Selection
Students in second and third year must try out in the fall in order to be selected for the Jessup Moot Team.
Note: The Moot is conditional enrol and will be added to the student's course selection once confirmation of participation is confirmed following the moot tryouts. In the meantime, students must select sufficient credits for the term/year. Once approved students will have the opportunity to adjust your credits.
Public International Law is a pre- or co-requisite for the Jessup, and students will be expected to work on the Jessup memorial throughout the first term, completing a substantial draft of it by the paper deadline at the end of first term. [In exceptional cases, students with strong backgrounds in International Law studies may be eligible to participate in the Jessup, with the prior permission of the Faculty Advisor.]
Option A: Students will receive three (3) credits, on an Honours/Pass/Fail basis, allocated as follows: two (2) in the first term and one (1) in the second term, for the written component of the competitive moot. Mark to be assigned by the Faculty Advisors of each competitive moot. The grading may include an evaluation of the oral as well as the written component of the competition.
Option B: With notice to the Records Office and the approval of the Moot Faculty Advisor or another faculty member, three credits, with full academic grading, for the written component of the competitive moot plus another writing project. The additional writing project is to be 10 to 15 pages and related in subject matter to the moot. For grading purposes, the Moot Faculty Advisor will consider the written factum or memorial prepared for the moot and the added written component for grading and may consider the oral presentation as well. If the grading is done by a faculty member other than the Moot Faculty Advisor, the oral presentation will not be considered.
Note: Students who advance to the International Round will receive one additional credit which will be given in the same form (honours/pass/fail or graded) that the first three credits are given. In view of the timing of the international round of the Jessup moot (usually the first week in April), the students involved may need to appeal to the Assistant Dean, Students for accommodation to their program (e.g. re-scheduling of examinations, extensions for submission of papers). However, students will be expected to complete the evaluation requirements of the courses in which they are enrolled and may not withdraw from courses as a result of gaining entry into the international round.
