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The ICE team participated in the 60th "Jessup" Moot Court Competition International Finals

Published: April 16, 2019 Editor:

w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino)2019From March 31st to April 7th, 2019, the 60th International Finals of the Philip C. Jessup (“Jessup”) International Law Moot Court Competition was held in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. This is the oldest and largest moot court competition and is known as the internationalThe "Olympics" of the legal world. Globally, more than 700 university teams participated in this competition, of which 124 teams successfully advanced to the finals in Washington, including the Jessup team from the w88 casino of Law at the w88 casino (hereinafter referred to as the "w88 casino Team").

       

Front row, left to right: researcher Chen Dongcai, debater Wang Ziwen (captain), debater Zhou Xiaoyu; back row, left to right: researcher Deng Kaiqi, Cai Fan

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This finals will begin with a three-day round robin. The University of w88 and Economics team competed against four strong opponents including the University of Washington, Leiden University in the Netherlands, Eastern University in Bangladesh, and the University of Indonesia. The team members responded calmly with comprehensive and in-depth legal research and skilled court defense skills, showing the elegance of w88 law students. In the round robin, although the w88 Law team had two wins and two losses (lost to 16Strong teams from Leiden University in the Netherlands and the University of Indonesia team) stop around the world32Not only strong, but still created outstanding achievements and breakthroughs: the main debater Wang Ziwen ranked among the "Top 100 Global Debators" this year (ranked with his outstanding court debate performance81, ranking first among all contestants in mainland China). This is the first time w88 casino has won this honor in this competition in many years. In this competition, the w88 casino team wonBoth the total score and the pleading writing score have improved significantly compared with previous years.

       

The University of w88 and Economics team takes a photo with its opponent, the University of Washington team and the judge

After the round-robin competition, the ICE team continued to observe the subsequent knockout rounds and finals, learning from participating teams such as the National University of Singapore, Columbia University (this year’s runner-up), Hungary’s Etwás Roland (this year’s champion), and the University of Jamaica (last runners-up). At the same time, the ICE team participated in activities such as the U.S. Library of Congress legal retrieval training organized by the International Law Students Association (“ILSA”), and discussed the study of international law with legal experts and students from various countries.

In addition, the International w88 Law team also participated in the "Go National" national style display event, the author's lecture of this year, and the award ceremony of the international finals. They had lively exchanges and interactions with competition judges and contestants from all over the world, fully demonstrating the outgoing, open and positive spirit of w88 law students.

   

The ICE team wore national costumes to participate in the Go National national style display event

At this point, the 2019 Jessup Competition has come to an end. The University of International w88 and Economics team achieved a comeback and breakthrough by finishing third in the country and among the "Top 100 Global Debators", demonstrating the strength and potential of w88 casino in this major international event. The regrets and shortcomings left in the international finals have enabled the w88 law team to better examine their own strengths and weaknesses, and try their best to pass them on and strive for better results in the next competition.

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