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Proud Romualdez hails alma mater UP for winning prestigious international moot court contest 

Published May 1, 2024 11:26 am

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  • The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution commending the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law for winning the very prestigious 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held in Washington, DC in the United States (US). 

IMG-cdabc627deece740bf24f886c6b31fbd-V.jpgHouse Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The House of Representatives has adopted a resolution commending the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law for winning the very prestigious 2024 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition held in Washington, DC in the United States (US). 

The lower chamber's congratulatory message is embodied in House Resolution (HR) No. No. 1683, authored by Speaker Martin Romualdez. 

“The UP College of Law, my alma mater, again brings honor to our country by bagging the much-coveted Jessup trophy. It is the oldest and largest world competition that tests the aptitude of students in their knowledge of international law. We are so proud of this achievement!” Romualdez, leader of the 300-plus-strong House of Representatives, said in a statement Wednesday, May 1. 

The team that won the April 6 tilt was composed of law students Mary Regine Dadole, Pauline De Leon, Pauline Samantha Sagayo, Chinzen Viernes and Ignacio Lorenzo Villareal, with coach Professor Marianne Vitug and faculty advisor Professor Rommel Casis. 

A copy of the resolution will be given to the UP College of Law. 

The Jessup Competition is named after Philip C. Jessup, the US representative to the International Court of Justice, who was elected by the United Nations (UN) to serve a nine-year term in 1961. He had a long and distinguished academic, judicial and diplomatic career and played a key role in the formation of the International Law Commission. 

The Jessup is a simulation of fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), where teams of law students compete against one another through the presentation of oral and written pleadings. 

“After days of grueling rounds and eliminations, the UP Law Jessup Team emerged as the lone team from the Asia-Pacific Region in the prestigious stage," the resolution read. 

“During the gold medal round, this year’s problem, ‘The Case Concerning the Sterren Forty’ simulated a fictional dispute between nations, and tackled pressing issues of political expression, statelessness, nationality rights, and the authority of the United Nations Security Council in dispute resolution,” it added. 

The UP Law Jessup team bested the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella of Argentina to win its historic Jessup Cup. 

Villareal of the UP Law Jessup Team also clinched the Schwebel Award for Best Oralist in the championship round. 

“UP Law made history in 1995 when it won the Jessup Cup and earned the Philippines its first-ever championship since the tournament’s inception in 1960, followed by the Ateneo Law School when it bagged the crown in 2004,” the resolution said. 

The outstanding performance of the UP College of Law Jessup Team deserves utmost commendation and praise for bringing great honor and prestige to the Filipino people and inspiring future generations of legal scholars and practitioners,” it continued. 

Aside from Romualdez, the measure was also authored by Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr., Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-Jay" Suarez, Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe, Senior Deputy Majority Leader Ilocos 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos, and Committee on Accounts Chairperson Tingog Party-list Rep. Yedda Marie Romualdez. 
 

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