UPH and UI Represent Indonesia to Washington D.C.

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Universitas Pelita Harapan (UPH) and University of Indonesia (UI) have set aside 17 other teams in the National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. This competition was held tightly, for 3 days, 21-23 January 2011, at UPH campus, Tangerang. The winner will proceed to Washington D.C for the International Rounds.
This year is the third time for UPH Moot Court Team, qualified to enter the international stage. The team consists of Dirga Putra, Sianti Candra, Johan Kurnia, Athalia Karima Yedida Soemarko and Mohammad Irham.

?The Competition has been held for the tenth time.  There are 19 Teams from 19 Universities in Indonesia compete in this year’s competition. The teams were excited and passionate about this competition as this is the most prestigious competition in Indonesia and will advance the legal advocacy skill of each participant,? said Fransiska Ade, National Administrator for the Indonesian National Rounds.

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 Compromise is the springboard for the Jessup Competition. Written by leading scholars of international law, the Compromise 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 Compromise 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.

Teams should submit their written submission and should present oral submission to the Judges.  Assessment of written and oral submissions comprises of knowledge of law and the facts, structure of the arguments, and teams’ communication skills.

The Competition judged by 66 Judges, comprises of Lawyers, Legal-Scholar, Academician, and Law-Professor from overseas and in Indonesia.

?We invited Nobuo Hayashi, a prominent legal scholar in Public International Law as a Judge for this year competition, and winner of International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in the previous years to judge the Indonesian National Rounds,? said Fransiska.

The Competition itself is made for the purpose to developed legal skill of law students and developed education of International Law among law students.

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