IIT Chicago-Kent to participate in the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Regional Competition
Chicago-Kent College of Law will compete in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Regional Competition February 19 to 22 at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Law students Huy Nguyen, Adrienne Kitchen and Saba Mahmud will compete against teams from 21 law schools. Teams that advance from qualifying international and regional tournaments will compete in the international rounds April 5 to 11 in Washington, D.C. Winners will advance to the Jessup Cup World Championship tournament April 11.
Established by the International Law Students Association in 1959, the Jessup competition is the oldest and largest moot court competition dedicated to international law. Competitors come from over 550 law schools in more than 80 countries. The tournament is named for diplomat, scholar and jurist Philip Caryl Jessup (1897-1986), who played a key role in the formation of the International Law Commission in 1948, and served a nine-year term as the U.S. representative to the International Court of Justice.
Team member Huy Nguyen is a second-year student who graduated with degrees in marketing and international business from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Shidler College of Business. Teammate Adrienne Kitchen is a third-year student who holds a bachelor of music performance from the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music and a master of science in journalism from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Teammate Saba Mahmud, a fourth-year student, earned an undergraduate degree in biology from Illinois Institute of Technology.
Founded in 1888, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of Illinois Institute of Technology, also known as Illinois Tech, a private, technology-focused, research university offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, architecture, business, design, human sciences, applied technology, and law. IIT Chicago-Kent offers J.D. and LL.M. programs in international and comparative law.
