December 21, 2016
"I think our main goal should always be to be the best lawyers we can, embrace every situation and take advantage of every opportunity that presents itself," Moira Batista.

Though commencement is traditionally thought to take place in the spring, Rutgers Law School also graduates students in the winter semester. These students have finished their final exams in December and will be considered graduates in January. Each has a unique story and reason for going to law school. 

After graduation, Moira Batista will continue working as a law clerk for McLaughlin & Nardi LLC, before she begins clerking for Superior Court Judge Diane Pincus . Batista, a Newark native, who also attended Rutgers University as an undergraduate, was active in several organizations during her years at law school.

“I have wanted to be a lawyer as long as I could remember,” she said. “Growing up in Newark I got to witness so many injustices and saw people in desperate states of being. I thought being a lawyer would be the way to help these people who clearly did not know their rights enough to help themselves.”

Batista, who is bilingual, was a member of the Finance and Business Law Society, the Alternate Dispute Resolution Society, the Association of Latin American Law Students, the Black Law Students and also volunteered at Latino Justice PRLDEF in New York City. During her 3L year, she was the Region III President for the Hispanic National Bar Association for the Law Student Division.

She also participated in the Intellectual Property Clinic and got limited recognition to practice before the Patent and Trademark Office.

Batista is the first person in her family to pursue a graduate degree. While at law school she won Best Oral Advocate at the New York State Bar Association’s/ AAA Arbitration Competition in the Dispute Resolution Section.

 She complimented Professors Marcia Crnoevich and Professor Lou Raveson, “They not only cared about me academically but also about me personally. They helped me at times in which they did not have to and were always happy to do it. That kind ness is something that I will forever carry with me and am extremely grateful for.”

Batista also gained experience interning and working with judges during law school, including interning in the Family Division of Superior Court for Judge Marysol  Rosero and Judge Walter Koprowski in the Chancery Division General Equity Part.

She complimented the professors at Rutgers Law School, “(They) spend countless hours and various months equipping you with the knowledge you need to succeed, not just right now, but for the rest of your life.”

Rutgers Law Media Contact:
Shanida Carter

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