A team of NYU Law students, consisting of Elyse Cox '27, Jacqueline Stark LLM '25, and Denis McGrath '27, emerged as victors in the world finals of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court for 2025.
Their win marked a first for NYU Law in the competition and the first Manfred Lachs world championship for a North American team in over a decade.
According to McGrath, the journey to becoming international champions began during his 1L year when he learned that NYU Law had a dormant Space Law Society due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
So step number one was trying to bring the Space Law Society back to NYU, which I did with the help of [Murry and Ida Becker Professor of Law] Benedict Kingsbury, who’s our faculty sponsor,
McGrath said. The team's victory was a result of their efforts to revive the Space Law Society and participate in the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court.
Author's summary: NYU Law team wins first space law championship title.