Our Biweekly Lecture and Discussion Forum – ‘Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen’ Is Starting This Week
Apr 12, 2018
The first session of our forum ‘Völkerrechtliche Tagesthemen’ is starting this Wednesday, 18 April with a presentation held in English. The event is open to the interested public. For more information and dates, please go to: http://www.wsi.uni-kiel.de/de/lehre/tagesthemen. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Torben Herber and Jens Kaiser Awarded for Outstanding Jessup National Rounds in Kiel
Apr 10, 2018
The two German national administrators Torben Herber and Jens Kaiser were honoured with the Steven Schneebaum Award at the International Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington, D.C. The Steven Schneebaum Award is designated for national administrators who have organised outstanding national rounds.
On behalf of the Walther-Schücking-Institute for International Law, Torben Herber und Jens Kaiser organised the Jessup German National Rounds in Kiel from 28 February until 3 March 2018. A total of 19 German teams with over 140 participants competed against each other and confronted 35 well-known personalities from the field of international law acting as judges. Not forgetting the 25 helpers without whom the Competition would not have been such a success. For more information on the German National Rounds in Kiel, please follow this link: http://www.jessup.uni-kiel.de/de.
New Regulation Regarding Auxiliary Means in Exams
Apr 09, 2018
As of winter semester 18/19, the following new regulation will apply for all exams (midterm exams, exams ‘kleine und große Übungen’, FFA/Erasmus/LL.M. exams as well as oral exams in the specialisation):
Allowed auxiliary means are the legal texts relevant for the respective field of law. They may not contain supplements (such as schemata). Written markings, arrows, exclamation marks and single words are allowed, as long as they constitute merely a reading aid and do not form a system of annotation. Individual references to paragraphs, even those that refer to another legal text, may be included in the legal text.
Kieler Jessup Team Ranked Sixth for ‘Best Written Pleadings’ in the German National Rounds
Mar 15, 2018
This year's German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition took place in Kiel, at the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein and the townhall, from 28 February until 3 March 2018. The Kieler team had already gripping matches in the preliminary rounds competing against among others the two finalists: the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (national champion) and the Hertie School of Governance.
Despite a great performance, the team didn’t advance to the quarter finals, but was placed sixth in the category ‘best written pleadings’, together with the University of Heidelberg.
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court is the largest and most prestigious international moot court in the field of public international law. The Competition is about a fictional legal dispute between two states before the International Court of Justice with each team representing the applicant as well as the respondent side. This year’s case touched upon the subjects of the invalidity of international awards, the use of underwater drones, nuclear disarmament as well as naval warfare. The participation in the Competition proved to be a very valuable experience for the Kieler team, since they learned to deal with a complex case for several months and present their arguments in English in written form as well as orally in front of an international bench.
‘The Jessup’ enjoys a longstanding tradition in Kiel and the Walther Schücking Institute is delighted that this year’s national rounds in Kiel will have drawn new attention to it among students. Applications for the Kieler Jessup Team 2019 can be submitted from now on. For more information on this, please follow this link: https://www.wsi.uni-kiel.de/en/MootCourt/application?set_language=en
left to right: Armine Usojan (student coach), Felix Telschow (head coach), Nathalie Zavazava (student coach) and the team members: Clemens Dorsel, Lea Paustian, Tom Wittke, Berit Jens und Anna Barckhausen; not in the picture: David Schenk (student coach).
Nele Matz-Lück becomes a member of the Constitutional Court of Schleswig-Holstein on 01.02.2018
Mar 26, 2018
Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück Arbitrator for Disputes Regarding the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
Nov 22, 2017
Upon recommendation of the Federal Government with effect from October 11, 2017, Prof. Dr. Nele Matz-Lück was selected to be placed on the list of arbitrators for disputes concerning the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
2016 Activity Report of the WSI published
Aug 30, 2017
The annual activity report of the WSI (in German) is now available for download.
Prof. von Arnauld Appointed to The Scientific Advisory Board on International Law of the Federal Foreign Office
Aug 30, 2017
In December 2016, Prof. Dr. Andreas von Arnauld was appointed to the scientific advisory board on international law of the German Federal Foreign Office. At the general meeting of the German Society of International Law in March 2017, he was elected to the board for four years.
Jessup Moot Court: Kiel Law Students Among the Top Teams of Germany
Mar 23, 2017
The German National Rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition took place at the University of Passau from March 8-12, 2017. Twenty teams from German universities competed to get into the finals – the International Rounds held in Washington D.C. in April 2017. Our team gave an outstanding performance and was placed fifth. Beyond that, the team was ranked sixth in the category ‘best written pleadings’ and was third best in their pleading of the defendant.
Research associates Isabelle Haßfurther and Jens Kaiser , assisted by Henning Büttner and Marvin Schwope, coached the girls’ team consisting of: Josephine Freytag, Nora Harder, Alena Kunstreich, Armine Usojan, and Nathalie Zavazava.
Also, Armine Usojan was ranked fourth best speaker of 70 speakers in total.
(left to right) Josephine Freytag, Isabelle Haßfurther, Nora Harder, Armine Usojan, Henning Büttner, Jens Kaiser, Marvin Schwope, Nathalie Zavazava, Alena Kunstreich
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