Final Report 2024
After seven months of intensive preparation and an exciting week of competition in Münster, LMU's Jessup Moot Court Team 2024, consisting of Liv Zinner, Maxim Kasolowsky, Madhavi Gerbitz and Maxima Hubbes, coached by Leona Wittig, Alexander Kopylov and Tabea Kuhlmann, has successfully returned from the national rounds.
The LMU team achieved third place in the ‘Final Ranking’ after the preliminary rounds and reached the quarter-finals in the knockout rounds. The team also placed two of its speakers in 4th and 13th place on the individual leaderboard and took seventh place in the ranking of best briefs. In addition, the team received an award for 1st place in the category ‘Best Applicant’ and achieved an award for 2nd place for the best Applicant Memorial. In the ‘Best Overall Performance’ category, the team was awarded 3rd place.
We would like to thank all our supporters who have stood by our side along the way.
In particular, we would like to thank the law firms Bird&Bird, CMS Hasche Sigle, DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Gleiss Lutz, Görg, Jones Day, Hengeler Mueller, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Hogan Lovells, Noerr LLP and Seven Summits Arbitration for their financial and non-material support.
We would also like to thank the seminar course of the University of the Federal Armed Forces for their support during the competition.
We would also like to thank the Chair of International Law at the LMU and the association ‘Alumni und Freunde des Lehrstuhls für Völkerrecht der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München e.V.’ for the excellent co-operation.
Last but not least, our warmest thanks go to the Munich Jessup Alumni, especially Florian and Hanna Knerr, who prepared us excellently for the challenges ahead with numerous mock pleadings.
