Tryouts are being held this week in Nanjing for this year’s HNC mock-trial team. This will be the third year that the Hopkins-Nanjing Center has been host to a moot court team.
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| Shirlene Yee, MAIS '12 |
The Phillip C.
Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot
court competition, drawing participants from more than 500 law schools across
80 countries. The Hopkins-Nanjing Center is among the small minority of participants
that are not law schools. The
competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the
International Court of Justice, the judicial organ of the United Nations. Teams
prepare oral and written pleadings, arguing both the applicant and respondent
positions of the case.
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| 2012 Jessup Team in Washington, D.C. |
In its first year competing, HNC placed sixth in the China National Rounds. The following year, the HNC
moot court team placed third overall out of 39 teams in the China National
Rounds held at Beijing’s Renmin University from February
22-February 26, 2012. Additionally, second-year MAIS student Shirlene Yee placed
first and Certificate student Stephen Levandoski placed sixth for the
individual “Best Oralist” portion of the competition. As a result of the China
National Rounds win, the HNC team was one of four teams to represent China in
the international final in Washington, D.C. from March 26-March 30, 2012.
The HNC
team, led by International Law Professor Feng Chuan, was comprised of students Wang
Jinlin, He Shen, Sun Chuan, along with Levandoski and Yee. The team felt a
great sense of accomplishment upon reaching the international finals. Yee said,
“We’re happy with the results of the competition. The team advanced much
further than it did last year and we were able to compete in Washington, D.C
against the best moot court teams the world has to offer.”
The admissions team wishes all those trying out for the 2012-2013 moot court team the best of luck! We will be sure to update the blog with news of this year's competition later in the semester.
