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2000 Jessup Competition

Case Concerning the Vaccine Trials

The Washington Monarch Hotel, Washington, D.C.

Jessup World Cup Champion: University of Melbourne (Australia)

Runner-Up: Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Venezuela)

Final Round Judges:
Hon. Judge Stephen M. Schwebel, former President, International Court of Justice
Gavin Griffith, Q.C., Attorney, Australia and United Kingdom
Barbara Mishkin, District of Columbia bar

Problem Authors:
Gerald S. Schatz, attorney and instructor, Graduate School in the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Prof. Michael Scharf, New England School of Law

Executive Director: M. Elizabeth Atkins

Administrative Director: Laura M. Title


Best Oralist (Championship Round): Nehal C. Bhuta, University of Melbourne

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds): (tie)
V. Harkness, University of Sydney (Australia)
Keith Norton, Napier University (United Kingdom)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Alabama (USA)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): International Islamic University (Malaysia)

Best Memorial (Intl Rounds, Evans Award): International Islamic University

Best Memorial (World Regional Rounds, Dillard Award): University of Melbourne


Number of Teams Worldwide: 287

Number of Teams at International Rounds: 67

Number of Countries: 53

Number of Countries at International Rounds: 53