Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the most prestigious, oldest and, with participants from over 94 countries and 645 universities, also the largest moot court in the world. The participants simulate a fictitious international law case before the International Court of Justice in The Hague . It began as an internal moot court at Harvard University in 1960 and has been hosted annually by the International Law Students Association (ILSA) in Washington, DC since opening to other teams . In Germany , a preliminary decision on the selection of the German representatives takes place annually at different universities. It is named after Philip Jessup , a former judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Venue
The Moot Court is held in Washington, DC each year , usually the last week of March. The date was chosen to coincide with the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law . The venue for the German preliminary round has been changing annually between the participating universities since 2016. Previously, the venue was the university of the previous year's winner.
year | Host |
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2020 | Georg-August-University Goettingen |
2019 | University of Hamburg , Bucerius Law School |
2018 | Christian Albrechts University in Kiel , Walther Schücking Institute for International Law |
2017 | University of Passau |
2016 | Ludwig Maximilians University Munich , University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich |
2015 | Heidelberg University |
2014 | University of Trier |
2013 | Heidelberg University |
2012 | Ruhr-University Bochum |
2011 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
2010 | Free University of Berlin |
2009 | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
2008 | Georg-August-University Goettingen |
2007 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
2006 | Heidelberg University |
2005 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
2004 | Humboldt University of Berlin |
2003 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena |
2002 | University of Augsburg |
2001 | Heidelberg University |
2000 | Humboldt University of Berlin |
1999 | Weimar |
procedure
At the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court, the students hear a fictitious international law case in English, just like before the International Court of Justice. Each team usually consists of five students who prepare pleadings for both the plaintiff and the defendant . In addition, a written “ memorial ” must be submitted for each of the two parties.
The structure of the team is optional. Often, however, the plaintiff and the defendant are each assigned two team members, while the fifth member is used for research or as a substitute speaker . In addition, most teams also include supervisors who advise and train the team during the one-year preparation phase for the moot court. These supervisors are mostly international law lecturers from the respective university and / or former Jessup participants.
In most countries, national preliminary rounds are held in which the best team for the international competition in Washington DC is selected in advance. However, it is also possible that several teams from one country compete on an international level. By far the largest participating country is the United States , where every year around 150 law schools set up teams for the moot court, who then want to qualify for the international competition in highly competitive regional preliminary decisions.
Participating students are expected to have a thorough understanding of international law and are familiar 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 the works of leading international lawyers.
During the international rounds in Washington DC, preparatory moot courts will initially take place for three days, after which the teams with the highest scores can move into the round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and then the final. In these rounds, judges at the International Court of Justice often take on the role of judges.
Award winners
year | First prize winner | Second award winner |
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2018 | University of Queensland (Australia) | National Law School of India University (India) |
2017 | University of Sydney (Australia) | Norman Manley Law School (Jamaica) |
2016 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) | University of Pennsylvania (USA) |
2015 | University of Sydney (Australia) | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile) |
2014 | University of Queensland ( Australia ) | Singapore Management University ( Singapore ) |
2013 | National Law School of India University ( India ) | Singapore Management University ( Singapore ) |
2012 | Lomonosov University ( Russia ) | Columbia University ( USA ) |
2011 | University of Sydney ( Australia ) | Columbia University (USA) |
2010 | Australian National University (Australia) | Columbia University (USA) |
2009 | Universidad de los Andes ( Colombia ) | University College London ( United Kingdom ) |
2008 | Case Western Reserve University (USA) | University of New South Wales (Australia) |
2007 | University of Sydney (Australia) | King's College London (United Kingdom) |
2006 | Columbia University (USA) | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello ( Venezuela ) |
2005 | University of Queensland (Australia) | International Islamic University Malaysia |
2004 | Ateneo de Manila University ( Philippines ) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
2003 | University of Western Australia (Australia) | Mari State University ( Russia ) |
2002 | University of the Witwatersrand ( South Africa ) | University of Western Australia (Australia) |
2001 | National University of Singapore (Singapore) | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) |
2000 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) |
1999 | National Law School of India University (India) | University of Pretoria ( South Africa ) |
1998 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ( Mexico ) | Australian National University (Australia) |
1997 | Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Venezuela) | University of Calgary ( Canada ) |
1996 | University of Sydney (Australia) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1995 | University of the Philippines (Philippines) | University of Western Australia (Australia) |
1994 | National University of Singapore (Singapore) | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
1993 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | University of Hawaii (USA) |
1992 | University of Paris I ( France ) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1991 | University of Saskatchewan (Canada) | University of Georgia (USA) |
1990 | University of Georgia (USA) | University of Toronto (Canada) |
1989 | University of British Columbia (Canada) | University of Melbourne (Australia) |
1988 | University of Melbourne (Australia) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1987 | Georgetown University (USA) | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ( Belgium ) |
1986 | Boston College (USA) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1985 | National University of Singapore (Singapore) | Southwestern University (USA) |
1984 | Dalhousie University (Canada) | South Texas College of Law (USA) |
1983 | University of Kansas (USA) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1982 | National University of Singapore (Singapore) | University of the Pacific (USA) |
1981 | Australian National University (Australia) | University of the Pacific (USA) |
1980 | Georgetown University (USA) | National University of Singapore (Singapore) |
1979 | Northwestern University (USA) | University of Adelaide (Australia) |
1978 | Brooklyn Law School (USA) | University of Toronto (Canada) |
1977 | University of Kansas (USA) | University of Toronto (Canada) |
1976 | University of Toronto (Canada) | American University (USA) |
1975 | Cambridge University (UK) | Georgetown University (USA) |
1974 | University of Texas (USA) | University of Addis Ababa ( Ethiopia ) |
1973 | West Virginia University (USA) | Brunel University (United Kingdom) |
1972 | University of Miami (USA) | University of Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
1971 | University of Texas (USA) | University of California (USA) |
1970 | University of Miami (USA) | University of Kentucky (USA) |
1969 | Rutgers University (USA); University of Michigan (USA) | - |
1968 | Duke University (USA) | University of Miami (USA) |
1967 | Vanderbilt University (USA) | Harvard University (USA) |
1966 | University of Texas (USA) | University of Wisconsin – Madison (USA) |
1965 | Columbia University (USA) | University of Virginia (USA) |
1964 | University of Texas (USA) | - |
1963 | Columbia University (USA) | University of North Carolina (USA) |
- Record winners (4 × each): National University of Singapore (Singapore), University of Texas (USA)
- Record finalist (11 ×): National University of Singapore (Singapore)
German representatives
year | National Rounds winner | Runner-up | Third place | Best Memorial | Best Oralist |
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2020 | Bucerius Law School | Hertie School of Governance | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Thomas Dörtgöz (Bucerius Law School) |
2019 | Hertie School of Governance | University of Hamburg | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg | Abe Chauhan (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich) |
2018 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Hertie School of Governance | University of Passau | Hertie School of Governance | Edith Eike (Georg August University Göttingen) |
2017 | Humboldt University of Berlin | University of Hamburg | Heidelberg University | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Sebastian von Massow (University of Hamburg) |
2016 | Bucerius Law School | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | Ruhr-University Bochum | Humboldt University of Berlin | Alexander Wagner (Bucerius Law School) |
2015 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich | University of Hamburg | Bucerius Law School | Michael Strecker (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich) |
2014 | Heidelberg University | Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg | - | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Maria Monnheimer (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg) |
2013 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Humboldt University of Berlin | Ruhr-University Bochum | Humboldt University of Berlin | |
2012 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Heidelberg University | - * | ||
2011 | Ruhr-University Bochum | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | - | ||
2010 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Heidelberg University | - | ||
2009 | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster | Heidelberg University | - | ||
2008 | Free University of Berlin | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster | - | ||
2007 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | Heidelberg University | - | ||
2006 | Heidelberg University | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | - | ||
2005 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | - | ||
2004 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Humboldt University of Berlin | - | ||
2003 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | - | ||
2002 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | - * | - | ||
2001 | Heidelberg University | - | - | ||
2000 | Heidelberg University | - | - | ||
1999 | Humboldt University of Berlin | - | - | ||
1998 | Humboldt University of Berlin | - | - | ||
1997 | Heidelberg University | - | - | ||
1996 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1995 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1994 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1993 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1992 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1991 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1990 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - | ||
1989 | Christian Albrechts University Kiel | - | - |
* Up to and including 2002, only the winner qualified for the finals in Washington. In 2013, a third team took part in the finals in Washington DC for the first time.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jessup Cup | Duke University School of Law. Retrieved March 17, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Jessup . In: Harvard Law School Moot Court . September 9, 2016 ( harvard.edu [accessed March 17, 2017]).
- ^ Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition - University of Passau. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 18, 2017 ; accessed on March 17, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition - Law Faculty - LMU Munich. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Nina Himmer: "Moot Court" for law students: Harder than in court . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . March 17, 2016, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed March 20, 2017]).
- ↑ Press Release: Record Number of Teams | White & Case LLP International Law Firm. Retrieved March 17, 2017 .
- ^ The World's Largest Moot Court Competition. (PDF) Hein Online, accessed on March 17, 2017 .
- ^ History ILSA homepage. International Law Students Association (ILSA), accessed March 17, 2017 .
- ^ Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition - Law Faculty - LMU Munich. Retrieved March 20, 2017 .
- ↑ German National Rounds 2017 - University of Passau. Retrieved March 17, 2017 .