Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is a renowned Moot Court in the field of international law, which is organized by the International Law Students Association ( ILSA ) and with participants from over 80 countries and more than 500 universities of the largest moot court competition in the world. It was founded in 1959 by students of Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of Virginia and is thus the oldest Moot Court is named after Philip Jessup, a former judge at the International Court in The Hague. Sponsor of the international finals is the law firm White & Case.

Venue

The Moot Court is held every year in Washington, DC held, usually in the last week of March. The date was chosen so that the competition with the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law coincides.

Expiration

When Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the students negotiate in English a fictitious international legal case as before the International Court of Justice. Each team usually consists of five students who work out for both the plaintiff and to the defendant's side pleading. In addition, a written "Memorial" must be submitted for each of the two parties.

The structure of the team is optional. But the plaintiff and the defendants are often side fixed each assigned two team members, while the fifth member is used for research or as a replacement speaker. In addition, most teams also include counselors who advise and train the team during the one-year preparatory phase of the Moot Court. These caregivers are usually international law faculty of the university and / or former Jessup participants.

In most countries, national preliminaries are held, in which the best team is selected for the international competition in Washington DC in advance. However, it is also possible that several teams compete in a country at international level. By far the largest participating country is the United States where up every year about 150 law schools teams for the Moot Court, which subsequently want in highly competitive regional preliminaries for the international competition qualify.

Of the participating students will be expected to have extensive knowledge of international law and are known both with the relevant judgments of the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia as well as with the works of leading international law.

During the international rounds in Washington DC find first three days of preparatory Moot Court Competition held after which the teams are allowed to move with the highest scores in the second round, quarterfinals, semifinals and then the finals. These rounds often take on a judge at the International Court of Justice, the role of judges.

Award winners

  • Record winner ( each 4x ): National University of Singapore (Singapore ), University of Texas (USA)
  • Record Finalist ( 11x): National University of Singapore (Singapore )

German representatives

  • German record attendance at the International Round: Ruprecht -Karls- University of Heidelberg, Friedrich -Schiller- University Jena (both 9x)

* Up to and including 2002, only the winner for the final round in Washington qualified. First time in 2013 took a third team to the finals in Washington DC in part.

Judges of the International Court of Justice Singapore Management University Australia Australian National University University of Los Andes (Colombia) Ateneo de Manila University University of the Witwatersrand University of Calgary France University of Saskatchewan Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Boston College Dalhousie University University of Kansas University of the Pacific (United States) Northwestern University American University University of Cambridge West Virginia University University of Kentucky
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