Judges
Academic Host, Professor of European Law and Governance, Hertie School.
Law clerk at Landgericht Bochum and a PhD student at the law faculty of Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Writing thesis in international human rights law.
Participated in the German and the International Rounds of the Jessup in 2016, coached a team in 2017 and have since then been a judge in the European Friendlies as well as the International Rounds. Received the Inaugural Best Judge Award at the European Friendlies in 2019.
Professor of Public Law, in particular International Law of the Sea at University of Hamburg.
Participated in the Jessup as team member of the University of Tübingen in 1997/1998. Between 2000 and 2004, served as coach and Faculty advisor of the Jessup teams of that University. Since 2007, repeatedly acted as Judge at the German rounds as well as at the Italian and international rounds.
Partner at BLOMSTEIN in Berlin.
Participated as a student in 1999 and National Administrator in 2000.
PhD candidate and a research and teaching assistant at the University of Geneva.
Research and teaching focus is International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law.
Jessup participant in 2015 and 2016 (Belarus State University, faculty of International Relations). Coached teams in 2017, 2019 (Belarus State University, faculty of International Relations), and 2022 (University of Geneva). Judge of national rounds and European Friendly Rounds.
Attorney at WEISSLEDER EWER, Kiel.
Jessup affiliation since 2001.
Senior legal counsel in the Supervisory Law Division of the Directorate General Legal Services of the European Central Bank.
Competitor (2007) / Team Advisor (2010-2012) / Judge at National and International Rounds (2010-to date), National Administrator of the Italian National Rounds (2014-to date).
PhD candidate at the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict.
Participated in 2015/2016 as a member of Ruhr University Bochum's team, judged at the European Friendly Rounds 2019 and coached the Hertie School's team in 2020 and 2022.
Founding partner of the dispute resolution boutique law firm MANNER SPANGENBERG.
He specialises in dispute resolution, litigation, and arbitration and assists companies, governments, and individuals in navigating complex disputes. He acts both as counsel and as arbitrator in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations (including ICC, PCA/UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC, DIS, KCAB, CEPANI, CEAC, GMAA and ad hoc).
Supporting and judging the German National Rounds since 2016.
Supporting and judging the German National Rounds since 2016.
Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, Frankfurt | Co- Head of the German Dispute Group.
Professor of Public Law at the University of Münster.
Responsible for the Jessup Moot Court Team of the University of Münster since 2015.
Associate Editor Law, Springer.
Lecturer for International Law at the University of Hannover, Attorney, former Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony and State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment of Lower Saxony.
Dispute Resolution Partner at Hengeler Mueller in Munich.
Academic Host, Professor of German Public and Public International Law, Ruhr University Bochum and Hertie School.
Director of the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law, Kiel University.
Has coached teams for Berlin Free University in the early 2000s, changed sides in 2007 and has served as judge in the German National Rounds since then almost every year. Has been the host of the GNS in Kiel in 2008.
M&A Partner Jones Day | Partner-in-Charge Düsseldorf.
Solicitor (England & Wales) . Participated in Jessup 1985/86 and coached later.
Professor of Public Law, Public International Law, European Law and International Economic Law at Hamburg University.
Participated as a team member in the Jessup Competition 1995, has acted as a coach for the team of Indiana University School of Law in the Jessup Competition 1998 and has judged the Jessup before.
Professor of Public Law, European Law and International Law at the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Munich.
PhD Student & Research Associate, International Institute for the Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Founder and Operator of Scievon.com.
Participant in the German and International Rounds 2015/2016. Coach of the RUB Jessup Team of 2016/2017. Judge at the Jessup European Friendlies ever since (recipient of a best judge award at the Friendlies 2022.
PhD Candidate & Research Associate, Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV).
Former Jessup Judge (National & International).
International Law and Policy Advisor at Amnesty International Germany.
Participated in the Jessup twice as a student (2014/2015 and 2019/2020) and once as a coach (2020/2021).
Attorney-at-Law (New York), FCIArb, Partner at Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart.
Judge at the District Court Hamburg | President of the German Moot Court Society.
Frequent Jessup Judge and President of the German Moot Court Society.
Associate at the dispute resolution boutique law firm MANNER SPANGENBERG.
Involved in the Jessup since 2015, as mootie and coach, as German National Administrator and as a judge in the German National and International Rounds.
Legal Officer at the German Federal Ministry of Justice.
Participant in 2009, Coach in 2010, judged various national rounds since 2012.
Research associate and PhD candidate at Ruhr University Bochum’s Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV).
Participated in the Jessup for the Team from Ruhr University in 2017, student coach for the team from Bochum in 2018.
PhD Candidate at the Göttingen Institute of International and European Law.
Jessup Participant in 2017, coached in 2018, served as National Administrator in 2020 and judged the Global Rounds in 2021 and 2022.
Associate Professor for Public Law, European Law and International Law at the European University Viadrina.
Participated in Jessup 2003 and coached later.
Professor of law at University of Münster.
Judge at the Hamburg national rounds in 2019.
Legal Advisor International Law, German Red Cross Headquarters.
2010 Moot Court Participant, 2012 Moot Court Coach.
Lecturer at the University of Passau.
Former German NA, former Coach, Chairman of the Friends of the Jessup Passau e.V., about eight years of judging experience (various national rounds and international rounds).
Professor at the Police Academy of Lower Saxony.
Judge at the International Court of Justice.
Professor of Public Law, European and International Law, European Economic Law and International Economic Law at University of Potsdam.
Jessup-Participant German National Rounds 1985.
Associate at BLOMSTEIN in Berlin.
Participated as a student in 2013 and served as judge at the European Jessup Friendly, the French national rounds as well as the International Rounds in Washington, D.C.
Attorney at Luther, Leipzig.
Involved with the Jessup for over ten years as competitor (2011), coach (2012-2017), national administrator (2018) and judge (since 2017).
Judge at the European Court of Human Rights.
Professor of Public Law and Public International Law at the Georg-August University Göttingen, former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
Of Counsel with Luther.
Attorney at Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Dilling.
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Copenhagen and an Adjunct Faculty at the Hertie School.
Professor of International Law at the Hertie School..
Judge of the Russian Federation national finals of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in 2016.
Barrister at 4 Pump Court (London).
Member of the first team from the Hertie School to participate in the Jessup in 2015. That experience was a key factor in her decision to become a barrister (trial lawyer in the UK). She was involved as a coach in 2016 and as an advocacy coach in subsequent years.
PhD Candidate in International Investment Law at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Former National Administrator and Judge at the German National Rounds.
Manager of the centre for Fundamental Human Rights at Hertie School.
Counsel at Luther.
