Jessup 2025 Baxter Awards Winners Announced!

Posted on by Chris Bonnez

ILSA is excited to announce the winners of this year’s Richard R. Baxter Awards for Best Memorials.

This Award is named in honor of the late Richard Baxter, who served as Judge of the International Court of Justice, and was an eminent and pioneering scholar of International Law.

The Awards are presented to Teams for excellence in Memorial writing by comparing individual Applicant and Respondent Memorials. The Applicant and Respondent Memorials of Teams that receive the Alona E. Evans Award and/or the Hardy C. Dillard Award are considered for the Richard R. Baxter Award. One Award will be given to the Best Overall Applicant Memorial and one Award will be given to the Best Overall Respondent Memorial.

Richard R. Baxter Awards for Best Applicant Memorial

  1. 444 – Philippines – University of San Carlos
  2. 453 – Germany – Universität Heidelberg
  3. 837 – China – Beijing Normal University

Richard R. Baxter Awards for Best Respondent Memorial

  1. 394 – Belgium –  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
  2. 544 – United States – Harvard Law School
  3. 128 – Türkiye – Istanbul University