Wheels up!

In just a few short days, four students of the UWI / COB LL.B Programme will again embark on the final leg of their journey to the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition - the International Rounds that are scheduled to take place in Washington, D.C. March 30th - April 6th.

The Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition is an advocacy competition for law students. Teams of law students compete against one another through the presentation of oral and written pleadings to address timely issues of public international law in the context of a hypothetical legal dispute between nations. The Compromis is the springboard for the Jessup Competition. Written by leading scholars of international law, the Compromis is a compilation of agreed upon facts about the dispute that is submitted for adjudication to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. After the Compromis is released, students begin researching and preparing arguments for both sides of the dispute, drafting and editing written pleadings, called “memorials”, and practicing oral presentations. Each team prepares two written memorials and two 45-minute oral presentations, one for each party to the dispute (the “Applicant” and the “Respondent”). Teams argue alternately as Applicant and Respondent against competing teams before a panel of judges, simulating a proceeding before the International Court of Justice.

The 2012 team finished in the top 20% overall. The 2013 team, that includes Akeyra Saunders, David Whymns, Tamar Moss and Theominique Nottage, hopes to improve upon this performance.

Keep posted for updates on how the competition is going via uwilawsociety.blogspot.com! The UWI Law Society at COB wishes the team good luck!