LAW students from the Cagayan State University topped the written phase of the Nuremberg Moot Court Competition 2023.

The CSU team was composed of Marc Stephen Melad, Patrick Jan Dela Cruz, Vladimir Pati and Ma. Katrina Piano-Lim.

They bested 100 law schools worldwide to take the top spot with a final score of 88.5.

For the written phase, the group prepared both Prosecution and Defense Memorials on entitled “The Prosecutor v. Lieutenant Adelaide.”

It tackled issues in jurisdiction, admissibility and criminal responsibility pursuant to articles 19, 17(d), 25(3)(b), and 25(3)(d) of the Rome Statute respectively.

The group will be part of the 32 teams worldwide that will compete in Nuremberg, Germany for the oral rounds on July 19-22, 2023.

CSU College of Law Dean Norman Clarence Lasam mentored the team.

The Nuremberg Moot Court is an international competition held in English in Nuremberg, Germany. Teams from all over the world are invited to argue a fictitious case before the International Criminal Court.

Students are given the unique opportunity to develop their skills and plead at the historic Courtroom 600 of the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, where the Nuremberg trials against the major Nazi war criminals took place.