How Benue varsity’s faculty of law came 3rd in world moot court competition

Undergraduate students of the Faculty of Law of the Benue State University (BSU) Makurdi have reportedly emerged third best in the World Moot Court Competition in The Netherlands.

The students identified as Ordam Paul Msughter and Mom Chia Michael, emerged overall best in Written Arguments and 3rd best in the entire competition which featured students from faculties of law from 28 universities across the world.

The universities included, BSU from Nigeria, University of Cambridge and University of Liverpool from the United Kingdom, a university in the Philippines, two South African universities, a law school from Trinidad and Tobago, among others.

The competition was held at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, with this year’s edition being the 3rd and marking the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Oral and written presentations were featured at moot court at the competition, with a case at the International Court between a group of children and a member state of the United Nations, featuring alleged violation of the children’s rights, with each competing faculty of law team making oral and written representations for both parties.

At the end, the team from BSU Faculty of Law emerged best in Written Arguments for the respondents and 3rd Overall Best in the competition.

Credit (New Telegraph)