The Philippines is the 2004 Jessup International Law Moot Court Champion!

[mindstate]

Congratulations to the Philippine Team, which is represented by the Ateneo School of Law Jessup Team, for winning the 2004 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, today, in Washington D.C.!

The championship round was held a few hours ago between the Ateneo School of Law (Philippines) and the National University of Singapore (Singapore). The Ateneo Law emerged as the winner! During the pre-finals, Ateneo Law won over the University of Western Australia, the 2003 Jessup champion. The tournament started on March 29 and culminated today, April 4 (April 3, Washington D.C. time).

Congratulations to the participants, namely, Ryan Castillo, Ryan Mancera, Aimee Dabu, Justine Guerrero, Andrew Fornier, Gretchen Aquino and the rest of the research team!

Last month, the Ateneo School of Law bested the UP College of Law in the regional for the privilege of representing the Philippines in the 2004 Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington D.C. The Ateneo Law Team likewise bagged the Best Team, Best Memorial and Best oralist awards.

The Jessup International Moot Court Competition is the world's most prestigious mooting competition, which is participated annually by 80 countries world wide. The competition requires students to brief and argue a hypothetical case on timely issues of international law as if they were appearing in front of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, The Netherlands.
This season's Jessup Competition deals with issues of jurisdiction and competence of the new International Criminal Court. The 2004 Jessup moot problem, "The Case Concerning the International Criminal Court," is available from theILSA website (http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/).

The elite international law firm of Shearman & Sterling (http://http://www.shearman.com/flashindex.html) sponsored the international rounds of the Jessup Competition and the world championship trophy.

Again, congratulations to the winners! The Filipinos are proud of you!

[Hellboy]

I'm just an incoming freshman in Loyola this coming school year. I'm currently in San Francisco where I have been living since I was 5 years old.

Just read this great news! Congratulations to Ateneo!

[panicroom]

add that to the success of 2003 BAR EXAM RESULTS.

[rwchick]

go ateneo!!! galing galing! :)

[nickng]

although they beat UP in the national moot court circuit, my hat goes off to the ateneo law team for this great international achievement. kudos especially to andrew fornier, my high school debate coach. :D congrats!

[kris2003_pshs]

go, ATENEO! (i'm hearing drums... it's the blue babble battalion! heheheh)

[gox]

I hope students and alumni of UP law do not tarnish this achievement by way of crab mentality. This is a great accomplishment ALL Filipinos should be proud of.

Ateneo beat out teams from some of the best law schools in the world. We should all be proud, regardless if we are blue or maroon

[Wizard]

I concur.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!!!!

[pox]

UP won the same competition in 1995 so its nothing new. ateneo is not the first.

UP Fight!!!

[juantwothree123]

congrats to the most admired and envied university in the country!

[aticus]

Congratulations to Andrew and the rest of the gang. :) I'm proud of him and his team's achievement.

Haven't seen him since '99, but it's nice to know that he's doing really well.

[DURHAM]

I am really convinced that had UP represented the said event, UP would win it by a landslide.

eh, ano ba naman yang NUS?

[kundera_tan]

*turo sa taas*

grrr!!!! sinisira mo na na naman pangalan ng UP!

[nickng]

For DURHAM'S information, NUS is one of the best universites in the region, if not THE best. NUS was the first Asian university (before UP) to win in Jessup, twice during the 1980s. Let's give NUS and Ateneo their due.

Both UP and Ateneo's achievements in the international scene contribute to the Philippines' greatness, and should be a cause for celebration for all Filipino students, regardless of affiliation.

[lakitabadaga]

mabuhay ang pilipinas.

and ateneo? ahem...

[meowmeow]

Congratulations to the Ateneo Law Jessup team, hats off to you ladies and gentlemen. Now we can really say that 2004 is our year :) One big fight!

[altair]

the NUS team must have used a lot of "lahs"

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/3584daehan_wayguk.jpg

[altair]

that's why they lost?:D

http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/500/3584daehan_wayguk.jpg

[mindstate]

from: http://www.shearman.com/jessup/jessup_index.html

The 2004 Shearman & Sterling International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was won by the Ateneo de Manila from the Philippines, who defeated the team from the National University of Singapore for the championship. Teams from 539 law schools representing 83 countries competed worldwide for a chance to advance to the Shearman & Sterling International Rounds, held in Washington D.C. from March 28 to April 3.

The Spirit of the Jessup Award was won by the University of Kabul from Afghanistan. This award was created in 1996 to recognize the team that best exemplifies the Jessup spirit of comradeship, academic excellence, competitiveness, and appreciation of fellow competitors. This award is voted upon by the Jessup participants themselves, and is intended to establish the standard to which all participants should strive to govern their performance and professional demeanor.

Other Jessup Cup events during the week of competition included the "Go National" dress ball, where participants dressed in costumes indigenous to their countries, and a tour for the competitors of the Supreme Court and the US Capital Building organized by Shearman & Sterling. Please click here for the Jessup Cup Photo Gallery.

Founded at Harvard Law School in 1959 by a group of U.S. and foreign international law students, the Jessup Competition is widely recognized as the largest and most prestigious international law moot court competition in the world. The competition carries the name of H.E. Philip C. Jessup, a distinguished international academic, judge and diplomat.

This year’s Jessup problem, "The Case Concerning the International Criminal Court," arose out of an ethnic conflict along the border of two fictional countries and addresses the International Criminal Court's jurisdictional power to try citizens of nations that do not support the existence of the Court. "This is the year of the International Criminal Court," says Michael P. Scharf, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Law Students Association. "Judges have been elected, a Prosecutor has been appointed, and the newly established tribunal now has over ninety State Parties and is pursuing its first cases. The issues involved in the 2004 Jessup Problem are likely to be among the first and most important faced by the ICC.”

In addition to judging at the final rounds in Washington, Shearman & Sterling's lawyers, alumni, and clients acted as judges this year in the competition's Regional Rounds in the U.S. and Europe. "Our support for the Jessup is a natural given our global presence and experience in international law,” says David Heleniak, Senior Partner of Shearman & Sterling. “We continue to be impressed with ILSA’s selection of timely, international legal issues.”

The 2005 Jessup problem will deal with a dispute between two countries over the fate of a commercial shipping vessel, its crew and cargo when the vessel runs aground after a pirate attack. It presents the question of who bears responsibility for the attack on the vessel on an atoll in terra nullius as well as the resultant spill of materials in the ocean surrounding the atoll. The problem deals with issues in maritime and environmental law.

[DURHAM]

Originally posted by nickng
For DURHAM'S information, NUS is one of the best universites in the region, if not THE best. NUS was the first Asian university (before UP) to win in Jessup, twice during the 1980s. Let's give NUS and Ateneo their due.

Both UP and Ateneo's achievements in the international scene contribute to the Philippines' greatness, and should be a cause for celebration for all Filipino students, regardless of affiliation.

NUS is overrated. It’s only popular in the ASEAN region because it is a cash rich institution. It can afford to pirate high caliber professors. It has decent school facilities. It has more computers. But overall, I don't think their training at NUS is superior to UP or DLSU.


Okay, congrats to the winners!

[atenean_blooded]

:rotfl:

[DURHAM]

Originally posted by atenean_blooded
:rotfl:
yes, NUS is way better than Ateneo. :D