RESEARCH PORTAL: As available on the ILSA website, please take note of the following international law research portal, administered by the American Society of International Law, as a possible starting point for Jessup research: Electronic Information System for International Law.
RECOMMENDED CITATION SYSTEMS:
Other Recommended Research/Writing Tools:
Official Rule 6.6: Citations appearing in the Index of Authorities and footnotes of the Memorial must include a description of each authority adequate to allow a reasonable reader to identify and locate the authority in a publication of general circulation.
These tips have been generously provided by Eugene Meehan, Q.C.*, LL.B., LL.M., LL.B., D.C.L.
Eugene is Chair of the Supreme Court of Canada Practice Group at McMillan LLP in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Eugene is a practising member of the Bars of Ontario, Alberta, Yukon, NWT & Nunavut, and he is also licenced to practice law in the State of Arizona, U.S.A.
The White & Case Jessup Guide was updated for the 2010 Jessup season
and features instructional video clips to accompany the Jessup Oral Pleadings section of the Guide.
The White & Case Jessup Guide is a student-focused “how-to” manual containing recommendations on working with the Jessup Compromis, researching international law, writing Jessup memorials, Jessup oral pleadings, and using Jessup skills in your legal career. Each year, thousands of law students from around the world participate in the Jessup, many of whom are first-time competitors or come from countries where mooting is not part of the traditional legal education curriculum. With this in mind, the White & Case Jessup Guide was created to provide these students with advice on preparing for, participating in, and learning from the Jessup.
We hope that Jessup competitors and their coaches will find the White & Case Jessup Guide a valuable resource for successful participating in the Jessup and getting the most out of the Competition’s many educational and professional opportunities.
Most documents on this website are available
in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf). If you do not have Adobe Reader, click the button for a free download.
2012 Competition: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 7 to 10, 2012, at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth (www.fairmont.com/queenelizabeth)
2013 Competition: Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 6 to 9, 2013, at the Ambassador Conference Resort (www.ambassadorhotel.com)
2014 Competition: Windsor, Ontario, Canada, March 12 to 15, 2014, at Caesars Windsor (www.caesarswindsor.com)
2015 Competition: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, dates to be determined
2016 Competition:host school to be determined, dates to be determined
web site last updated: December 10, 2011
* Note: The purpose of the White & Case Canadian Tournament is to determine the top Canadian teams which will go on
to the White & Case International Rounds to compete for the White & Case Jessup Cup.
Registered Jessup participants (Team members, Coaches, Faculty Advisors, Administrators, and Judges) have complimentary access to a password- and print-protected excerpted electronic version of the McGill Guide.
All participating institutions must obtain special permission from the ILSA Executive Office to use the current Competition Year’s competition materials, including, but not limited to, the Compromis, for any purpose other than participating in the Jessup Competition, including, but not limited to, conducting an internal moot court competition and Jessup Team try-outs. Teams from institutions that violate this rule may be disqualified from the Competition. Institutions that violate this rule may be deemed ineligible to participate in future years.
INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL LAW: As available on the ILSA website, this Introduction to International Law is a short document explaining the basic doctrines of international law. ILSA would like to acknowledge and thank Professor Robert Beckman of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, who provided this document to ILSA for the benefit of Jessup teams and judges. Thanks are also owed to Dagmar Butte, ILSA Board Member, for helping Professor Beckman draft the Introduction.
** NEW White & Case Jessup Judge Training Videos **
In an effort to help prepare judges for the Jessup Competition, ILSA's Global Partner and International Rounds Sponsor,
White & Case LLP, has created a series of Jessup Judge Training videos.
These videos review the judging materials, the structure of the oral rounds, and how to evaluate oral pleadings.
Role playing and video clips of actual Jessup oral rounds are included to demonstrate points.
We hope that judges and teams alike will find these training videos a valuable resource when preparing for the Jessup Competition.
