Staff
Board
History
Policies
Board of Directors
Chair
Steven Schneebaum
Steven M. Schneebaum P.C. (USA)
Treasurer
Michael Waibel
University of Vienna (Austria)
Immediate Past Chair
Mark A. Luz
Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs Canada (Canada)
Members
Teddy Baldwin
Solo practitioner (USA)
Dagmar Butte
Parker, Butte & Lane PC (USA)
Wade Coriell
King & Spalding LLP (USA)
H.H.J. Andrew Holmes
Circuit Judge, England & Wales (United Kingdom)
Zach Lampell
International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (USA)
Justice Florence Mumba
Judge, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (Cambodia)
Kirsten Odynski
White & Case LLP (France)
Jessica Peake
UCLA School of Law (USA)
Patrick W. Pearsall
Allen & Overy LLP (USA)
Adrien K. Wing
University of Iowa College of Law (USA)
Eleanor Wong
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Sir Michael Wood, KC
Twenty Essex Ltd. Inc. (United Kingdom)
Student Directors
Stanislau Lashkevich
Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland)
Larissa Chaves Rebello
Complexo de Ensino Superior de Santa Catarina CESUSC (Brazil)
Smriti Saroja
Dr. Ambedkar Law University School Of Excellence In Law (India)
History
The Jessup Competition was the brainchild of Professor Richard R. Baxter at Harvard Law School, who worked with Professor Stephen M. Schwebel (later President of the International Court of Justice) to create a courtroom simulation experience grounded in international law.
Originally named the "International Law Moot," the Jessup Competition held its first round at Harvard University on 8 May 1960. The round, comprised only of Harvard Law students, involved a team of two American law students, Thomas J. Farer and William Zabel, and a team of two foreign LL.M. students, Ivan L. Head of Canada and Bernard H. Clark of New Zealand. The first Jessup problem was titled, "Cuban Agrarian Reform Case." Since then, the Jessup Competition has been held annually, and student participation has increased dramatically.
Shortly after the first Jessup Competition, the idea of creating an organization to serve the needs of students interested in international law arose. In 1962, students from a number of campuses founded the Association of Student International Law Societies. The Association evolved over the years, and in 1987, reconstituted itself as the International Law Students Association (ILSA). In May 1994, ILSA incorporated as a non-profit organization in the District of Columbia in response to its rapid expansion and development.
Past ILSA Leaders
| Year | Name | Title |
| 1970 | James Nafziger | Fellow |
| 1971 | J. Robert Steelman | Fellow |
| 1972 | Jay A. Burgess | Fellow |
| 1973 | Carol Per Lee Plumb | Fellow |
| 1974 | Judith R. Hall | Fellow |
| 1975 | S. Jacob Scherr | Fellow |
| 1976 | Katherine Hope Larson | Fellow |
| 1977 | Kenneth Klein | Fellow |
| 1978 | Ellen Behravesh | Fellow |
| 1979 | Simon Langer | Fellow |
| 1980 | Cynthia S. Huber | Fellow |
| 1981 | Louis E. Emery | Fellow |
| 1982 | Richard W. Nelson | Fellow |
| 1983-1984 | Elizabeth L. Rodgers | Fellow |
| 1985-1986 | Heidi V. Jimenez | Fellow |
| 1987-1989 | Jonathan Clark Green | Fellow/ Executive Director |
| 1990-1991 | Denise M. Hodge | Executive Director |
| 1992-1994 | Brett J. Lorenzen | Executive Director |
| 1995-1996 | David Sabin Anderson | Executive Director |
| 1997 | Kate Greene | Executive Director |
| 1998 | Yvette S. Roozenbeek | Executive Director |
| 1999-2000 | M. Elizabeth Atkins | Executive Director |
| 2001-2006 | Michael Peil | Executive Director |
| 2007-2010 | Amity R. Boye | Executive Director |
| 2011-2012 | William Patterson | Executive Director |
| 2012-2022 | Lesley Benn | Executive Director |
| 2022 | Tessa Walker | Interim Executive Director |
