ILSA News

ILSA has been closely monitoring the situation regarding the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and will continue to access the latest information and recommendations from federal and local authorities, including the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Continue reading “ILSA Statement Regarding the 2020 International Rounds & the COVID-19 Virus” →

Interested in international law? Want to be more involved with ILSA? The ILSA Executive Office is accepting applications for Student Directors who will serve as Members of the ILSA Board of Directors for the 2020-2021 term! The deadline to apply is 13 March 2020. Read more here!

The International Law Students Association (ILSA), the organization responsible for administering the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, is soliciting proposals for issues to be addressed in the 2021 Jessup Problem. Proposals must be submitted to ILSA’s Executive Director, Lesley Benn, at [email protected], by 7 February 2020. Please click here to view the requirements for the proposal in PDF form. Problems from recent years are available for reference in Jessup History on our website.

The Jessup 2020 poster is now available! Click here to download it.

ILSA must issue an important correction to the Corrections and Clarifications to the Jessup 2020 Problem. Clarification #8 had an incorrect date. The correct date should be 20 June 2019. Unfortunately, an earlier post had incorrectly stated that the date should be 20 April 2019. That was incorrect, and we apologize for the mistake and any confusion that that may have caused.

You can download an updated version of the Corrections and Clarifications below.

Click here to download in PDF format or here to download in DOC format. Continue reading “Correction to the Correction to the Corrections and Clarifications (IMPORTANT)” →

The Second Batch of Basic Materials for Jessup 2020 is now available. Continue reading “Second Batch of Basic Materials Now Available” →

ILSA is pleased to announce a new addition to our team, Samantha Wilson, who will be taking over as Program Assistant. Originally from Washington state, Samantha is a recent transplant to the Baltimore-DC area. She graduated from McDaniel College (Westminster, MD) in 2018, completing her studies in Political Science and French Language & Culture. An avid international learner, she most recently completed a year abroad in Cote d’Ivoire as a Fulbright-appointed English Teaching Assistant. When she isn’t working on the Jessup, Samantha enjoys eating copious amounts of papaya, practicing Muay Thai, reading books of varying genres, and learning Russian. We hope everyone will welcome her to the team.

ILSA is pleased to announce a new addition to our team, Alissa Iwaniuk, who will be taking over as Program Assistant. Alissa joins ILSA having completed a MA in Political Science with a focus on China and Russia at Ohio University. She enjoys knitting, visiting art museums, and traveling. We hope everyone will welcome her to the Jessup family.

If you weren’t lucky enough to attend the Jessup 2020 Panel at International Law Weekend, you can now stream it on Vimeo! Continue reading “ILW Jessup 2020 Panel Video Now Available” →

The President of the South African Law Deans’ Association, Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, recently announced a partnership with global law firm White & Case LLP to support students from law faculties throughout South Africa to participate in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (“Jessup”) for at least the next two years. Continue reading “Major injection for international law education in South Africa” →