ILSA mourns the loss of Mitch Meisner

Chris Bonnez

ILSA is sad to hear of the passing last month of Mitch Meisner, a longtime Jessup judge and all-around Friend of the Jessup.

Mitch was a partner at the Honigman law firm in Detroit (USA) for more than 40 years, specializing in real estate development and finance.

Mitch joined the Jessup community in 2005, when he was already well established in the practice of law. Over the last twenty years, he was a fixture at the International Rounds and also judged at more than 30 National and Regional Rounds over the years, including in Russia, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. He was an excellent “teaching judge,” guiding oralists with his questions and his commentary to strive to improve their arguments and their presentation, and a delightful companion and interlocutor in the judges’ room and at parties and other social occasions surrounding the Jessup.

Our hearts go out to his wife and frequent Jessup travel companion Marcia, to his family, and to his network of dear friends around the world.

We will miss you, Mitch.

2025 US National Rounds Details Revealed!

Chris Bonnez

After the success of last year’s consolidated East and West competitions in the United States, we’ve decided to do it again in 2025.

The US West National Rounds will be held Wednesday, February 19 to Sunday, February 23 at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon.

The US East National Rounds will be held Wednesday, February 26 to Sunday, March 2 at the Hilton Charlotte University Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. Continue reading “2025 US National Rounds Details Revealed!” →

Jessup 2024 Baxter Winners Announced

Chris Bonnez

We are excited to announce the winners of the Richard Baxter Awards for Jessup 2024. The Richard Baxter Awards are presented to Teams for excellence in Memorial writing by comparing individual Applicant and Respondent Memorials. There are two Baxter Awards: one for the Best Overall Applicant Memorial and one for the Best Overall Respondent Memorial. The Applicant and Respondent Memorials that were considered for the Alona E. Evans Award or a Hardy C. Dillard Award that received the highest ten Total Raw Scores for (unadjusted for Penalties) are entered into competition for the Best Overall Applicant and Respondent Memorials respectively. This Award is named in honor of the late Richard Baxter, who served as Judge of the International Court of Justice, and who was an eminent and pioneering scholar of International Law.

The winners are:
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