Work-in-progress
Jing Zhi Wong
[A] 2026 Jessup - Official Materials
[B] Suggested Reading / Book List
Guides
Primary Source Material
Database Access
Lecture Series / Crash Courses
[C] Research Skills
Ashley Walker, 'Researching International Law: Resources for Law Students and Jessup Competitors' (2009) 18(1) ILSA Quarterly 24. txt.
Amity Boye and Ashley Walker, 'Researching International Law: Advice for Law Students and Jessup Competitors' (2009) 18(2) ILSA Quarterly 74. txt.
[C.A] Compromis Analysis
[D] Written Memorials; Written Advocacy
* USyd Jessup Team, 'How to Write an Award-Winning Jessup Memorial' (2007) 16(1) ILSA Quarterly 48. txt.
** Australian Red Cross Handbook on International Humanitarian Law Mooting (Red Cross, 2016) <https://www.redcross.org.au/globalassets/cms-assets/documents/about-us/handbook-on-international-humanitarian-law-mooting.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20240628070736/https://www.redcross.org.au/globalassets/cms-assets/documents/about-us/handbook-on-international-humanitarian-law-mooting.pdf>. -- see archived page, Part 04.
'55 Things You Should Know About the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition' (CIICJ, 2013) <https://ciicj.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/55-things-you-should-know-about-the-philip-c-jessup-international-law-moot-court-competition.pdf>.
'Tips for Writing Memorials' (ILSA) <https://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup%20Competitor%20Resources/Tips%20for%20Writing%20Memorials%20Revised.pdf>.
Mark Thomas and Lucy Cradduck, The Art of Mooting: Theories, Principles and Practice (Edward Elgar, 2019) ch 7 -- below.
Jorg Risse (ed), The Complete (but unofficial) Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Hart, 7th ed, 2023) ch IV, V.
‘Writing Jessup Memorials’ (White & Case Jessup Guide) <https://events.whitecase.com/jessup/pdfs/Section3_JessupGuide_Memorials.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20220314041410/https://events.whitecase.com/jessup/pdfs/Section3_JessupGuide_Memorials.pdf>.
2025 Guide for Judging Memorials: <https://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup2025/2025%20Memorial%20Judging%20Guide.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20241125095358/https://www.ilsa.org/Jessup/Jessup2025/2025%20Memorial%20Judging%20Guide.pdf>.
Plain English
[D.A] Participant Reflections
Peter Henley (UniMelb), '2000 Jessup World Champions, The' (2000) 8(4) Ad Rem: The Magazine of the International Law Students Association 5. txt.
Jing Guan et al, 'Our Jessup Experience: A Story of More than Merely Debating - Xiamen University' (2006) 14(4) ILSA Quarterly 4. txt.
Maria-Ruxandra Bodea, 'Ideally Complementary: Reflections on the Jessup Competition' (2022) 16(2) Romanian Arbitration Journal / Revista Romana de Arbitraj 153. txt.
Ada Klenner, Clara Schott, Lasse Lindloff, Tizita Gelaye, 'How to Become a Team' <https://intrechtdok.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/mir_derivate_00010513/How_to_Become_a_Team.pdf>.
Gavin Douglas, 'How to Organise and Win a Moot' [1998] 28 Western Australian Law Review 264 <https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UWALawRw/1998/9.pdf>. -- "... The Manual examines two models of mooting problem: the 'separate subject moot' and the 'integrated incremental moot' (based on the models used by the University of Queensland and Bond University respectively)."
Jonathan Hou, 'Reflections on Mooting the Jessup' (Ultra Vires, 31 March 2022) <https://ultravires.ca/2022/03/reflections-on-mooting-the-jessup/>, archived at <https://archive.is/UtdGR>.
[E] Oral Advocacy
General Assessment Rubric - Intl' Law Moots: "... 25.3. During an oral pleading, scores are rewarded out of a maximum of 30 points per pleader. Scores are allocated as follows: i. Knowledge of the Law. Accurately states and applies rules of law. Demonstrates knowledge of cited cases. Presents strong legal arguments and distinguishing unfavourable authorities. (10 points) ii. Knowledge of the Facts and Application of the Law to the Facts. Knows and fairly/accurately interprets the facts. Applies the legal analysis sufficiently to the facts of the case. (5 points) iii. Questions & Answers. Deftly and directly answers questions about facts, law and policy. Makes strategic concessions and seamlessly ties Q&A into argument. (5 points) iv. Style, Poise, Demeanor, Organization and Time Management. Conveys formality, respect and professionalism while maintaining a conversational and engaged tone. Maintains posture and eye contact with the full bench. Clearly follows a logical roadmap, spending sufficient time on each principal issue, while maintaining an effective tempo. (5 points) v. Rebuttal & Sur-rebuttal. In presenting the rebuttal the Applicant must not submit new arguments and limit its response to the Respondent’s pleadings. The Respondent’s surrebuttal must be limited to responding to the Applicant’s rebuttal, and cannot refer to points made during the pleadings by either the Applicant or Respondent. (5 points). ...": 'PAX Moot Court Rules The 2025 Ulrich Huber Round' pp 10-11 <https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/files/743811/b111c157-6618-45fe-b7c3-52415f009f88.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20251002131531/https://medialibrary.uantwerpen.be/files/743811/b111c157-6618-45fe-b7c3-52415f009f88.pdf>.
> Similarly: Australian Law Students Association, 2024 Championship Moot Competition Rules <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55861728e4b0403b40cdba08/t/665996782f00a824406e2c85/1759185599479/2024+Championship+Moot+Rules.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20251002131710/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55861728e4b0403b40cdba08/t/665996782f00a824406e2c85/1759185599479/2024+Championship+Moot+Rules.pdf>.
> ** Also, "Checklist for scoring memorials 1. Table of Contents 1.1. Do the headings and sub-headings in the Table of Contents lay out a readily understandable, clear structure of the arguments on each of the issues? 1.2. Is each heading and sub-heading forceful and affirmative? 2. Index of Authorities 2.1. Does it contain all legal authorities cited in the Memorial? 2.2. Are the citations adequate to allow a reasonable reader to locate the authority? 2.3. Does each entry reference the memorial page were it is cited? 3. Questions Presented 3.1. Do they clearly and accurately set out the legal issues? 3.2. Are the questions drafted in a neutral but persuasive manner? 4. Statement of Facts 4.1. Is it limited to the stipulated facts from the Compromis and its Corrections and Clarifications and necessary inferences from those facts? 4.2. Does it draw any unreasonable inferences? 4.3. Does it contain any unsupported facts, distortions of stated facts, argumentative statements, or legal conclusions? 108 Thematic Moot Court: Brief Notes and Materials (September 2009) 5. Summary of Pleadings Does it coherently tie together the most important arguments of fact, law and policy? 6. Pleadings, including Conclusion and/or Prayer for Relief 6.1. Is the organization of the arguments under each section clear and logical? 6.2. Do alternative arguments contain an independent basis for deciding the issue? 6.3. Do the pleadings focus primarily on the main arguments critical to the case? 6.4. Does it contain legally correct arguments that nevertheless are not relevant? 6.5. For each issue – is there a clear statement of the rule(s) relied upon? 6.6. Is there an appropriate amount of authority with appropriate explanations in support of the existence of the rule(s) relied upon, including examples of actual state practice, judicial and arbitral decisions, opinions of leading publicists, etc.? 6.7. Is the cited authority of sufficient weight within the confines of Article 38 of the Statute to support the advocated conclusion? 6.8. Does it adequately apply the facts to the rule relied upon or just argue by assertion? 6.9. Does it use policy arguments to reinforce the arguments based upon legal authority? 6.10. Does it openly confront and deal with weaknesses on the law and on the facts? 6.11. Does each citation contain adequate information to locate the authority? 6.12. Are the arguments clear and easily understandable? 6.13. Overall, are the arguments persuasive on the facts, law and policy? 7. General 7.1. Is the Memorial well written, well edited and professional in appearance? 7.2. Does the Memorial demonstrate extensive research and a sound understanding of the applicable law? 7.3. Overall, is the Memorial persuasive?": Elias N Stebek, Thematic Moot Court: Brief Notes and Materials Part I (Units 1to 3) (St Mary's University College, Addis Abada, 2009) <https://chilot.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1beb6-thematic-moot-court.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20240726184309/https://chilot.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1beb6-thematic-moot-court.pdf>.
Videos
> Part 1: <https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/jessup-competitors-guide-videos-part-1>, archived at <https://archive.is/rLDwS>.
> Part 2: <https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/jessup-competitors-guide-videos-part-2>, archived at <https://archive.is/6tcq1>.
> Part 3: <https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/jessup-competitors-guide-videos-part-3>, archived at <https://archive.is/EUNg0>.
Style, Expression
** 'Mooting Handbook' (UNSW Law Society, 2022) <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52db5a03e4b0ce27634860c1/t/621c5d07c8aced13d2c06cf5/1646025997073/2022+Mooting+Handbook.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20250330213601/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52db5a03e4b0ce27634860c1/t/621c5d07c8aced13d2c06cf5/1646025997073/2022+Mooting+Handbook.pdf>. -- SEE Appendix 2: List of Mooting Expressions. pp 32-34.
'Mooting Cheatsheet: Answering questions from the bench' (UNSW Law Society, 2022) <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52db5a03e4b0ce27634860c1/t/604002f9ad641478731e993f/1614807801622/Mooting+Cheatsheet_++Answering+questions+from+the+bench+-+Jessie+Xiao.pdf>.
'A Crash Course in Mooting' (Blackstone Society, 2025) <https://www.blackstone.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/mooting-crash-course.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20251006022130/https://www.blackstone.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/mooting-crash-course.pdf>.
Felicity Gerry KC, 'How to be Great at Mooting' (LinkedIn, 31 July 2024) <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-great-mooting-felicity-gerry-kc-9fthe>, archived at <https://archive.is/NypUT>.
** Jorg Risse (ed), The Complete (but unofficial) Guide to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Hart, 7th ed, 2023) ch V.
Multi-Tiered Approach - 1/2/3 Strategy - Facts, Law and (Public) Policy - Oral Advocacy - Roadmap
** Gabriel A Moens, 'The Art of Persuasion' (2014) 5 Western Australian Jurist 197, 210-211 <https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/WAJurist/2014/7.pdf>.
** "... When we have to argue, we develop our own local strategy. We call it the 1-2-3 strategy or facts, law and policy. When you have to argue, which one you should say first? Facts, law or policy? We say that no, we will go for the facts first because the agreed first or facts or whatever the facts are there, it's very important and we can show them first. The we can use the law, and then the policy is the last argument we can do. So these are the strategy we try to use in our roadmap and everything. ...": Rajesh Sharma, 'The Aer and Science of Advocacy' (Legal English in Hong Kong, Video Transcript, 2017) <https://legalenglish.hk/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Rajesh-Sharma-The-art-and-science-of-advocacy-transcript-20170803.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20240615180456/https://legalenglish.hk/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Rajesh-Sharma-The-art-and-science-of-advocacy-transcript-20170803.pdf>; video: <https://legalenglish.hk/dr-rajesh-sharma-the-art-and-science-of-advocacy/>.
"One final note about practicing: do not over-practice. While you should be well versed in the facts, law, and public policy of your case, you can get to the point of being so saturated with the case that you lose your zeal for it. ...": James D Dimitri, 'Stepping Up to the Podium with Confidence: A Primer for Law Students on Preparing and Delivering an Appellate Oral Argument' (2008) 38(1) Stetson Law Review 75; SSRN p 14 <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1089830>.
** Gabriel A. Moens and Rajesh Sharma, 'Successful Advocacy for the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot' (2014) 17(1) International Trade and Business Law Review 204, 221-22.
*** Gabriel A Moens, 'The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot' in Anthony Cassimatis and Peter Billings (eds), Thomson Reuters Guide to Mooting (Lawbook Co, 2016) 107, 125-130. txt. <https://dokumen.pub/the-thomson-reuters-guide-to-mooting-1nbsped-9780455230825-045523082x.html>. -- more fully explained here.
Christopher Kee, The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting (Cambridge University Press, 2006) <https://moot-court.com/uploads/vip/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%20%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%20%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA/The_Art_of_Argument_A_Guide_to_Mooting.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20251006022715/https://moot-court.com/uploads/vip/%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%20%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%20%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87%20%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA/The_Art_of_Argument_A_Guide_to_Mooting.pdf>.
Jing Zhi Wong
[F] Coaching
ILSA Guides
Team Selection
Team Selection, Preparation, Anectdotal, Pedagogy
Advocacy
** Gabriel A. Moens and Rajesh Sharma, 'Successful Advocacy for the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot' (2014) 17(1) International Trade and Business Law Review 204 -- fuller account of the 1/2/3 strategy at 221-23, coaching Vis and Jessup Moots, question banks and effective time management, tips. text.
> also, <https://www.academia.edu/figures/10792298/figure-1-the-first-level-of-the-above-diagram-developed>.
> See especially, Gabriel Moens, 'The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot' in Anthony Cassimatis and Peter Billings (eds), Thomson Reuters Guide to Mooting (Lawbook Co, 2016) 107, 125-130.
Pedagogy and Competition
Coach Reflections
Claire Van Overdijk, 'The Trials, Travails, and Triumphs of Coaching a New Jessup Team' (2007) 15 ILSA Quarterly 41-2. txt.
'Graduates' pro bono work for Law students' UWA News, Issue 5, 3 May 2010, page 12 <https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/26619748/issue-05-3-may-2010pdf-uwa-staff-the-university-of-western->. -- Julian Sher, Ben Gauntlett.
Ashley Walker, 'The Jessup Competition in Iraq: Zero to Sixteen in Seven Years An interview with Iraqi National Round Volunteers' (2009-10) 19 ILSA Quarterly 24. txt.
Robert C. Beckman, 'International Law at the National University of Singapore - Personal Reflections and Prospects' (2001) 5(2) Singapore Journal of International & Comparative Law 426. txt.
Aleksandr Popov, 'Nudging from the Distance: Coaching a Ukrainian Jessup Team from Distant Estonia' (Völkerrechtsblog, 28 May 2021) doi: 10.17176/20210531-123608-0 <https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/nudging-from-the-distance/>.
[G] Curriculum & Course Planning
Wargaming: Harry H Almond Jr, 'Strengthening the Philip C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition' (1998) 4(2) ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law 635. txt.
Louise Parsons, 'Competitive Mooting: An Opportunity to Build Resilience Skills for Legal Practice' (2018) 4 Australian Journal of Clinical Education [1]. txt.
David M Scott and Ukri Soirila, 'The Politics of the Moot Court' (2021) 32(3) European Journal of International Law 1079 <https://academic.oup.com/ejil/article/32/3/1079/6403513>.
> Mark Thomas and Lucy Cradduck, The Art of Mooting: Theories, Principles and Practice (Edward Elgar, 2019) -- Pp. 224. £75. ISBN: 9781788970389. -- see on ProQuest Ebook Central.
> "The book is a very useful guide for both new and experienced coaches, as we explore below. In the competitive, practice-oriented way in which it frames mooting, however, it also represents some tensions we have found latent in the structure of moot court competitions – tensions we think it is high time for international law scholarship to take seriously. ... We write this review from two perspectives. In pedagogical terms, we have a deep investment in mooting. We have between us over 15 years of mooting experience, predominantly with the Jessup, participating first as competitors and then going on to serve as coaches, judges and teachers of moot skills courses. In terms of our research, however, we approach international law from a decidedly critical perspective, one that would be uneasy with, even hostile towards, the kind of doctrinal view espoused by moot court practices. In our own experience, we have found mooting to both support and trouble our critical approach to international law, and we want to explore that tension here, in contrast with the way in which mooting is presented by Thomas and Cradduck."
> ch 5 coaching. ch 6 team dynamics. ch 7 written submissions. ch 9 measuring skills
> Vernon Nase, 'The Murdoch Moot Court Bench' (2009) 12(1) International Trade and Business Law Review 285. txt.
> "Several major projects commenced including the development of the UWA Professional platform, an online service that provides access to professional development activities via subscription. The Faculty launched development campaigns to honour alumni including the Grant Robertson Memorial Fund with donations used to establish an endowed prize in International Commercial Arbitration. The Peter Johnston Memorial Fund was also launched, with strong support from the legal profession. The campaign resulted in donations with the funds helping support the UWA Jessup Moot team to advance student learning. ...": Erika Techera in UWA 2016 Annual Report, p 46 <https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4010012a0f4bd5af14b86b5d4825811d002996ef/$file/12.pdf>.
Eg,
Call for Applications, examples
[H] Sessional Teaching and Tutoring
Christina Do and Aidan Ricciardo, 'Meaningful Connectedness: A Foundation for Effective Legal Teaching' (2019) V Curtin Law and Taxation Review 3-42 <https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/meaningful-connectedness-a-foundation-for-effective-legal-teachin/>; text: <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352246433_Meaningful_Connectedness_A_Foundation_for_Effective_Legal_Teaching>.
*** Aidan Ricciardo, 'Tutor Workshop' (Youtube, 28 Feb 2025) <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa0ZFYyPDjE> [a].
Debra Bath and Calvin Smith, 'A Tutor's Guide to Teaching and Learning at UQ' (UQ, 2019) <https://itali.uq.edu.au/files/4600/Tutors-Guide.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20250126093537/https://itali.uq.edu.au/files/4600/Tutors-Guide.pdf>.
** 'Melbourne Sessional Teacher's Handbook' (University of Melbourne, 2016) <https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2296682/melbourne-handbook-on-small-group-teaching.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20250319063121/https://melbourne-cshe.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/2296682/melbourne-handbook-on-small-group-teaching.pdf>.
'A Guide to Sessional Teaching at UOW' (UOW) <https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@cedir/documents/web/uow120355.pdf>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20251104010149/https://documents.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@cedir/documents/web/uow120355.pdf>.
'Delivering the Tutorial' in 'Guide to Tutorials' (Tasmanian Institute of Learning and Teaching) <https://www.teaching-learning.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0007/800098/Guide-to-Tutorials_TILT.docx>, archived at <https://web.archive.org/web/20250708040147/https://www.teaching-learning.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0007/800098/Guide-to-Tutorials_TILT.docx>.
BLASST, 'The Sessional Staff Standards Framework' <https://blasst.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/blasst_framework_web.pdf>.