Jessup 2024

The Case Concerning the Sterren Forty

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Sterren Forty (Antrano v. Remisia)

Location: Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.

Date: March 30-April 6, 2024

World Champion: University of the Philippines (Philippines)
Team Members – Ignacio Lorenzo Villareal, Pauline Samantha Sagayo, Pauline De Leon, Chinzen Viernes, and Mary Regine Dadole
Coaches – Marianne Crielle Vitug and Rommel Casis

World Runner Up: Universidad Torcuato di Tella (Argentina)
Team Members – Trinidad Gomez Barbella, Manuel Schmidt, Gonzalo Scolni, Lara Jarsun, and Francisco Perez Lazzari
Coaches – Abril Elverdin, Ignacio Mazal, Sigrid Konecny Araya, Jacques Le Pera, and Donatella Zalloc

Best Oralist – Championship Round (Stephen M. Schwebel Award): Ignacio Villareal (University of the Phillipines)

Championship Round Judges:

  • María Teresa Infante Caffi, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
  • Sundaresh Menon, Chief Justice of Singapore
  • Ganna Yudkivska, Vice-Chair, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

Problem Author(s): Dagmar Butte and Jeffrey Brooks

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds (Ved P. Nanda Award): Elise Manchester (Case Western Reserve University, United States)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of Toronto (Canada)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Ateneo De Manila University (The Philippines)

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): National Law University, Delhi (India) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (Hardy C. Dillard Award): National Law University, Delhi (India) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Applicant Side (International Rounds): Ilia State University (Georgia)

Best Respondent Side (International Rounds): Emory University (United States)

Best Applicant Memorial (International Rounds): National Law University, Delhi (India)

Best Respondent Memorial (International Rounds): National Law University, Delhi (India)

Best New Team: School of Legal, Political & Social Sciences of Tunis (Tunisia)

ILI Award: ADA University (Azerbaijan)

King & Spalding Spirit of the Jessup Award: University of Lagos (Nigeria)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: Dagmar Butte & Jeffrey Brooks

Best National Administrator (Steven M. Schneebaum Award): Shannon Hutchins (South Africa) & Marc Ramsay (Jamaica)

White & Case Distinguished Alum Award: Sundaresh Menon, Chief Justice of Singapore

Competition Statistics:

  • Number of Teams Worldwide: 637
  • Number of Teams at the International Rounds: 143
  • Number of Countries: 96
  • Number of Countries at the International Rounds: 86

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