Pelita Harapan Business Law Competition (PH-BLC) 2015

Opening Ceremony of PH-BLC 2015

Pelita Harapan Business Law Competition (PH-BLC) is the first and biggest event of Law Student Council (SMFH) UPH and UPH Business Law Study Center (OSHB), the first moot court competition in Indonesia adapted from International Moot Court on 8-10 May 2015 at UPH Karawaci. PH-BLC aims to improve the cooperation, collaboration, and fellowship among law schools in Indonesia by accommodating the law students in Indonesia to come and gather as well as honing the knowledge about law, advocacy skills, and confidence in delivering legal arguments in a moot court.

This event began with the release of questions on 1 March 2015 which was followed by the team registration on 15 March-15 April 2015. Moreover, on the 15 April 2015 also was the submission deadline of written memorial. The selected memorials were qualified to compete at UPH Karawaci on 8-10 May 2015. They were Universitas Surabaya, Universitas Katolik Atma Jaya, Universitas Negeri Semarang, UPH Surabaya, Universitas Trisakti, Universitas Pancasila, and UPH Karawaci. In addition to competition, there were other activities such as Race of Indonesian Legal Knowledge, Legal Seminar by Swandy Halim, SH., MSc., the founder of Swandy Halim & Partners law firm, Tony Budidjaja, S.H., LLM., MCIArb., the founder of Budidjaja & Associates and Mohammad Kadri, S.H, partner of AKSET law firm, gala dinner, and sharing session of Life After Law School

Swandy Halim, SH., MSc., was delivering a seminar

The competition?s judges were top-notch legal practitioners such as Dr. Dea Tunggaesti S.H., M.M, a lawyer from O.C Kaligis law firm who is also an actress and model, Advocate Rendy Kalimalang, S.H., M.H., Ina Sesotyawati S.H., M.H., UPH Law School alumni, and Adriano Wolfgang Pietrusckha S.H, Independent Director of PT. Sigmagold Inti Perkasa Tbk who is also UPH Law School alumni.

Through the tough qualification round, semifinal, and final, UNIKA Atmajaya won the first place, followed by Universitas Surabaya as the second winner, and Universitas Trisakti and UPH Surabaya as the third winner. There were also chosen the Top 3 Memorial PH-BLC 2015 won by UNIKA Atma Jaya, Universitas Diponegoro Semarang, and Universitas Trisakti. Moreover, the Top 3 Oralists were also determined, they were Adeline Winardi abd Indra Dwinhugroho (UNIKA Atma Jaya) and Bella Christayana Santoso (Universitas Surabaya).

Gong Beating as the symbol of PH-BLC 2015 opening

According to Stephanie Hartono, Head Committee of PH-BLC 2015, this event was the brand new gate among the international business law competitions that adopted Bahasa Indonesia, where English commonly used as the medium instructions in the similar kind of competitions. Arnold, the President of SMFH UPH, added that the event aimed to prepare the future juries for the sake of better Indonesia law. ?Through this event, students hopefully build more networking to advance the law in Indonesia together. This was organized fully by the students of FH UPH, where UPH aims to prioritize the holistic education so students could learn the practices outside the classroom,? explained Susi Susantidjo, S.H., LLM as the Director of UPH Law School on the opening remarks of BLC 2015. (el)

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