The Baxter Award recognizes Jessup Teams for excellence in Memorial writing by comparing individual Applicant and Respondent Memorials. The Best Overall Applicant Memorial and Best Overall Respondent Memorial are selected from the winners of the Evans and Dillard Award, and published in the 2009 Jessup Compendium, in the ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law, and on ILSA's website. Plaques are also awarded to the teams with the Best Overall Memorials. Each member from the teams listed below will receive a certificate.
Best Overall Applicant Memorial: King's College London (United Kingdom) - click here to view a copy
Best Overall Respondent Memorial: University of Sydney (Australia) - click here to view a copy
ILSA congratulates all of this year’s ranking Baxter teams:
| Rank | School | Country |
| 1 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
| 2-tie | University of Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
| 2-tie | University of Denver | United States |
| 4 | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 5 | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia |
| Rank | School | Country |
| 1 | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 2 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia |
| 4 | Universiteit Utrecht | Netherlands |
| 5 | Yerevan State University | Armenia |