Author: 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!” →

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:
Continue reading “Jessup 2024 Baxter Winners Announced” →

ILSA is proud to announce the incoming Student Directors for the 2024-2025 term. Laurene Atieno from Kenya School of Law (Kenya) and Tarazi Mohammed Sheikh from BRAC University (Bangladesh) join Stanislau Lashkevich from Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland), who is serving his second term, on the ILSA board. Continue reading “Announcing the 2024-2025 ILSA Student Directors” →

Curious about the Jessup 2024 problem? Enjoy a discussion with the problem’s authors sponsored by Indiana University Maurer School of Law. Continue reading “Discussion with the Authors of the Jessup 2024 Authors Sponsored by Indiana University School of Law” →

Relive your favorite moments from the Jessup 2024 White & Case International Rounds! Photos now available on our Flickr page.

You can now view the Jessup 2024 White and Case International Round results and award winners.

Join us at 2pm (EST) on our YouTube page for the Jessup 2024 White & Case International Rounds Final!

The identities of the final round judges for the 2024 White & Case Jessup International Rounds have been revealed! The bench will consist of María Teresa Infante Caffi, Sundaresh Menon, and Ganna Yudkivska. Continue reading “Jessup 2024 White & Case World Championship Round Judges Announced!” →

ILSA is proud to announce this year’s Dalferes Laureates. These five incredible lawyers have been selected to receive an award from the Rusty Dalferes Memorial Fund to help defray their travel costs to attend and judge at the White & Case International Rounds. The 2024 class represents the second group of outstanding legal professionals selected to receive an award from the Rusty Dalferes Memorial Fund. Continue reading “Announcing the 2024 Dalferes Laureates” →