Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court

Use your global education to solve real world problems.

Lewis & Clark Law School is home to a competitive Jessup International Moot Court Team led by long-time coach Dagmar Butte, ‘91. Students can participate in this moot court competition for credit. The school won the national competition in 2007 and is the permanent regional host for the competition as of 2009.

Hosted by the International Law Students Association (ILSA), Jessup is the world’s largest moot court competition, with participants from over 500 law schools in more than 80 countries. The Competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice. Teams prepare oral and written pleadings arguing both the applicant and respondent positions of the case.

Jessup 2012

Another year of the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition has already commenced when 2011 is barely in the books but it would not be Jessup if it were any different. The authors are hard at work on this year’s problem which promises to be very exciting. The 2012 Jessup Problem involves a dispute between two states over the destruction of a cultural site of great importance and the important question of who gets to represent a state internationally in the immediate aftermath of a coup d’etat. It also involves international responsibility for the use of force by one state while taking part in a regional operation to bring about democracy. This means there is something for everyone and a tremendous opportunity to L&C law students to delve deeply into complex and extremely timely issues of International Law. The selection process for the 2012 team begins Fall 2011 with the Jessup Moot Court course which serves as the intra-school competition. Interested students should contact Adjunct Professor and Jessup Coach Dagmar Butte via email at db@pbl.net with any questions.

Super Regionals 2012 at Lewis & Clark

The U.S. component of the Jessup Moot Court consists of approximately 144 U.S. law schools competing in six Super Regional Competitions throughout the U.S. The winner and runner-up in each Super Regional advance to the International Rounds in Washington D.C. As we have for the past three years, Lewis & Clark will once again serve as host of the Pacific Super Regional which has been scheduled for March 2-4, 2012. We will be welcoming 24 law schools from throughout the Western United States to our campus for 3 days of exhilarating and exhausting competition and one very lovely awards ceremony. We could not do this without the incredible support of our volunteer judges, bailiffs and the school’s administration, faculty and staff and are very grateful to them for all they do.

Those who participate consider this competition a highlight of the mooting year and a great time is had by all. The Super Regional is a wonderful opportunity for alumni and Jessup supporters as well as members of the bar with a general interest in international law to participate as judges, meet students, connect or re-connect to the law school and earn free CLE credit. In addition, undergraduate, graduate and law students have an opportunity to learn more about public international law by serving as bailiff. Any attorney interested in judging and any student interested in becoming involved as a bailiff should contact Dagmar Butte at db@pbl.net