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Mooting to a large part, is just like an MUN, pretentious pompous peacockery and unabashed intellectual mastrubation.
And god, the money and resources required to attend them, print memorials its just insane. I don't honestly know what kind of value it adds. All the top mooters I know from college are no better now 10 years later than any of us non-mooters. In fact I would say we have done better professionally.
Harvard University, USA
Hertie School, Germany
Singapore Management University, Singapore
UNAM, Mexico
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
University of New South Wales, Australia
University of Queensland, Australia
University of Western Ontario, Canada
Will the cup go to Australia once again?
Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary - 2019 winners
Harvard University, USA - semi-finalists in 2002
University of Georgia, USA - 1990 winners and 1991 runners-up
Hertie School, Germany
Singapore Management University, Singapore - 2013 and 2014 runners-up
UNAM, Mexico - 1998 winners and 2000 & 2004 semi-finalists
Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Universitaet Wien, Austria - 1994 and 2004 semi-finalists
University of New South Wales, Australia - 2008 runners-up
University of Queensland, Australia - 2005, 2014 & 2018 winners and 2007 semi-finalists
University of Oxford, United Kingdom - 2015 winners
University of San Carlos, Philippines - 2018 memorial winners and 2021 semi-finalists
University of the Philippines, Philippines - 1995 winners and 1989 & 2012 semi-finalists
University of Western Ontario, Canada - 2017 semi-finalists
Some random students keep on posting/bragging about their university's moot achievements every other day. There exists an unhealthy amount of "interest around mooting" already. I personally fail to see the point.
And with all due respect, noone cares - apart from random first-years [& @axxixx_noojus] who wear their University name as vainglorious pride.
Six of these had moved into the advanced rounds which were a round robin in this edition of Jessup. These were - Jindal, NUJS, Symbiosis, GNLU, NUALS and ILS.
Four of them have made it to the Round of 32 which shall be the first knock-out round this year. These are - Jindal, NUJS, Symbiosis and GNLU. The knock out rounds begin tomorrow.
Incidentally, these are also the same four teams which had made it to the Semi-finals in the India national rounds. This underscores not only the strength and consistency of the teams, but also the quality of judging in the national rounds.
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The Indian teams will be joined by seven from USA (including national champions Harvard), the two usual suspects from Singapore (including 12-time international finalists NUS), and only two from Australia (three time winners Queensland and New South Wales).
Also in the fray are four teams from China, three from Germany and two from Philippines (including 1995 winners University of Philippines).
Others still in the running are a team each from Brazil, Canada, Indonesia and United Kingdom. These are joined by two-time Baxter and three-time Evans award winners Universitaet Wien of Austria, 1998 winners Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2016 winners Universidad de Buenos Aires of Argentina and 2019 winners Eotvos Lorand of Hungary.
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The strongest teams remaining, by pedigree at this competition, would be NUS and Queensland. However, luck of the draw can sometimes be an important factors in these latter rounds.
I wish the Indian teams best of luck. Hope at least one them can join NALSAR, NLUO (both two-time; 2006 & 2010 and 2017 & 2021 respectively), Ambedkar GLC and KLA (1995 and 1997 respectively) as Jessup semi-finalists. It would be even better if one of them can make the finals or maybe even win it to join NLSIU (1999 & 2013) as World Champions.
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The info shared in the post is to the best of my knowledge. The intention behind it is two-fold: to re-kindle a greater amount of interest around mooting generally, and to celebrate the performance of present and past teams at Jessup more specifically.
PS: LegallyIndia - please don't wait 48-hours before allowing this post to go live.