Jessup Team

Notre Dame Law School Moot Court

Not Pictured: Grace Elias, Mary Pat Peterson

Unlike typical moot court competitions, the oralists on the Jessup Team argue in front of a fictional International Court of Justice for forty-five minutes!

2023-2024 Team Captain: McKenzie Bush

Jessup Team

Our Jessup Team competes in the oldest and largest international moot court competition in the world, the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, hosted by the International Law Students Association. The competition has attracted participants from 700 law schools in 100 countries.

In 2021, the competition took place virtually and the Jessup Team explored the obligations and responses of States in response to an outbreak of a global pandemic. The previous year, the problem focused on treaty succession, fully autonomous weapons systems, and government ministers accused of war crimes.

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Recent Accomplishments

2024

In February 2024, McKenzie Bush (’24), Sarah Barritt (’24), Zack Beculheimer (’20), Tyson Holloman (’20), Huan Nguyen (’20) advanced to the Octofinal rounds of the new Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition super-final rounds. Jessup competed against teams like Harvard and UVA on their way to the teams highest national placement in the brand new super-final format.

2023

In February 2023 the Jessup team advanced to the midwestern regional semi-finals in Chicago.

2020

In February 2020, Jack McKay (’20), Elizabeth Lombard (’20), Olivia Houston (’20), Bailey Burns (’20), and Connie Choe (’20) advanced to the Quarterfinals of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Olivia Houston was also awarded 6^th Best Oralist.