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Dear Nearirath,

Thank you for your email and congratulations to you and your fellow Team Members for being selected to represent the Royal University of Law and Economics in the 2009 Jessup Competition. The ILSA Executive Office is delighted that your school will be joining the Jessup Competition this year.

Last week, we sent a package of “starter materials” to your Team Advisor to assist you with the research, writing, and oral presentation components of the Competition. Included in this package are the ILSA Guide to International Moot Court Competition, the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, the Association of Legal Writing Directors Citation Manual, and several videotapes of the Championship Rounds of the Jessup Competition from previous years.

Our office understands the difficulty that many Jessup Teams face with raising the necessary funds associated with participation in the Jessup Competition. For this reason, we waive the registration fee for schools competing for the first time from Schedule III countries, such as Cambodia. To apply for a waiver of the registration fee, please complete the application form at http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/jessup09/waiver.pdf and submit it to our office. 

Please note that before waiver of the registration fee will be granted, your Team must be registered for the 2009 Jessup Competition. To register, please go to http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/registration.php, and follow the instructions for Jessup Team Registration. Once you have submitted the 2009 online registration form, an Invoice will appear on your computer screen which you will need to print, complete, and either fax or mail to our office. Rather than entering your payment information on the Invoice, please indicate that you have applied for a waiver of the registration fee.

In addition to the registration fee waiver program, we are also offering hotel scholarships to qualifying Teams to cover the cost of lodging at the International Rounds in Washington, D.C. The 2009 hotel scholarship application form is attached to this email.

Unfortunately, the ILSA Executive Office cannot provide financial assistance for the cost of air travel. However, we encourage Teams to contact their  local U.S. embassy, U.S.A.I.D., and other foreign non-profit agencies to apply for travel grants to attend the International Rounds of the Competition.

As another fund-raising idea, you might try to connect with one of the Cambodian communities in the United States to support your participation in the Jessup Competition. Last weekend, I spoke with a Cambodian student at Florida Coastal University who is actively involved with the Cambodian community in Jacksonville, Florida. Her name is Rohany Karya, and she is willing to speak with members of the Cambodian community in Florida to discuss the possibility of assisting your Team as sponsors or by providing other support. I have copied Rohany to this email so that you may contact her directly to follow up on this opportunity.

Again, congratulations for your success in the intramural competition and earning the right to represent Royal University in the Jessup Competition. We look forward to receiving your registration materials and offer our encouragement of your fundraising endeavors.

All the best,

 

Ashley Walker

 

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Ashley E. Walker

Jessup Competition Coordinator

International Law Students Association

25 East Jackson Blvd., Suite 518

Chicago, IL  60604, U.S.A.

Tel: +1-312-362-5025

Fax: +1-312-362-5073

awalker@ilsa.org

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THE 2009 PHILIP C. JESSUP

 

INTERNATIONAL LAW MOOT COURT COMPETITION

 

Royal University of Law and Economics

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A Grant Proposal

Dear ,

We are the Cambodian Jessup Team of Royal University Law and Economics.  The five of us were just selected to represent our university through a competition judged by people with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, the international court set up to prosecute Khmer Rouge leaders for crimes committed between 1975 and 1979.

We wish to be the first Cambodian team to join the Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition; therefore, we have no National Round.  The Royal University of Law and Economics wishes us to represent both the university and the country of Cambodia in the upcoming Jessup competition.

Since the 1970s, we have endured much suffering under the Khmer Rouge and our struggles to develop as a country in the years following.  Therefore, neither the team members nor our university have adequate funds to send our team from Cambodia to Washington, DC.

We wish to know if you have any suggestions for people, law firms or other organizations that might provide funding or serve as sponsors for the entire Cambodian Team to travel to the United States and stay in DC during the competition.  Please let us know if there is anyone we can contact to help make our dream a reality.  Thank you for your help.

Best regards,

The Cambodian Team

 

Nearirath Sreng, Sonita Khun, Panha Piseth, Kimsan Soy,Thirith Vireak

The below is just our expectation for the whole trip, at some spending we do not know the exact among yet. But I will give another final draft before March.

Team Advisor:

             Maraget Ryan 

            Zachery Lampell

Team member:

1.      Nearirath Sreng

2.      Sonita Khun

3.      Panha Piseth

4.      Kimsan Soy

5.      Thirith Vireak

Funding:

• Length: 18-30 March 2009, and the exalt competition date is 22-28 March 2009

We would like to arrive several days ahead before the competition date because we would like to get some rest after a very long fly and a few days for Oral Argument Practice.

• Health Insurance: $50. 6people. 12Days        = $  3,600
• Air fare: $1,900/person . 6 people                  = $11,400
• Visa: $130 . 5 people                                       = $     650
• Hotel: 3 rooms. $500. 11 days                        = $16,500

One room for the girls

One room for the three male participants

One room for the coach

• Food: 6people. 11 days. $50                           = $3,300
• Transportation:                                              =$500

 

                                                            Total:              $35,650

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School Round

On September 19, 2008 there was a School round of Moot Court at Royal University of Law and Economics. There were 4 Judges whom 2 from Harvard Law school, 1 is lawyer from Canada, 1 is lawyer from New Zealand, 1 is judge from ECCC.

This will be the first time a Cambodian team has entered the Jessup. We are the national law school for Cambodia and unfortunately are operating on a very small budget as government resources are stretched very thin. The particular branch of RULE that will be sending the team is the English Language Based Bachelor of Law (ELBBL). We draw on teachers who are practicing attorneys, staff of rule of law programs, and most recently attorneys and consultants at the Khmer Rogue Tribunal. It well may be that some of advisors may only work with us for a few months before returning home or going on to another assignment.