Announcing the the 2009 Jessup Topic

Looking ahead to next year's competition, ILSA is delighted to announce that the 2009 Jessup Compromis will address -- The Power and Authority of the International Court of Justice.

ILSA is also proud to announce that 2009 will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Jessup Competition. We hope that everyone will join us in the year long celebration. Please keep an eye out for announcements about events commemorating the Anniversary.

Announcing the Conclusion of the 2008 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds

The ILSA Executive Office congratulates all of the teams that participated in the 2008 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Overall, there were 110 teams in attendance from 77 different countries: 97 competing teams, 11 exhibition teams, and 2 observing teams. Click here for a list of participating teams.

Pictures from the 2008 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds can be found at the Shearman & Sterling Photo Gallery. Many thanks to FOJ Ennio Rizzi from Shearman & Sterling for taking these pictures.

The results from this year's International Rounds are as follows:

World Championship Team
Case Western Reserve University School of Law (USA)

Runner-up Team
University of New South Wales (Australia)

Best Final Round Oralist
Margaux Day – Case Western Reserve University School of Law (USA)

Top Memorial Score from Preliminary Rounds
Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)

Top Scoring Oralist from Preliminary Rounds
Fatima Al-Khoee - University College London (United Kingdom)

International Law Institute Award
Jose Victor Salud - Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)

Spirit of the Jessup Award Recipient
University of Namibia (Namibia)

More Results:

• Advanced Rounds Results
• Top 50 Teams
• Top 100 Individual Oralists
• Top 25 Team Memorial Scores

ILSA thanks all of those who helped to make this another sucessful competition year -- sponsors, national administrators, coaches, judges, bailiffs, ILSA student officers, and core volunteer staff.

Photos from the competition will be posted soon.

Second Batch of Jessup Basic Materials Released

The second batch of basic research materials for the 2008 Jessup Competition has been released. The Basic Materials are a collection of research materials designed to ensure that all teams, regardless of budget and access to information, start from the same position. A link to the Basic Materials can be found on the Jessup Homepage at www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

Jessup Corrections and Clarifications Posted

The Corrections and Clarifications to the Compromis for the 2008 Jessup Competition have been released. A link to the Corrections and Clarifications can be found on the Jessup Homepage at www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

First Batch of Jessup Basic Materials Released

The first batch of basic research materials for the 2008 Jessup Competition has been released. The Basic Materials are a collection of research materials designed to ensure that all teams, regardless of budget and access to information, start from the same position. A link to the Basic Materials can be found on the Jessup Homepage at www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

D.M. Harish Moot Court Competition - February 8-10, 2008

The Government Law College, located in Mumbai, India, is proud to announce the 9th D.M. Harish Memorial Government Law College International Moot Court Competition, to be held February 8-10, 2008. The competition is open to the international law school community, welcoming law schools from diverse legal traditions to compete against one another on a problem based on International Law. For further information, please visit the competition website. All interested participants are requested to email Mr. Arnav Shah, General Secretary, Moot Court Association, at mootcourts@glc.edu or shah.arnav.h@gmail.com.

M.M. Singhvi Moot Court Competition - January 10 to 13, 2008

National Law University, Jodhpur (India) announces the Eleventh Annual M.M. Singhvi Memorial - Bar Council of India - International Law Moot Court Competition to be held in Jodhpur (India) from January 10-13, 2008. National Law University invites law schools to participate in the Competition. The moot problem will be based on contemporary issues in International Law. For more information, please visit the the competition website. If you are interested in competing, please contact Ms. Nidhi Gupta, Chairperson, Moot Court Committee, National Law University, Jodhpur at mmsinghvi@gmail.com.

Jessup 2008 Season Commences

ILSA is delighted to announce the release of the Competition Problem (the Compromis) for the 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The Compromis can be found in both HTML and Microsoft Word format on the Jessup Homepage at www.ilsa.org/jessup/.

ILSA Fall Conference - International Environmental Law - October 11-14, 2007

The 2007 ILSA Fall Conference will be held October 11-14 at Denver University Sturm College of Law in Denver, Colorado, and will focus on International Environmental Law. There will be a keynote address and a number of engaging panels on the topic. For more information, please go to the conference website.

International Law Weekend - October 25-27, 2007

International Law Weekend, organized by the American Branch of the International Law Association, will be held October 25-27 at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The theme this year is "Toward a New Vision of International Law." As a member of the organizing committee, ILSA helped plan and will provide volunteers to administer the conference. Please email us if your ILSA chapter is interested in attending or volunteering. Admission for students is free. For more information on the program, please go to the American Branch's website.

Schedule and Rules for Jessup 2008

ILSA is pleased to announce that the Official Schedule and Official Rules for the 2008 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition are now available on the Jessup Webpage.

Chapter Registration is still open!

Schools may still register their chapters for the 2007-2008 academic year.

2007-2008 ILSA Student Officers Elected

ILSA congratulates its new student officers, elected at the ILSA Spring Conference on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Robert Magouirk of Tulane Law School (President), Krishma Parsad of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Vice President), and Niki Dasarathy of Case Western Reserve University (Chief Communications Officer) will serve for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Announcing the Topic for Jessup 2008

The 2008 Jessup Problem will focus on one of the most important, controversial, and timely issues of the day: the tension between ensuring human rights and responding to acts of terrorism.

Pictures from the 2007 Jessup Competition

Pictures from the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds can be found at the following websites:

• Jessup Photo Gallery, photos taken by FOJ Tony Nuval.
• Shearman & Sterling Photo Gallery, photos taken by FOJ Ennio Rizzi from Shearman & Sterling.

Results from the 2007 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds

ILSA is delighted to announce the successful conclusion of the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds. The winner of the 2007 Shearman & Sterling Jessup Cup was the University of Sydney. ILSA congratulates the University of Sydney and all other schools that participated. For a more detailed list of the results, please see the Jessup homepage.

Announcing the 2007 Dillard and Baxter Awards

ILSA is pleased to announce the top ten teams from the Dillard Award and the top three teams on each side for the Baxter Award. Congratulations to all the teams!

Dillard Rankings

The Dillard award is decided among the best memorials from the Regional and National Competitions (not necessarily the team that advances to Washington). The memorials are re-judged by 3 judges on each side. The award goes to the memorial with the highest combined score for Applicant and Respondent.

1: Australia - U. Sydney
2: India - NALSAR
3: US - Case Western Reserve U.
4: Venezuela - U. Catolica Andres Bello
5: Argentina - U. Buenos Aires
tie 6: Greece - Aristotle U.
tie 6: Germany - U. Heidelberg
8: US - Washington U. St. Louis
9: US - U. California, Hastings
10: Turkey - U. Istanbul

Baxter Rankings

The Baxter award is decided among the top five memorials from the International Rounds (Evans Award) and the top five memorials from the Dillard Award. The memorials are ranked by a committee of judges who evaluate all applicant or all respondent memorials.

Best Applicant Memorial

1: Argentina - U. Buenos Aires
2: Philippines - Ateneo de Manila U.
3: Australia - U. Sydney

Best Respondent Memorial

1: USA - Washington U. St. Louis
tie 2: Venezuela - U. Catolica Andres Bello
tie 2: Australia - U. Sydney

ILSA Office Contact Information

The contact information for ILSA is:

International Law Students Association
c/o DePaul University School of Law
25 East Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: (312) 362-5025
Fax: (312) 362-5073