PHILLIP C. JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition the oldest and largest international moot competition in the world FOR law students. 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 Compromis is the springboard for the Jessup Competition. Written by leading scholars of international law, the Compromis 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. 

Each team prepares two written memorials [IN TOTAL APPROX. 24,000 words] 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.

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