Jessup 2025 – International Law Students Association

Jessup Problem: The Case Concerning the Naegea Sea (Ambrosia v. Rovinia)

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

Date: March 29-April 5, 2025

World Champion: Singapore Management University School of Law – Singapore
Team Members – Elizabeth Ho, Lovein Sui, Raelee Toh, Erica Wee, and Genieve Wu
Coaches – Qiyuan Fu and Nicholas Liu

World Runner Up: National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy – Ukraine
Team Members – Vladyslav Levchuk, Vladyslav Mykhalchenko, Anastasiia Shashkevych, and Bohdana Yaruta
Coaches – Ketevan Bezhanishvili, Maksym Dvorovyi, and Mariia Stolbova

Best Oralist – Championship Round (Stephen M. Schwebel Award): Erica Wee, Singapore Management University School of Law (Singapore)

Championship Round Judges:

H.E. Joan Donoghue, formerly of International Court of Justice
H.E. Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo, Judge, International Court of Justice
H.E. Georg Nolte, Judge, International Court of Justice

Problem Author(s): Benjamin Salas Kantor, Janina Barkholdt, and Niko Pavlopoulos

Executive Director: Michael Peil

Best Oralist (Preliminary Rounds (Ved P. Nanda Award): Daisy Johnston, University of Virginia (United States)

Best Applicant Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): University of San Carlos (Philippines)

Best Respondent Memorial (Richard R. Baxter Award): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Best Memorial – Int’l. Rounds (Alona E. Evans Award): University of San Carlos (Philippines) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Memorial – World Regional Rounds (M. Cherif Bassiouni Award): Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (India) (Applicant and Respondent)

Best Applicant Side (International Rounds): University of Queensland (Australia)

Best Respondent Side (International Rounds): University of Queensland (Australia)

Best Applicant Memorial (International Rounds): Heidelberg University/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Germany)

Best Respondent Memorial (International Rounds): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)

Best New Team: Strathmore University (Kenya)

King & Spalding Spirit of the Jessup Award: University of Nairobi (Kenya)

Pamela M. Young Friend of the Jessup Award: Thais Neves

Best National Administrator (Dr. Zhu Wenqi Award): Ojaswee Bhattarai (Nepal) and Misbah Saboohi (Saudi Arabia)

White & Case Distinguished Alum Award: Georg Nolte, International Court of Justice

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