w88 casino News Network (provided by the Law w88 casino)Recently, the selection results for the China division of the 2020 "Jessup (Jessup) International Law Moot Court Competition" were announced. This Jessup China selection competition is unusual. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the oral debate session of the competition was forced to be cancelled, and the outcome was determined only by the pleadings submitted by each team. Even so, the number of participating teams in China has reached a new high, with a total of 56 teams from universities across the country. The w88 casino team (hereinafter referred to as the "w88 casino Team") ranked third among the first 12 winning teams and won the "Best Opposition Letter Award (Third Place)", thus successfully advancing to the global finals in Washington. This is also the second time that the USIM team has qualified for the international finals after winning the third place in the country last year.

This session of the International w88 casino team was established in September 2019. Zheng Lulu, a 2019 international law master's student from the w88 casino of Law, is the captain. Hao Jiarui, a student of the 2017 undergraduate "Excellent Foreign-related Economic and w88 Talents Legal Experimental Class" ("Excellent Experimental Class"), is the main debater. Li Linxuan, a 2019 international law master's student, 2018Xian Ruidian and Zhang Jiahui, students of the undergraduate excellence experimental class, are researchers. They are coaching lawyer Wu Zongnan (an outstanding alumnus of the University of International w88 and a major player in previous Jessup contests), student coaches Wang Ziwen (a student in the 2016 Excellent Experimental Class, and one of the top 100 debaters in the last Jessup class), and Chen Dongcai (2018 Master of International Law). Under the leadership of 2016 undergraduate student and researcher of the previous Jessup year) and Zhou Xiaoyu (2016 undergraduate student and the best debater of the previous Jessup year), they lived up to expectations and achieved great results again, fully demonstrating the heritage and inheritance of the students of the University of w88 and Economics in this major international subject competition.

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The "Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition" is the world's largest and oldest moot court competition. It is committed to promoting the study and research of international public law around the world. By imitating the trial process of the United Nations International Court of Justice, it strengthens college students' mastery of professional knowledge and practical skills of international law. In view of the wide influence of this competition on a global scale, it has always been known as the "Olympics" in the international legal community.

This Jessup China selection competition was originally scheduled to be held at Hainan University on February 29, 2020, but was canceled due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic.The court defense phase no longer exists, only the pleading review phase remains. To this end, the competition headquarters invited more than 400 judges from 25 countries around the world to determine the winning team and the list of candidates to advance to the international finals through two rounds of pleadings.

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 Looking back on the long preparation process of the past six months, this year's USIM team started with a bumpy team formation and fumbled along the way. Every team member has put in a lot of hard work and effort. They research and search together every night, often conducting six or seven hours of intensive discussions under the leadership of coaches, carefully sorting out the case, deducing the logic of argument, repeatedly confirming their understanding and application of legal rules, and digging out factual details over and over again. They have been frustrated by the major changes in the framework, bored by the exhaustion of ideas, and lost their clues by the complicated rules, butAlways unyielding, tried his best to persevere until the end.

While waiting for the promotion results for more than a month, the team members adhered to online training while complying with the country's overall epidemic prevention and quarantine at home, making preparations for both. Although the organizing committee was eventually forced to cancel the international finals as the epidemic worsened and spread around the world, half a year of arduous preparations allowed the team members to consolidate their professional knowledge, improve their foreign language skills, and cultivate their perseverance and confidence in self-transcendence. In their rapid growth, they gain not only good results in competitions, but also good character and learning abilities that will last a lifetime.

(Time to submit documents in the early morning)

The growth and progress of the International w88 casino team is inseparable from the law w88 casino’s long-term vigorous promotion and support of international student subject competitions. During the preparation period, Vice President Gong Hongliu, who is in charge of international subject competition activities, has always paid close attention to the team building and competition preparation process, and at the same time provided professional guidance. Associate Professor Arthur Chiu and Professor William Rosoff provided valuable opinions on the writing of legal documents, and Professor Bian Yongmin and Professor Matthew Kennedy also gave enthusiastic guidance many times.

In addition, the Jessup team also benefited from the selfless assistance of former Jessup team members Cai Fan (2018 international law master's student), Deng Kaiqi (2017 undergraduate excellence experimental class student) and former student coach Zheng Zihan (outstanding alumnus of the University of International w88 and the best debater in the previous Jessup session).

 Currently, the battle against the COVID-19 epidemic continues. Even if they regret not being able to compete on an international platform, the challenges outside the competition field are also worthy of the attention of this year's International w88 casino team. They will uphold the spirit of perseverance and striving for the top, make full use of what they have learned in preparation for the competition, actively respond to the scientific research needs in epidemic prevention and control and post-epidemic reconstruction, and contribute their modest efforts!

(List of achievements of the HKUST team)