We’ve added a new resource to the Jessup 2025 Basic Materials. Check out Second Report on Immunity of State Officials from Foreign Criminal Jurisdiction by Claudio Grossman Guiloff, Special Rapporteur, A/CN.4/780 as you prepare for the White & Case International Rounds.
Jessup Song Just Dropped
Long time Friend of the Jessup, Tom Good, has composed a song for Jessup 2025. Give it a listen!
2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar Competition Basic Materials Revealed
These Basic Materials are intended to give teams a strong foundation with which to begin their research. Teams are not limited to these materials and are strongly encouraged to go beyond them in their research for the Competition. ILSA may update this list on an ad hoc basis. Continue reading “2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar Competition Basic Materials Revealed”
2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar Moot Problem Released
The 2025 ILSA / Hamilton Lugar International Law Moot Court Competition problem, the Case Concerning the Order of the Opal, is now available!
The moot is a simulation of oral argument before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) based on the Jessup. Teams argue both sides in a fictional dispute between two countries.
The Competition is open to undergraduate students in the United States. It is co-hosted and co-administered by the Hamilton Lugar School of Global & International Studies at Indiana University. Colleges and universities can enter up to five teams of two students apiece.
Basic materials will be released in the coming days.
2025 Student Deak Award
ILSA is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Student Deak Award. The Student Deak Award is given annually to the best international law student article in a student-edited law journal. The award honors Francis Deak, a WWII veteran who wrote extensively on international law. The award is the student corollary to the Deak Prize separately awarded by the American Journal of International Law to a younger author for meritorious scholarship in the prior year’s volume of the Journal. Continue reading “2025 Student Deak Award”
Tenth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition
The American Society of International Law’s International Refugee Law Interest Group (IRLIG) is pleased to announce the tenth annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition Continue reading “Tenth Annual International Refugee Law Student Writing Competition”
2025 Dalferes Laureates Announced
The 2025 recipients of the Rusty Dalferes Memorial Fund have been revealed. Continue reading “2025 Dalferes Laureates Announced”
ILSA now Recruiting 2025-2026 Student Directors
Want to get more involved with ILSA? We are now accepting applications for three new Student Directors. Student Directors serve as Members of the ILSA Board of Directors for a one year term.
Continue reading “ILSA now Recruiting 2025-2026 Student Directors”
Guide to Memorial Penalties
ILSA has put together a short video walking you through everything you need to know to avoid getting memorial penalties. Continue reading “Guide to Memorial Penalties”
Jessup Judge’s guide to Deliberation and Feedback
With Jessup 2025 National and Friendly Rounds right around the corner, ILSA has enlisted the help of some Jessup veterans to walk judges through the do’s and don’ts of deliberation and giving feedback in these two videos. Continue reading “Jessup Judge’s guide to Deliberation and Feedback”
