ILMS and ILCOMP 2010

ILMS

The International Law Moot Court Society-University of Indonesia (ILMS-UI) is a student body in the Faculty of Law University of Indonesia which aims to support students to participate and develop skills in international inter-varsity mooting. The goals of the ILMS-UI include the proliferation of international law mooting. ILMS-UI realizes that mooting is a perfect exercise for law students to develop their advocacy skills, which includes legal research and presentation, and also Legal English, a skill that is much sought after. One of the goals of the ILMS-UI is to send teams to international competitions such as the Philips C. Jessup Competition in Washington D.C., the Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot in Vienna, the International Maritime Law Moot Competition in Australia, the International Commitee of Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Competition in Hong Kong and the Asia Cup International Law Moot Court Competition in Tokyo. This is for the purpose gaining knowledge , experience and also to expose students to international legal communities.
Advocacy skills which generally consist of legal writing and legal presentation skills are not established through merely attending classes in law schools. These skills are improved through practices and experiences. American law schools, as well as Indian, Australian and European, enhance the students’ advocacy skills by getting them actively involved in moot court competitions. Best law schools such as Oxford, Columbia, NYU and many others have a reputable record on these competitions.
ILMS-UI initiated the International Law Moot Court Competition (IL-COMP) with the aim to develop the Indonesians’ mooting tradition. The competition is to be held annually, involving high school students and ILMS members.

ILCOMP

The Administrator of the Competition will prepare a hypothetical case concerning a dsipute between two or more fictitious countries. Participants must act as legal representatives of each country before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). After receiving the hypothetical case, participants must then formulate written arguments to support both sides which they are representating (as Applicant and Respondent). The process of formulating those written arguments involves intensive preparation and skills in legal research and legal writing. After submitting the written arguments, participants must prepare themselves to deliver oral pleadings before a panel of judges in representing one of the disputing countries, to compete against another team which then acts as the opposing country. Its process requires in-depth knowledge of international law, as well as skills in oral advocacy and persuasive public speaking.

Participated by approximately 20 high school teams and 12 varsity teams, IL-COMP will be the biggest and most prestigious public international law moot court competition in Indonesia.