Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot 

The Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was established in 1960.  It has become the world’s largest moot competition, with participants from about 800 law schools from about 100 countries annually.  The competition is based upon topical issues of international law, which are framed as issues to be resolved before the International Court of Justice.

For Australian law schools, the competition begins with a national round, held in Canberra.   Successful teams then advance to the international rounds, held in Washington DC.

Teams from UQ have been competing in the Jessup moot annually since 1997 and have won the international round of the Jessup moot on three occasions.  

UQ’s participation, and success, in the Jessup Moot would not have been possible without the dedication of Professor Anthony Cassimatis, who has been a passionate coach and advocate for participation in the Jessup Moot since the beginning of UQ’s participation. Professor Cassimatis’ teaching and mentoring of students in the Jessup Moot has launched many of them into careers in international law. 

Thanks are also due to those alumni who have provided support to allow students to travel to the international rounds, including UQLA Director Peter Rawlings. 

  • 1993    Louise Ahern, Alistair Blanshard, Ceri McDonald, Kirsty Mitchell and Joseph Siracusa

  • 1997    Joanna Cull, Lisa Hendy, Marianne Jago, Nitish Pandey and Anna Rickard 

  • 1998    Sonja Litz, Catharine McNab, Usha Praser and Melinda Taylor 

  • 1999    Andrew Drynan, Sonja Litz, Catharine McNab, Kateena O’Gorman and Peter Rawlings

  • 2000    Andrew DeKrester, Richard Fryberg, Michael Hodge, Paul Holmes and Anthony Miller

  • 2001    Susan Anderson, Megan Hirst, Sarah Holland, Sarah McCosker and Kate Parlett

  • 2002    Martin Carrick, Naomi Hawkins, Michael Knapp, Christopher Peters and Kylie-Maree Weston-Scheuber (National Finalists)

  • 2003    Gitanjali Bajaj, Anna Byrne, Tom Fletcher, Georgia Harley and Jonathan Ketcheson (National Finalists)

  • 2004    Caitlin Goss, Michael Hogan, Marion Isobel, Annaliese Jackson and Tamerlan van Alphen

  • 2005    Ruth Catts, Stephen Colditz, Julian Ensbey, Cameron Forsaith and Nicholas Luke (National and International Champions)

  • 2006    Emily Absolon, Faheem Anwar, Aruni Jayakody, Gobind Kalsi and Claire Schneider (National Finalists)

  • 2007    Anthony Bremner, Laura Grant, Jessica Howley, Belinda McRae and Angus O’Brien (National Finalists and International Semi-Finalists)

  • 2008    James Green, Alex Molloy, Dario Morosini, Stewart Webster and Boxun Yin

  • 2009    Amy Dunphy, Byron Hewson, Joshua Klose, Naraya Lamart and Jane Munro

  • 2010    Eliza Eaton, Tenniele Horton, Thomas Li, Edmund Robinson and Sam Volling

  • 2011    Catherine Drummond, Daniel Fuller, Alison Smith, Joshua Underwood and Libby Waghorn

  • 2012    Annabel Baker, Courtney Coyne, Tom Galloway, Whitny Kapa and Jules Moxon (National Champions)

  • 2013    Aanand Jayachandran, Ganesh Jegatheesan, Josh McGeechan, Ben O’Sullivan and Ben Taylor

  • 2014    Camille Boileau, Emily Chalk, Hugo Clark-Ryan, Lisa Lee and Abbey Mawby (National and International Champions)

  • 2015    Cameron Griffiths, Henry Meehan, Isabella Newell, Elizabeth Stanley and Jack Siebert

  • 2016    Lauren Browne, Angus Fraser, Milan Gandhi, Erin Gourlay and Molly Thomas  

  • 2017    Josie Allan, Keilin Anderson, Kate Cincotta, Sophie Ryan and Ben Teng (National Finalists)

  • 2018    Claire Robertson, Julius Moller, Edward Watson, Samara Cassar and Hennie Lui (National and International Champions)

  • 2019    Kyle Eggins-Allman, Joshua McKersey, Joshua Halikos, Laura Heit and Olivia Duce (National Finalists)

  • 2020    Rosie Cavdarski, Jonathan Hohl, Adam Lukacs and Isabelle Peart (National Finalists)

  • 2021    Paivi Adeniyi, Liam Inglis, Emily Rainbird, Austen Whitewood and Sam Wong

  • 2022    Martin Churchill, Sophie Cunningham, Will Garske, Elliot Perkins and Catherine Thornton

  • 2023    Angharad Beach, Rory Brown, Nicholas Buntain, Caitlyn Donohoe and Caitlyn Marks

  • 2024    Regan Brown, Alexandra Nash, Shayma Nejari, Viktoria Palka and William Simons

  • 2025    Raul Iute, Elijah Larsen, Nina Sang, Katelyn Dyer and Sam Goodwin (National Champions and International Semi-Finalists)

  • 2026    Oliver Forsman, Thomas Nunn-Rutledge, Zoe Fraser, Zahlia Jeffery and Joseph Lewis