run moot court competition and premier national competition dedicated exclusively to the areas of labor and employment law, New York Law School hosted forty teams in competition from February 28th to March 2nd. Participants engaged in a real-world legal labor and employment law problem focused on the Americans with Disabilities Act and non-compete agreements and received feedback from distinguished judges, and practitioners. 

Seton Hall’s team argued in six different rounds including two preliminary rounds, a round of 16, a round of 8, the semi-finals and the finals before they were announced as the winners.  For the Final Round they argued in front of the Honorable Anthony Cannataro, Scott Deluca, Anne Goldstein, the Honorable Joel Slomsky and Melanie Speight.

Shea and Emme were invited to join the Interscholastic Moot Court Board through their participation in the law school’s internal Gressman competition. In the 2024 Gressman competition, Shea was a finalist and Emme received an award for the best oral advocate.  Reflecting on her experience, Shea states, “Gressman provided a good basis for legal analysis, oral advocacy, and thinking on your feet, but how prepared I felt definitely came from our incredible coaches, Jodi Hudson, and our student mooting group. We were beyond lucky to have the coaches and student mooting group that we did, and the win is fully credited to how they went above and beyond to prepare us for the competition.”   

Emme says throughout the course of her participation in both the Gressman Competition and on the Interscholastic Moot Court Board she learned a lot about believing in herself and invaluable skills that will benefit her after graduation, including public speaking, advocacy and writing.   As to the Wagner Competition specifically, Emme says, “I felt so prepared going into our competition mainly because of hours Jodi, our coaches, and the team spent giving us invaluable feedback during practice.  I’m so proud and grateful to have had the opportunity to have been able to represent such an incredible team.” 

Emme and Shea would like to extend a special thank you to Krista Gundersen, Esq. and Jon Meinen, Esq., for their dedication to this team and incredible coaching. Shea states, “being on the Board this year has been an incredible experience. I feel beyond grateful to have had the opportunity to compete, especially with my fantastic partner Emme. The opportunity to be on this team has meant the world to me. I cannot thank Jodi Hudson enough for giving me the opportunity to be a part of this team.”

This marks the second national championship in 2025 for the Seton Hall Law Moot Court Board. Earlier this year, 3L students Emma Taylor and Christopher Frey won the Hicks Thomas LLP Moot Court National Championship. Seton Hall’s 44-member Interscholastic Moot Court Board is currently ranked #4 in the country by the Blakely Advocacy Institute.