ACT Supreme Court 2020 Annual Review

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Engagement with students of law Legal Oratory ACT Schools Mock Trial (October 2019) On 24 October 2019, Justice Loukas-Karlsson presided over the Legal Oratory ACT Schools Mock Trial grand final, in which ACT high school students argued a Commonwealth criminal law case.

Jessup Moot (February 2020) On 15 February 2020, Justice Loukas-Karlsson presided over the Australian semi-finals of the annual Philip C Jessup Moot competition, along with Mr Jonathon Redwood and Dr Christopher Ward SC. The competition required competitors to present oral and written submissions on a hypothetical international law problem before a panel of judges representing a simulated International Court of Justice. The successful semi-final winners then competed at the High Court in the grand final.

Loukas-Karlsson J, Jonathon Redwood, Dr Christopher Ward, SC with Jessup Moot competitors.

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