Students from the JU Faculty of Law and Administration have achieved yet another great success in the "Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court", defending the title of Polish National Champions, which they obtained during last year's debut in the competition. The team will now represent Poland in the Jessup International Rounds, which will be held on 6-12 April 2014 in Washington D.C. They will be joining other top universities from around the world, including Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, Oxford University and University of Heidelberg.

The Jessup, as it is widely known, is the biggest and oldest moot court competition and enjoys immense prestige among international law firms and practitioners. More than 550 teams from around 80 countries compete in this year's 55th edition of the Jessup Moot Court. The competition simulates written and oral proceedings before the International Court of Justice on a fictitious issue and revolves this year around issues related to the exploitation of underwater natural resources, protection of underwater cultural heritage and criminal jurisdiction of states.

The JU Team consists of four law students: Aneta Jarka (5th year), Antonina Kozak (4th year), Adrian Purzycki (5th year) and Katarzyna Wojczuk (5th year) and is coached by Ass. Iur. Przemysław Roguski, DAAD Lecturer and research assistant at the Chair in Public International Law and the School of German Law. During the Polish National Rounds, the team defeated teams from the Catholic University of Lublin, Silesian University and the Universities of Wrocław and Lodz before confronting the University of Warsaw in the final.

Among the judges in the final were professors Władysław Czapliński and Roman Wieruszewski, specialists in public international law, who have been judging Jessup rounds for many years both in Poland and abroad. According to Prof. Czapliński, this year's Polish final was of a very high standard – it has been the best for many years, which reflects the hard work and professionalism of our students and gives them a good chance to successfully compete in the International Rounds.

Text by Przemysław Roguski