Glasgow team success at the Jessup International Law Moot

Congratulations to our Glasgow team, who delivered a brilliant performance at the recent international rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The competition was held in Washington DC from 28 March - 4 April and featured 164 mooting teams from around the world. 

The team comprised Harry O'Connor (4th year, Common Law), Euan Livingston (4th year, Scots Law), Rhea Abraham (4th year, Common Law), Finn Thomson (4th year, Common Law), and Jessie Campbell (2nd year, Accelerated Common Law).  

The team ranked 8th out of 164 teams competing in the preliminary rounds, winning all four preliminary round matches unanimously and by a wide margin. Our students progressed to the last 16 of the knockout rounds, the ‘octo-finals’, before losing to Ateneo de Manila University, who were the eventual runners-up in the competition.  

In addition to this achievement, our written memorial was ranked the best among all four UK universities competing at the international rounds. One of our team members, Harry O'Connor, was awarded a Ved P. Nanda Award for 10th Best Oralist out of 547 speakers. 

The School of Law is incredibly proud of the hard work and determination of our mooting team and what they have managed to achieve this year.    

The coaches, James Devaney, Matina Papadaki and Joseph Crampin, have worked exceptionally hard to prepare the team for the competition. They have been supported by a wide range of School colleagues, whom we would like to thank for their support. The School would also like to thank Paul McKell and Rebecca Wallace, who have provided help judging the team, and also last year's Jessup team for their support and advice.   

Finally, the School conveys its deepest thanks to those that supported the team financially, including the Faculty of Advocates, The Law Society of Scotland, and anonymous donors.