Jessup Int'l Moot Court Comp.

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The Jessup International Moot Court Competition requires teams to research, analyze, and write "memorials" (briefs) on complex issues of public international law, and then to make oral submissions before panels of judges representing the International Court of Justice in the Hague. The team consists of six members: four serve as primary advocates and earn 2 credits; one serves as "of counsel" and earns 1 credit; and the sixth is a first-year student who is an observer of the competition, receives no credit, but is automatically one of the primary advocates the following year. Primary advocates are eligible for fulfilling both the upper-level writing requirement and the upper-level oral requirement. Students may participate in the Jessup team a second time in their third year, and are eligible again for 1 or 2 credit hours depending on their role as described above (for a maximum of 4 credit hours if taken twice). For more information see the Jessup webpage. Recommended prerequisite: Public International Law. Credit/No Credit.