On Oct. 2, the Office of the Appellate Defender will host its 30th annual “First Monday in October” fundraiser gala and Mock Supreme Court argument.

Dani R. James of Kramer Levin and Joon H. Kim of Cleary Gottlieb will each receive the Milton S. Gould Award for outstanding oral advocacy. They will argue “United States v. Rahimi,” which asks whether a federal law prohibiting persons subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possession of a firearm violates the Second Amendment.