The Sylvia Prozan Motion Practice Intensive is designed to develop the skills learned in written and oral advocacy by providing an intensive legal motion writing and oral advocacy experience. The course is named after Sylvia Prozan, who was already a successful television newscaster when she decided to become a lawyer. She graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1975 at the age of 42, the oldest student in her class. She had a distinguished legal career, establishing her own law office and teaching at John F. Kennedy University School of Law. Her family has funded this course to honor her legacy.
Limited to 2Ls, 3Ls, and LL.M. students, students will compete in randomized
teams of two, with each team member representing opposite sides on a motion. Each student will research and write a brief either in support of or in opposition to a motion, and, as a team, prep and make oral arguments on that motion.
The Prozan Motion Practice Intensive offers students a valuable opportunity to develop practical legal skills in a competitive yet collaborative environment. Each student will research and write a brief either in support of or in opposition to a motion, and, as a team, prep and make oral arguments on that motion.
Prozan Instructor
Mario Choi
Since 2024, Mario Choi has served as an administrative law judge with the California Office of Administrative Hearings, where he mediates, arbitrates, and adjudicates administrative disputes for state and local government agencies. Judge Choi began his career in New York, first as a law clerk to a judge of the New York Supreme Court, and then as a litigation associate at a New York law firm. He was also an attorney at a class action law firm, handling consumer protection, securities, and antitrust litigation matters. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Choi was a partner at the law firm of Donahue Fitzgerald LLP, where he represented companies and individuals in a variety of complex commercial litigation matters.