Jessup New York

06/12/2020

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For those in need of some fun, how about an educational card game based on ICJ case law? Visit www.internationalgameofjustice.com for more details and ordering information. Special thanks to our good friend Valentin Jeutner for offering 30% off all 2020 editions (and for his donation of sets of games to many of our top Evans Award winners at the 2020 White & Case International Rounds)!

04/24/2020

Saturday 4/25, 9AM EDT

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A reminder to join us this Saturday beginning at 9:00 AM EDT for the online Awards Ceremony. We'll be announcing a slate of memorial awards (including best of the White & Case International Rounds, National Rounds, and the world), administrator awards and volunteer awards. We will have a keynote address by the Hon. Richard Goldstone and opening remarks by ILSA Executive Director Lesley Benn. We will also announce a sneak peak of the 2021 Jessup topics!

Tune in live on ILSA's page or website (the event will also be recorded for those who cannot watch live).

02/23/2020

Thank you ♡ again to our Excellencies for judging the Final Championship Round today: Mr. President Jon Tompkins from Shearman & Sterling, Ricardo Chirinos and Amity Boye from White & Case.
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02/23/2020

And the runner up is: Cornell University🥈Congratulations!

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02/23/2020

Announcing the Northeast Regional Champion🏆 Columbia Law!🥇Congratulations!
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02/23/2020

🥇Columbia Law & 🥈Cornell University will be competing at the International Rounds in Washington, D.C.! Congratulations!

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02/23/2020

Happening Now! Final Round of the Jessup Northeast Regional in New York City!

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02/23/2020

We're happy to announce our judges for the Final Championship Round today including Shearman & Sterling partner, Jon Tompkins!

Jonathan Tompkins is counsel in the International Arbitration and Litigation practices.

He has represented parties in international and domestic arbitrations under the Rules of the ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR and DIS. His experience also includes general commercial litigation, investigations (FCPA), securities actions and other matters before state and federal courts.

Jonathan was listed as a rising star in commercial arbitration at the Euromoney LMG Americas Rising Star Awards 2018.

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02/23/2020

Also joining our Final Champiionship Round today is Ricardo Chirinos.

Ricardo is an associate at White & Case's New York office. He is a member of its international arbitration group and specializes in commercial and investment arbitration. His recent experience includes representing multinational clients in disputes against Latin-American states and State-owned companies related to investments in the oil and gas, mining, metals, food, agriculture and packaging industries.

Ricardo is admitted in Venezuela and New York. Trained in both civil and common law, he obtained his law degree cm laude from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in 2005. Ricardo also obtained an LL.M. degree from Columbia Law School where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Smith Fellow. He speaks Spanish, English and Portuguese.

Before joining White & Case, Ricardo was an associate at a major global law firm in Washington D.C. and New York and at Venezuela's top oil and gas firm. In 2016, he also worked as a legal advisor of Judge O. Thomas Johnson at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague.

Ricardo is a member of the list of arbitrators of the Caracas Chamber and the Centro Empresarial de Conciliación y Arbitraje (CEDCA) and was recently appointed as president of the New York Chapter of the Inter-American Bar Association (IABA).

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02/23/2020

We're happy to introduce you to Amity Boye who will be serving as one of three Final Championship Round judges today from 1:30-3:30PM.

Amity is a lawyer admitted to practice in Florida and New York. She is currently the chief of staff to the chairman of the global law firm White & Case. Prior to this position, she served for four years as the Executive Director of the International Law Students Association, the non-profit organization that administers the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Amity is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and a former clerk of the Florida Supreme Court.
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01/07/2020

Dear Jessup Friends, Welcome to 2020!

We warmly invite you to join us in New York City to judge the U.S. Northeast Regional of the Jessup International Moot Court Competition from 21-23 February.

Once again, rounds will be generously hosted by Shearman & Sterling LLP at their New York Office, 599 Lexington Avenue (between East 52nd and East 53rd Streets). We are grateful for our host’s continued support of the competition and for the time you give to ensure our competitors are judged by professionals well-versed in international law.

To save you time in responding, we have prepared an easy-to-use sign-up form for volunteering to judge oral rounds and/or to grade memorials here:
https://forms.gle/UsJHPmA3wmUGfXgx6

For your reference, this year's Jessup Compromis (including the Corrections and Clarifications) can be found here:https://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup2020/2020%20Compromis%20and%20Corrections%20and%20Clarifications%20FINAL%20updated%202.0.pdf

If you have any questions or concerns at any point, please let us know. If you know other international law enthusiasts who may be interested in participating, please feel free to forward this invitation. We’d be happy to put you on the same bench with your friends and colleagues so you can judge together. There is no such thing as too many friends of the Jessup!

Hope to see you in New York! 🍎⚖️🌎 *cheers*

Please RSVP below to indicate your availability to judge the Jessup Northeast Regional Rounds. If you cannot judge oral rounds but are willing to grade memorials, please fill in that portion of the form below.

04/07/2019

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