The five Hertie students ranked within the top thirty teams worldwide in the international student law competition in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to our Hertie School team on their success at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Global Rounds! Five students from the Hertie School’s Master of International Affairs (MIA) and Master of Public Policy (MPP) programmes travelled to Washington, D.C. to compete in what is the biggest competition for students in the field of international law and related fields.
Hertie team successful at national and international level
This year’s Hertie team scored major achievements at the international competition. Our students ranked second among all teams from the European Union, and they placed in the top 30 out of 162 teams overall. MIA student Ella Vera Manssbart also won the distinction of being among the competition’s 20 best oralists – a remarkable achievement, given that about 800 students participated in the international rounds.
The Hertie School team had qualified to compete in Washington, D.C. as “National Champion Runner-Up” at the German national rounds in Leipzig in February. At the national level, Mannsbart was voted Best Oralist and the team Best Respondent.
The team consisted of Stella Kunkat (MPP), Ella Vera Manssbart (MIA), Jonatan von Moltke (MIA), Maximilian Kilian Siegler (MPP), and Chiara Wehlte (MPP). They were coached by Vanesa Menéndez Montero and Alexander Holzer, both Research Associates at the Hertie School. The responsible faculty members were Professor of European Law and Governance and Jacques Delors Centre Co-Director Mark Dawson and Adjunct Professor Pierre Thielbörger.
As our students are not strictly legal students, the team’s success is a testament to the enormous efforts they put into the competition.
About the Jessup International Moot Court
The Jessup International Law Moot Court is the most prestigious moot court competition globally. In the competition, students from around the globe argue over a fictitious case in international law. This year’s competition centred on the cases of two persons claiming to be the legitimate president of a state; the invocation of immunity for government officials accused of grave violations of human rights; the legal consequences of receding coastlines for the maritime zones of coastal states; and the legitimacy of competing claims for state representation.
Contact
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Mark Dawson, Professor of European Law and Governance
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Pierre Thielbörger, Adjunct Faculty