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Peking University Succeeded in the Chinese National Round for Jessup International Law Moot Court

The Fourteenth Chinese National Round for Jessup International Law Moot Court was held at Kenneth Wang School of law, Soochow University between 17th to 19th February, 2016. Under the guidance of Dr. Yi Ping and visiting Professor JoePKULS team won the championship once again after 2015. This is the fourth time that Peking University succeeded in Jessup International Law Moot Court in nearly ten years, and it’s also the first time we won the prize of champion in the Chinese National Round for Jessup International Law Moot Court.




In this year, the members of PKULS team include Yang Ken, Li Mengyi, Zhang Bojian, Zhang Wanyu, Wu Linyang. Among all 43 teams, PKULS team is the only survivor. At the same time, Zhang Wanyu and Li Mengyi won the first and second of individual best debate hand award. Due to the excellent results, PKULS team achieved the support from the foundation of Mr. Wang and will go to the California University Hastings School of law for exchanging after the competition.



Before the Competition, PKULS Team prepared a lot, so they performed professionallyand excellently during the competition.


Jessup International Law Moot Court competition is known as the Olympic competition in the field of international law, and it is also professional legal debate competition which sponsored by the United States International Law Students Association (ILSA). Every year, there are more than 900 Universities from 100 countries to participate, it’s currently the largest and oldest moot court competitions. And Peking University team won the championship of Chinese National Round three times in 2006, 2012, 2015.

 

Translated by: Tian Kun

Edited by: Deng Bowen