SUNDAY 6TH JULY, 2014 – UWI TODAY
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A team from the Faculty of Law
of
The UWI St. Augustine campus won
the ‘Best New Team’ prize at the 55th
Phillip C. Jessup International LawMoot
Competition held in Washington DC in
April 2014. This award is given to a team
who joined the competition within the
past three years and obtained the highest
marks in the oral and memorial writing
sections combined. This year there were
126 teams at the international rounds
and about 20 ‘new teams’ overall. This
is the second year that a team from
the Faculty participated in the Jessup
competition.
The team comprised four law
students: André Cole, Arlene Lillian
Chochan, David Prince Richi Edmund
and Shane Justin Pantin, coached by
Alicia Elias-Roberts, Lecturer in the
Faculty of Law and International Law
Moot Course Coordinator. The White
and Case International Rounds of the
competition were held in Washington
and the St. Augustine team competed
against four other teams from Uganda
(Law Development Centre), Argentina
(Universidadde BuenosAires), Romania
(University of Bucharest) and Hong
Kong (City University of Hong Kong).
The Jessup competition is the
world’s largest moot court competition,
with participants from over 550 law
schools in more than 80 countries. The
competition is a simulation of a fictional
dispute between countries before the
International Court of Justice, the
judicial organ of the United Nations.
One team is allowed to participate from
every eligible school. Teams prepare oral
and written pleadings arguing both the
applicant and respondent positions of
the case.
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The four team members and the coach at the Orientation Ceremony; from left are
Shane Pantin, André Cole, Arlene Chochan, David Edmund and Alicia Elias-Roberts.
The Mark of Leadership
FROM the Principal
“The value of legends and leaders
is that they
can imprint upon and mark the present,” said our
Chancellor, Sir George Alleyne, as he gave the Sir
Frank Worrell Memorial Lecture recently. Those
words have special resonance for me, as they underlie
many of the choices I have made in seeking to guide
the development of this St. Augustine Campus.
The Chancellor also said, “But leaders need
followers and we must not forget that in that period
Worrell had at his disposal remarkable cricketing
talent.” Fortunately, I have also had the benefit of a remarkable team of persons
who have been tireless in finding creative ways to take our Campus forward with
innovative ideas and programmes.
It is not surprising that the Chancellor also took the opportunity to favourably
remark on the work being done by our Centre for Leadership and Governance
which provides training for Caribbean leaders. It is perhaps one of the reasons why
the UWI stands at the forefront of tertiary education in the Caribbean region.
We have consistently contributed to shaping regional discussions on
issues surrounding education. At the second Caribbean Conference on Higher
Education in Jamaica not long ago, our Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nigel Harris,
noted that with larger numbers of young people unable to find jobs, there is a
pressing need for greater relevance in university programmes.
Here at St. Augustine, we have continued to maintain our focus on ensuring
curriculum renewal and quality across all of our seven Faculties. Students from
the first graduating class of our newMSc in Palliative CareMedicine, for example,
are now ready to take up the challenge of offering this new service to the regional
community, at a time when countries and governments are called upon to be
creative in addressing the needs of their aging populations.
The St. Augustine Campus also recently received very positive feedback
from the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) following its
focused site visit and mid-term review. This is truly a testament to the calibre of
our teaching and research. In fact, this review affirmed that this campus is well
on its way to setting and achieving world-class standards.
As Principal, I am truly proud of our efforts and extend sincere thanks to our
hard-working staff and students. However, we must not become complacent as
there is still muchmore to be accomplished as we build a world-class university—
the pillar of regional development.
Clement K. Sankat
Pro Vice Chancellor & Principal
OUR CAMPUS
The Jessup competition is the world’s
largest moot court competition,
with participants from over 550 law
schools in more than 80 countries.
Best NewTeamat
MootCourt
Competition
