Moi University Law Students Shines In The National Moot Court Competitions
Moi University, School of Law emerged winners in Moot Court competition on 25th February in an event held at Kenya School of Law.
In the event where all best law schools in Kenya contested, Moi University Law Students won four trophies out of six and now will proceed to international competition in Washington DC.
The trophies won were; Best Team Overall, the Best Memorial Overall, the Best Male Oralist, and the Best Applicant Memorial.
Speaking after the competition, Larry Oduor one of the participants from Moi University, School of Law, said they had been prepared thoroughly by their trainers and themselves.
“The competition are usually tough but our trainers had done their best so the task was on our side to deliver as per the train.
“Moreover, we had done intense research in our presentation thus we were confident in what we were presenting though, you may compete but the one who usually knows if you’ll win is the team on the bench” Oduor says.
Moi University’s School of Law was represented by a team of third year students; Larry Oduor, Jessica Damar Agak and Santos B. Michelle and coached by the faculty and Tali Israel Tali and Bett Rickard, who are volunteer alumni coaches.
Larry however adds that the team is seriously on practice to go and represent Kenya and MUSOL- Moi University School of Law at the international level.
“We are intensively preparing ourselves for the next step and in line with what we have done in research, I know we are able to the task” adds Larry.
The team hopes to do the best at a global level though one of the challenges it faces is financial inadequacy. Larry say, with good financial support which is a hurdle, they look forward to doing the best.
Jessica Damar, a passionate law student and leader currently serving as The First Female President of The Law Students’ Society of Kenya and The Secretary General for The Kenya Model of the United Nations- Moi university ,says she hopes to represent Kenya and MUSOL well in Washington DC.
“My interest in international law follows my deep fascination in international rights and obligations of states. As a pan African, I believe that we should have our voices included in international legal issues and foster knowledge and respect of International law in Africa and the world.
” The Jessup competition has offered as a platform to solidify our passion in international law. We put in countless of hours in research and oratory preparation as we prepared to dissect international law questions related to the hypothetical ‘case concerning The Clarent belt’ “ notes Jessica.
Jessica will be one of the fiercest cremé de la cremé intelligentsia law aficionado representing pan African diehards, MUSOL and Kenya at large in Public International Law in Washington DC.
The team will now represent the University and the Country to the global rounds which will involve representatives from different countries to compete on various legal areas such as; Public International Law, Criminal Law just to highlight but a few which is slated for 8th – 15th April in Washington DC
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