By Editor
The authorities of University of Lagos have commended the two teams of students from its Law Faculty who recently performed some record-breaking feats in two prestigious international Moot competitions.
The competitions in which the students participated in are the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and the 31st Edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2024.
The triumphant students were received by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Folasade Ogunsola and other management staff of the institution on Monday, July 29, 2024 at her office in the Senate Building of the school. They were led to the reception by the Dean of Law, Professor Ige Bolodeoku.
The Vice-Chancellor commended the students for their exemplary performance, describing their feats as fruits of their diligence in studies, and a reflection of the quality of teaching they had received from the UNILAG Law Faculty.
Ogunsola said, “We are immensely proud of your remarkable performances in these prestigious international competitions. Your triumphs are a testament to the Faculty’s dedication to your academic excellence and to your own hard work and determination. Keep it up!”
Sharing their experience with the Management, the Team Lead and President of The Mooting Society, Oreoluwa Adejumo disclosed that they competed at the final rounds against over 150 universities across the world, after surmounting the challenges of a keenly contested pool of over 700 universities that featured at the group stages.
She expressed appreciation to the University Management for its support for their participation at the national and global level.
According to her, “the competitions afforded us the opportunity to show our strength and academic prowess, consequently emerging winner of ”The King and Spalding Spirit of Jessup Award”.
Adejumo revealed that organisers of the prestigious competitions commended the Nigerian representatives for exemplifying the values of camaraderie, academic excellence, and outstanding professional conduct throughout their participation”.
On the list of students who represented UNILAG at the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court competition, all of them being members of the University’s Mooting Society were: Adejumo Oreoluwa, Anyama Chimdumebi Henry, Okoli Chukwudifu Jason, Adegunju Oluwatomilade, and Adedayo Michael Alex.
They had earlier in the year emerged winners of the National Round for Nigeria, beating six other universities to get the chance to represent Nigeria at the White and Case International Rounds in Washington D. C, United States of America, which held from May 30 to April 7, 2024. The team was awarded the sum of 1,000USD and the ‘Flag of Flag’, “a symbol of the true spirit of Jessup.
At the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2024, to represent Nigeria, all drawn from various levels of the Faculty of Law, UNILAG were Chidera Okoro, Betty Elikwu, Gloria Alonge, Ifeoluwa Aruwajoye, Oluwatoyin Salami, and Susana Oladejo. They are all members of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Society, UNILAG and were coached by Okikenna Osele, Adedoyin Adepetu, Moyinoluwa Adewale and Muhammad Hayat Faisal.
It would be recalled that the 31st edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2024 competition began in September, 2023 with a Memorial Writing stage. At this stage, participating teams wrote and submitted Claimant and Respondent Memorials in line with the moot problem released by the competition organisers.
The UNILAG representatives claimed the coveted price as champions of the 3rd East African Vis Pre-moot which was held from February 20-25, 2024 in Nairobi Kenya in an exciting final after defeating Strathmore University.
Their participation at the global equivalent which held from March 21-29, 2024 in Vienna, Austria, saw them scale the hurdle to reach the Round of 64 thus becoming the first ever West African team to do so.
