Representatives from the University of the Philippines College of Law prevailed at the 2024 Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition held in Washington D.C. UP College of Law announced in a post on Facebook on April 7, 2024. PHOTO BY JESSUP WHITE AND CASE LLP
MANILA, Philippines — The University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law bagged the title of World Champions at the 2024 Philip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition, it announced on Sunday.
In a post on Facebook, UP College of Law said that its team’s victory comes nearly three decades after their last triumph in the same competition held in Washington D.C. in the United States.
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Members of the winning team from UP are Mary Regine Dadole, Pauline De Leon, Pauline Samantha Sagayo, Chinzen Viernes, and Ignacio Lorenzo Villareal, and they were coached by Professor Marianne Vitug and advised by Professor Rommel Casis.
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Historic triumph
“The entire UP community joins in celebrating this historic triumph, which not only underscores UP Law’s legacy of excellence but also inspires future generations of legal scholars and practitioners worldwide,” UP College of Law’s post read.
In a separate post on its website, UP College of Law said that the “Jessup” is the world’s largest and oldest moot court competition for law students, with participants from over 600 law schools in 100 countries and jurisdictions.