Welcome Jessup Competitors! You should find all of the competition information you need on this page, but if you still have questions, please email [email protected]. We will update content regularly as more competition information becomes available.
Jessup Team Registration
Jessup 2025 Team Registration Deadline was 22 November 2024.
Updated 26 July 2024
26 July 2024 | RELEASE of Official Jessup Rules
National Rules Supplements will be posted as they become available.
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2 August 2024 | TEAM REGISTRATION OPENS |
16 September 2024 | ANTICIPATED RELEASE of the Jessup Problem |
30 September 2024 | Launch of Basic Materials
All Basic Materials will be posted to the ILSA’s website, and materials will be added from time to time over the course of the Jessup season. Teams are encouraged to continue checking the Basic Materials webpage for updates.
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15 October 2024 | DEADLINE for Requests from Teams for Corrections and Clarifications to the Jessup Problem
Requests must be submitted through the online form found on your Team’s Home Page.
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8 November 2024 | DEADLINE for Eligibility Inquiries
This is the last day on which individuals may request the Executive Office’s special permission to compete under Official Rule 2.4.
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18 November 2024 | ANTICIPATED RELEASE DATE of Corrections and Clarifications to the Jessup Problem |
22 November 2024 | DEADLINE for Registration
(Online Form and Payment) for all Teams.
DEADLINE for Submission of Team Roster This is the last day on which teams may submit the names of their team members and advisors.
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14 January 2025 | DEADLINE for Submission of Memorials
If a Team fails to submit its Applicant and Respondent Memorials by this day, the Team will be disqualified from the Competition. Memorials must be submitted to the Executive Office in accordance with the Official Rules. A National Supplement to the Official Rules may impose additional submission requirements. It is the responsibility of teams to understand the submission requirements of the Official Rules and of their National Rules Supplement, if any, which are posted on ILSA’s website.
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January – March 2025 | NATIONAL & FRIENDLY ROUNDS
Teams from jurisdictions with more than one team registered must take part in Qualifying Rounds. National and Friendly Rounds may take place virtually or in-person. Advancing Teams will go on to compete in the White & Case International Rounds.
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29 March 2025 | WHITE & CASE INTERNATIONAL ROUNDS OPENING CEREMONY |
5 April 2025 | WHITE & CASE JESSUP CUP – WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH |
The dates for all Jessup 2025 National, Regional, and Friendly Rounds as well as Jessup Trainings will be updated on a rolling basis.
National, Regional, and Friendly Competitions without information will be updated on a rolling basis as details are finalized. Additional National or Friendly Rounds may be added over the course of several weeks based on Jessup Team registration. Questions can be sent to [email protected].
National, Regional, and Friendly Rounds
Jurisdiction | Administrator | Dates | Format/Location | Rules Supplement | |
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Afghanistan | Ramin Mansoory | 24-26 Jan | Rules Supplement | ||
Argentina | Argentina Jessup Committee | 21-22 Feb | |||
Armenia | Madlen Mahlamyan | ||||
Australia | Andrew Ray & Anthony Cassimatis | 4-8 Feb | Canberra | ||
Azerbaijan | Mehri Guliyeva | ||||
Bangladesh | K M Ashbarul Bari & Arifa Chowdhury | 6-8 Feb | |||
Belarus | Victoria Mitskevich | ||||
Belgium | Gaby Barnett | ||||
Brazil | Thais Neves Website |
20-22 Feb | Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino, Desenvolvimento e Pesquisa (IDP) Brasilia - DF |
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Bulgaria | Kostadin Obretenov | 14-16 Feb | Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria | ||
Cambodia | Committee of Cambodian Jessup Coaches | 21-22 Feb | |||
Canada | Maggie MacDonald | 20-22 Feb | Ottawa Marriott Hotel Ottawa, ON |
Rules Supplement | |
Caribbean Friendly | Jessica Zouetr | ||||
Central Asia Friendly | Salim Yusupov | 15-17 Feb | American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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Chile | Gustav Jacob | ||||
China | Lijiang Zhu | 15-18 Feb | China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) Beijing |
Rules Supplement | |
Chinese Taipei | Wendy Ho | 14-16 Feb | National Taipei University College of Law | ||
Colombia | Camilo José Castro | 20-22 Feb | Universidad Externado de Colombia Bogota |
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Dominican Republic | Jose Luis Almanzar | ||||
Egypt | Nada Hesham | ||||
Ethiopia | Elias Nour | 1-2 Feb | Center for Law in Sustainable Development (CLiSD) St. Mary's University |
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European Friendly | Roxanna Nazari | 27 Feb-1 Mar | Offices of Uría Menéndez Madrid, Spain |
Rules Supplement | |
Finland | Roxanna Nazari | 27 Feb-1 Mar | Offices of Uría Menéndez Madrid, Spain |
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France | Elise Roussel & Damien Charlotin | 28 Feb-1 Mar | White & Case 19 Pl. Vendôme 75001 Paris |
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Georgia | Ana Jabauri | 31 Jan-1 Feb | |||
Germany | Adrian Schildheuer | 19-22 Feb | University Leipzig | ||
Ghana | Abena Achiaa Otuo | 27-31 Jan | Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) | ||
Greece | Christos Zois | 1 Mar | Aristotle University Thessaloniki Law School | ||
Guatemala | Juan Pablo Hernandez Paez | ||||
Gulf Friendly | |||||
Hong Kong China | Sakinah Sat | 2 Mar | |||
Hungary | 3 Feb | ||||
India | Bhavna Batra | 12-15 Feb | Amity Law School, Noida | Rules Supplement | |
Indonesia | Demi Narendra Soegandhi | Virtual Prelims 1-2 Feb In-Person Advanced Rounds 15 Feb |
Universitas Indonesia | ||
Iran | Ali Masoudian | ||||
Iraq | Sherwan Fatah | 10-13 Feb | Erbil | Rules Supplement | |
Ireland | ILSA | 15 Feb | Law Society of Ireland | ||
Italy | Agnese Pizzola | 5-8 Feb | Universita degli Studi di Bologna | Rules Supplement | |
Jamaica | Marc Ramsay | ||||
Japan | Dr. Shotaro Hamamoto | 14-16 Feb | Kyoto University | ||
Kazakhstan | Salim Yusupov | 15-17 Feb | American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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Kenya | Dominic Ndungu | 7-8 Feb | |||
Kuwait | Hanna Abdullah Alebrahim | Kuwait International Law School | |||
Kyrgyzstan | Salim Yusupov | 15-17 Feb | American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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Latin American Friendly | Claudia Caceres | 10-16 Mar | Online | Rules Supplement | |
Malaysia | Fatimawati binti Ismail | 22-23 Feb | International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) | ||
Mexico | María José Buerba | 17-21 Feb | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) Av. Juarez 20, Colonia Centro Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06010 Ciudad de México, CDMX |
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Nepal | Ojaswee Bhattarai | Kathmandu | |||
Netherlands | Pauline Melin | 30-31 Jan | Maastricht University Faculty of Law Bouillonstraat 1-3 6211 LH Maastricht |
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Nigeria | Prince Ulame & Ofure Efeovbokhan | 21-22 Feb | Online | ||
North Macedonia | |||||
Oman | Muhammad Shairyar | ||||
Pakistan | Fazeel Hyder Chohan | 24-26 Jan | Indus College of Law Hyderabad |
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Philippines | Enrique Dela Cruz | 28 Feb-2 Mar | University of Santo Tomas Manila |
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Poland | Joanna Polatynska | 10-13 Feb | |||
RJT | Evgeniya Neverova | 3-9 Feb | MGIMO University Moscow |
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Romania | ILSA | 28 Mar | Washington, DC | ||
Saudi Arabia | Misbah Saboohi | 12-13 Feb | Prince Sultan University Riyadh |
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Sierra Leone | Karina Gbakie | 30-31 Jan | Fourah Bay College | ||
South Africa | Roxanna Nazari | 13-15 Feb | University of the Western Cape | Rules Supplement | |
South Korea | Hyeyoung Lee | ||||
Spain | Nour Yazbeck Moell | 18-20 Feb | Cuatrecasas Madrid office Calle de Almagro, 9, Chamberí, 28010 |
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Tanzania | April Ernest | 25 Jan | |||
Thailand | International Law Association of Thailand | 22 Feb | |||
Trinidad & Tobago | Jessica Zouetr | ||||
Tunisia | Meriem Agrebi | 20-22 Feb | |||
Türkiye | Tibet Seheri & Selin Ulger | ||||
Uganda | Brian Kiira | 17-18 Jan | Cavendish University School of Law | Rules Supplement | |
Ukraine | Anna Particha & Anastasiia Kyiashko | 31 Jan-2 Feb | Kyiv | Rules Supplement | |
United Arab Emirates | Ali Masoudian | 24-25 Feb | American University in the Emirates (AUE) | ||
United Kingdom | Andrew Holmes | 21-23 Feb | Rules Supplement | ||
United States - East* | Jenny Englander | 26 Feb-2 Mar | Hilton Charlotte University Place Charlotte, NC |
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United States - West* | Dagmar Butte | 19-23 Feb | Hilton Portland Downtown Portland, OR |
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Uzbekistan | Salim Yusupov | 15-17 Feb | American University of Central Asia Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |
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Vietnam | Michael Peil | Online | |||
Zambia | Rapheka Andre Malunga | 7-9 Feb | Goldsmith University Woodlands, Lusaka |
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Zimbabwe | Chiramba Nyasha | 7-9 Feb | University of Zimbabwe in Harare |
*Teams will be assigned to the East or West US National Rounds based on geography. We will announce where the ‘line’ is drawn once we have a sense of how many teams are registering and their geographic distribution. If your school requires earlier notice (for example for budgeting reasons), please contact ILSA at [email protected].
Jessup Trainings
Training | Date | Location | Details |
Latin American Jessup School | 11-16 Nov | Online | Click here to register Contact: [email protected] No Registration Fee All teams are welcome to register |
UAE Jessup Moot Court Summer School 2024 | 18-20 Sept | American University in the Emirates, Dubai | Contact: Ali Masoudian |
Basic Materials
Updated 10 October 2024
These 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 Jessup problem. ILSA may update this list on an ad hoc basis.
International Agreements
- Statute of the International Court of Justice
- United Nations Charter
- Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- ICCPR
- ICESCR
- UNCLOS
- United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property – Updated 10 October
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
ICJ and PCIJ Cases
- SS ‘Lotus’ (France v Turkey), Judgment, 7 September 1927
- Phosphates in Morocco (Italy v France) (Preliminary Objections), Judgement, 14 June 1938
- Colombian Peruvian asylum case (Colombia v. Peru), Judgment, November 20th, 1950
- Right of Passage over Indian Territory (Portugal v. India) (Merits), Judgment, 12 April 1960
- Arrest Warrant of 1I April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium), Judgment, 14 February 2002
- Certain Property (Liechtenstein v Germany) (Preliminary Objections), Judgment, 10 February 2005
- Dispute regarding Navigational and Related Rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua), Judgment, 13 July 2009
- Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy, Greece intervening), Judgment, 3 February 2012
- Questions relating to the Obligation to Prosecute or Extradite (Belgium v. Senegal), Judgment, 20 July 2012
- Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v. The Russian Federation) (Preliminary Objections), 2 February 2024
Other Courts and Adjudicative Bodies
- Aguilar-Amory and Royal Bank of Canada Claims (Great Britain v Costa Rica) (1923) I UNRIAA 375
- Regina v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate and others, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No. 3) [2000] 1 AC 147
- Zitha and Zitha v Mozambique, African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, Comm No. 361/08 (1 April 2011).
- The Determination of the Office of the Prosecutor on the Communication Received in Relation to Egypt’ (Press release, 8 May 2014) (ICC-OTP-20130508-PR1003)
Publicists
- Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ARSIWA) (2001) with Commentary
- Fourth (Final) Report of the International Law Association, Recognition/Non-recognition in International Law (2018) – Updated 10 October
- ILC, Report of the International Law Commission (2022), UN doc A/77/10, draft articles on immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction adopted on first reading with commentaries
- 2023 Report of the Study Group of the International Law Commission on “Sea-level rise in relation to international law”
- ILC, Conclusions on the Identification of Customary International Law (2018) and Commentary
- ILC, Conclusions on Subsequent Agreements and Subsequent Practice in Relation to the Interpretation of Treaties (2018) and Commentary
- Lagerwall and Hebert-Dolbec, Universal Jurisdiction, Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, July 2022
- Pavlopoulos, The Identity of Governments in International Law (OUP 2024) ch 4.
- Report of the International Law Association, International Law and Sea-Level Rise (2024)
- Tomuschat, Christian, ‘Article 36’, in Andreas Zimmermann, and others (eds), The Statute of the International Court of Justice: A Commentary, 3rd Edition, Oxford Commentaries on International Law (2019; online edn, Oxford Academic).
Coaching
General
Memorials
Oral Rounds
Rules
- Jessup 2025 Official Rules (pdf)
- Important Reminders & Summary of Changes to the Jessup 2025 Official Rules (pdf)
Rule Supplements
Rule Supplements will be posted on a rolling basis as they are approved.
List of Approved Acronyms as set out in Rule 5.17(b)
List of Approved Acronyms as set out in Rule 5.17(b)(i)
(D)ARSIWA | (Draft) Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts |
ACHPR | African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
ACtHPR | African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
AU | African Union |
CJEU | Court of Justice of the European Union |
ECHR | European Convention on Human Rights |
ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
ECJ | European Court of Justice |
ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
EU | European Union |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
HRC | UN Human Rights Council |
HRComm | UN Human Rights Committee |
IACHR | Inter-American Commission of Human Rights |
IACtHR | Inter-American Court of Human Rights |
ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
ICJ | International Court of Justice |
ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
ILC | International Law Commission |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMO | International Maritime Organization |
ITLOS | International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
OAS | Organization of American States |
OAU | Organisation of African Unity |
PCA | Permanent Court of Arbitration |
PCIJ | Permanent Court of International Justice |
UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
UN | United Nations |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
VCCR | Vienna Convention on Consular Relations |
VCDR | Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations |
VCLT | Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
List of Approved Acronyms as set out in Rule 5.17(b)(ii)
AIS | Ambrosian Institute of Science |
EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
HRI | Human Rights International |
ICPPED | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
ILSA | Implementing the Law for a Safer Ambrosia |
IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
OCDP | Organization for Cooperation and Development in the Paine |
UNCJISP | United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
USD | United States Dollar |
Schedule I – $1000 |
United States |
Schedule II – $750 |
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada*, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong China, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau China, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom |
Schedule III – $550 |
Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Türkiye |
Schedule IV – $400 |
Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Estonia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Philippines, Russia |
Schedule V – $250 |
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam |
Schedule VI – $125 |
All Others |
* Fees collected from Jessup Teams from Canada will be higher than indicated in this Schedule, as they will include fees pursuant to Official Rule 3.1(c) that are being collected by ILSA in the first instance. Thus, a portion of the total paid by Teams from Canada will be sent to the Canadian National Administrators to help defray the costs of organizing the Canadian National Rounds. In the case that a Team is seeking a refund, please consult our Official Refund Policy.
Last updated 2 October 2024
- I. GENERAL INFORMATION
- II. THE JESSUP COMPETITION AND ILSA
- III. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
- IV: REGISTERING FOR THE JESSUP COMPETITION
- V. COMPETITION FORMAT
- VI. PREPARING FOR THE COMPETITION
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
II. THE JESSUP COMPETITION AND ILSA
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III. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
IV: REGISTERING FOR THE JESSUP COMPETITION
V. COMPETITION FORMAT
VI. PREPARING FOR THE COMPETITION
The 2025 White & Case Jessup International Rounds will be held, in person, on 29 March - 5 April 2025 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, DC.
Hotel Information
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Washington, DC 20001
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