Announcement regarding Remaining 2012-2013 Inter-University Moot Team Assignments:

At this time we are only prepared to name four rising fourth-year students to the remaining moot competitions for the 2012-2013 Academic Year. The 4th Year Students on the Jessup Team are: Yongyera Roland, Tuhairwe Herman and Kayondo Siver In addition Kiwana Jonathan will serve as a team member on Team A of UCU’s IHL National Moot Team. We still need to name two additional team members to Team A as well as three members to a possible Team B for the IHL Moot. (Note, that Team B will not be guaranteed a spot in the IHL Moot. UCU has been able to enter two teams in this competition the previous 3 years, but we cannot be assured the allowance of two teams this year) Additional team members will be named through a supplemental evaluation that will be performed on Saturday evening, 28 July beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Faculty of Law’s Clinical Conference Room. Three things will happen at this exercise. 1) You will be given a brief quiz on International Humanitarian Law; 2) You will be asked to submit a short oral argument as to whether or not NATO military intervention in Syria without the approval of the UN Security Council would violate international law (you have to choose a side and defend it); 3) You will be asked to play a part in an impromptu role playing exercise. Yes, this evaluation procedure presents a real challenge to interested students. Third year students have yet to take International Humanitarian Law. Therefore you have very little time to acquaint yourself with the subject matter. However, the competition will be held in September so we need individuals who are able to learn over a very short period of time with little outside help. Also, the timing of this supplemental competition is burdensome for the September intake. Yet the September intake students have more time to brush up on IHL law. We apologise for the timing and relatively short notice. The hope was that we could take care of team formation at the beginning of next semester. However, this became impossible once we learned of the new accelerated timetable for the IHL moot. Note that your participation and showing in this supplemental exercise could also increase your chances of being selected to some other moot opportunity over the course of the academic year. Although, any such opportunities remain uncertain contingencies at this time. Thank you for your interest in the UCU Moot Programme. Brian Dennison