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Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition
Left to right: David Mandell,'07, coach, students, Jayni
Shah, 3D, Ian Ullman, 3D, Heidi Price, 3D, and Karla
Schaffer, '07, coach
Maryland's International Environmental Moot Court team (Heidi Price, Jayni Shah, and Ian Ullman) participated in the 12th annual competition at Stetson University. The team won Third Place Memorial (brief) in the North American Rounds, where they defeated Cornell, Cardozo, and Hawaii. As a result, Maryland was one of four U.S. teams to advance to the International Finals. In the International Finals, the team defeated the American University of Armenia and the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (India), but lost to the University of New South Wales (Australia) and Wake Forest University. Ian Ullman won Second Place Oralist for the International Rounds. Loyola-New Orleans defeated Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) to win the competition.
Special thanks to Professors Barrett, Chibundu, Dachille, and Danchin, as well as student Lewis Taylor, for their assistance in mooting the team, and alumni Karla Schaffer and Dave Mandell for coaching. Last year's team (Karla Schaffer, Dave Mandell, and Khushi Desai) won Best Memorial for the entire competition, and also advanced to the International Finals, defeating Hastings, Kansas, Pepperdine, Bhopal (India), Hyderabad (India), and Macquarie (Australia).
This annual competition was originally founded in 1996, and draws law students from across the globe. It provides an opportunity for law students to explore issues of international environmental law in the context of a dispute before the International Court of Justice. This year's competition concerned whether one developing country could revoke a mining concession agreement with another, without providing compensation, to protect an endangered subspecies of rhinoceros.
Last updated November 14, 2007
