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UPH Jessup 2014 Team Breaks Record at the International Level

23/05/2014 Uncategorized

On 6-12 April 2014, Faculty of Law UPH send their team to participate on the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition at Washington DC,USA.

UPH Team for Jessup 2014: Nathania Carrisa Hendarta, Dinna Margaretha Gozali, Astrid Desmonda, Andrew Marsha Mulia, Paras Suresh Punjabi and Sabrina Wirawendra Kusumoprojo at Washington D.C., USA

Last April 6-12, 2014, UPH Jessup 2014 Team went to Washington D.C., the United States of America, to proceed to the International Rounds of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, where they successfully secured the fifth position in the Preliminary Rounds out of 124 teams coming from 87 countries all over the world. Moreover, the Team also obtained other prestigious awards, namely 8^th Best Combined Memorials, 3^rd Best Respondent Memorial, and 89^th Best Individual Oralist for Astrid Desmonda. Such achievements have never been accomplished before by UPH at the international level.

?We won against Siberian Federal University from Russia, City University of Hong Kong, Hebrew University of Jerusalem from Israel, and Law Development Centre from Uganda during the Preliminary Rounds. The former three are known to be tough opponents in the competition,? said Nathania Carrisa Hendarta, the Jessup UPH 2014 Team Captain. ?Being ranked 5^th in this Preliminary Rounds, our Team succeeded to prove our competence internationally along with other leading universities, such as University of Queensland from Australia, Columbia University from United States, and Ateneo de Manila University from Philippines.?

Together with the UPH Team, other top universities such as Singapore Management University and Harvard University also surpassed the rest in the Preliminary Rounds.

This year, the case that the teams had to deal with presented questions on international law of the sea. This particular field of law is regarded as one of the most complex ones, involving diverse technical issues. ?I think this is an interesting topic compared to other topics of the Competition in previous years. Jessup usually takes on topics such as human rights, wars between states, as well as violation of state sovereignty. This time, though, the issues pertain to exploration and exploitation of natural resources, maritime salvage rights for underwater cultural heritage, as well as state?s right of hot pursuit, arrest, and criminal jurisdiction,? explained Nathania.

UPH Jessup 2014 Team was coached by Jessica Los Banos, an international law lecturer at UPH Faculty of Law, and advised by Roselyn Prima Winata and Jonathan Jehuda Abuthan, who competed in Jessup in 2012-2013.

The level of competence and teamwork between each team members has determined the strength of this year?s Team. Eventually, the experience and triumphs have not only brought up UPH and Indonesia at the international level, but also have given positive personal values towards each member of the Team individually.

More information of UPH achievements in the international rounds of Jessup 2014, click here

?Not all teams could get the chance to participate in Jessup, representing their countries in the International Rounds. Our achievements prove the level of competitiveness that UPH Moot Court teams have both at the national and the international levels. I hope that I can share my experience to the next generation in order for them to achieve bigger and better and to be internationally competitive.?

Nathania Carrisa Hendarta (Captain of Jessup Team 2014, UPH Faculty of Law 2012)

?Jessup is the largest moot court competition in the world, involving almost 550 universities globally. This is one way of improving our skills as law students in advocating, researching, and oral debating. I truly hope that UPH would maintain this wonderful opportunity for students who are interested to participate, in which the students would learn from real world beyond what is taught in the campus, and at the same time, developing networks with experts of international law.?

Dinna Margaretha Gozali (UPH Faculty of Law , 2010)

?Jessup has trained me to understand what matters to a country in particular and also to the world in general comprehensively. What I learn throughout those months of preparation and also during the one-week competition was not merely theoretical but has completely changed my life and my worldview.”

Astrid Desmonda (UPH Faculty of Law, 2011)

?I am proud that I can represent Indonesia in the International Rounds of Jessup. Our legal education is indeed as good as other universities abroad. The success of our team proves that students from Indonesia are capable and very proficient to compete out there.?

Andrew Marsha Mulia (UPH Faculty of Law, 2011)

?I am proud to become a part of the Jessup team, and able to see how the International Rounds were like, where I learn not only about law, but also on working together as a team and knowing myself deeper. This is indeed a process of finding out my passion and what I am able to achieve.?

Sabrina Wirawendra Kusumoprojo (UPH Faculty of Law, 2012)

?I am grateful that I was able to participate in the International Rounds of Jessup Competition representing UPH, from which I was able to be acquainted with and learn from some of the best law students from top universities all over the world.”

Paras Suresh Punjabi (UPH Faculty of Law, 2013)