The local level pageant was held on Saturday, February 18 at the Dillards Performing Center for Arts. The Miss America scholarship pageant represents four pillars: scholarship, service, success, and style. Ideally, the title holders are expected to manifest each pillar that Miss America stands for. Each contestant must have a platform they wish to advocate for. Ritika chose Children's Education and Literacy as my platform because she wanted to focus on serving children who do not have the resources necessary to achieve their goals. In the end - 3 fortunate ladies were crowned titles, including Mrs. Singh. She received the title of Miss Gold Coast 2017 and will be competing in the Miss Florida pageant, which will be held in Lakeland, Florida this June. The winner of Miss Florida will advance to compete with ladies from across the country in the Miss America pageant in September.

Mrs. Singh was also recently featured in the Vogue Online Magazine, 125th Anniversary edition, featuring Miss America.  Good job Ritika!

Our Moot Court Society would like to congratulate Gabrielli National Family Law Moot Court Team consisting of Jamie Nakoa and Kristin Vara with their coaches Professor Cassidy and Dean Struffolino. Jaime and Kristin were Quarter Finalist at the National Competition held this past weekend in Albany, NY hosted by Albany Law School.  During the competition, their excellent coaching and hard work stood up to schools such as Albany Law School, Pennsylvania State University, and William and Mary Law School. 

The Black Law Student Association (BLSA), the Civil Rights Law Society (CRLS) & The Panza Maurer Law Library hosted Movie Night on February 28th at 8pm. featuring Netflix original movie "13th" and it  was a great success!  Attendance was strong, and was accompanied by Professor Cross, Professor Jim Willets, and Dean Jon Garon.  The student panel at the end of the event discussed how the prison system was portray as a business, rather than a detention center. "We hope that this movie night tradition will continue on into the future years", commented Ashanda Carter, President of BLSA.

Our Moot Court Society would also like to congratulate the National Appellate Advocacy Competition team consisting of Bethany Pandher, Samantha Bowen, and Marivi Rodriguez with their coach Professor Baxter. The team advanced to the fourth round of the Regional Competition held this past weekend in Boston, MA hosted by the American Bar Association.  A big thank you to all who were involved in this effort, Professors Behariell, Brown, Baxter, Chaney. Professors Cerminara, Dale, Dobson, and Duhart. Professor Richmond, Webber, Uzdavines, and Professor Masinter.  Devika Carr, William Bromley, Esq., Lilian Guzman, Khalil Quinan, Esq., Richard Rafuls, Shirley Sharon, Ritika Singh, Brittney Henderson, Bethany Pandler, Marivi Rodriguez, Maxwell Sawyer, Aleah Shuren, and Lynn Taylor.