The Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition

The Jessup Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition and also the oldest one dedicated to international law. New York Law School has long participated in the Jessup competition. One team had even reached the semi-finals in the international tournament during the 1990s.

2L and 3L students may try-out for the 2013 team, which will have between four and six members. Please follow the instructions below.

The Compromis:

• Click on the following link (http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup12/compromis.pdf) which leads to the “Compromis” from last year’s Jessup competition.
• The Compromis is “a compilation of agreed upon facts” about a certain dispute which will be adjudicated by the International Court of Justice.
   

The brief:

• Submit a brief where you answer as either the Applicant or Respondent concerning:
  • (1) the use of force in the context of Operation Uniting for Democracy (Paragraph 48(b) and Paragraph 49(b) in the Compromis) OR
  • (2) the legality of Aprophe’s destruction of a building of the Mai-Tocao Temple (Paragraph 48(d) and Paragraph 49(d) in the Compromis).
• Write your brief using Bluebook format, though this aspect will not be judged rigorously. Your ability to conduct international law research and write coherently will be much more important.
• For resources on researching international law, click on this link (http://www.ilsa.org/jessuphome/research-resources).
• You may not collaborate with anyone when researching and writing the brief.
• Brief specifications:
  • Page length: Four pages maximum
  • Font: Times New Roman
  • Font size: 12
  • Margins: Standard margins
  • Paragraph spacing: 1.5
     

Submission:

• Don’t write your name on the brief.
• Send your brief by e-mail to Michael.Rhee@nyls.edu by 3:00 pm, Wednesday, September 19, 2012.
• Michael Rhee will then give you a number to identify your brief.
• Professor Lloyd Bonfield (the director of the Center for International Law) and other professors will judge the briefs and then make the final team selections.