Universiti Malaya (UM) emerged triumphant in the Championship Round of the Asia Pacific Regional Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition 2021.
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, also known as the Jessup Moot, is the oldest and largest international moot competition in the world, attracting participants from almost 700 law schools in more than 90 countries in recent years.
The UM team, comprising five undergraduate students from the Faculty of Law - Ms. Ameerah Nasri (Year 4), Mr. Nevyn Vinosh (Year 3), Ms. Peh Qi Hui (Year 3), Ms. Saradha Lakshmi (Year 3), and Mr. Chew Thean Ern (Year 2), was crowned Champion after mounting an incredible 7-0 unbeaten run en route to victory – winning all four matches in the Preliminary Rounds, Quarter-Finals, and Semi-Finals. Among the notable scalps include University of Auckland, University of Padjadjaran, and University of Gajah Mada.
In the Championship Round, Team UM faced off against the National University of Singapore before the eminent bench consisting of Honourable Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan (Malaysia), Associate Professor Dr. Danielle Ireland-Piper (Australia), and Daria Krasilnikova (Russia). In the earlier rounds, the team had the privilege of submitting before an impressive line-up of legal experts from the United States, Colombia, Germany, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Singapore, and Malaysia.
The competition attracted 25 teams from 6 countries: Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, Kazakhstan, New Zealand, and Malaysia. With lucrative cash prizes sponsored by Shearn Delamore & Co and a diverse pool of over 70 experienced judges across the globe (Asia, Europe and Americas), the stage was set for a fierce battleground among the region’s top universities.
In the run-up to the Global Rounds, Universiti Malaya played host to the Asia Pacific Regional competition from 24th to 28th February 2021. This year’s edition of Jessup was quite special as the competition was conducted fully online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All teams from the Regional Rounds will go on to participate directly in the Global Rounds without the traditional qualifiers at the national stage.
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