2009 Nathan Baker Mock Trial Competition
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Background on the Competition
The Nathan Baker Mock Trial Competition,
held each year in the fall, is named after an outstanding New Jersey
trial lawyer, Nathan Baker. After graduation from New York University
School of Law, Nathan Baker opened up an office in Hoboken, New Jersey.
At the outset, Mr. Baker represented the immigrant families who worked
as longshoremen, seamen and industrial workers in New Jersey and New
York. In later years, he provided legal counsel to the first-generation
sons and daughters who continued to live in the area.
Nathan Baker was nationally renowned expert in admiralty
law and a leading advocate for the rights of seamen and longshoremen.
In New Jersey, he was recognized for his skill in trial advocacy and
participated in many important court cases that expanded the legal
rights of accident victims, such as Henningsen (products liability),
Gluckoff (wrongful death), Ellis (proximate cause), O'Brien
(comparative negligence) and Snyder (premises liability).
In 1982, Yale Law School established the Nathan Baker
Professorship of Law to support the teaching of trial advocacy and
evidence. In 2000, Rutgers School of Law-Newark dedicated the Baker
Trial Courtroom at Rutgers Law School - Newark through his generous
gift. Each fall, the Moot Court Board administers the Nathan Baker Mock
Trial Competition, which is open to all second and third year law
students. The experience affords such students the opportunity to
improve litigation and advocacy skills while obtaining feedback from
judges and attorneys.
The winners of the Nathan Baker Mock Trial Competition
will go on to represent Rutgers School of Law-Newark in the National
Mock Trial Competition.
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