A five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, Second Department, on April 4 heard oral arguments in 14 cases at St. John’s University School of Law’s Belson Moot Courtroom, marking the first time the appeals court conducted official business at a law school.

Here, Dean Michael Simons, at left, poses with the panel members, from left, Justices Ruth Balkin and Reinaldo Rivera; Presiding Justice Randall Eng; and Justices Daniel Angiolillo and Sylvia Hinds-Radix.