HARVARD LAW TODAY — Harvard Law School’s team has won the national round of the 2021-2022 Philip C. Jessup International Moot Court Competition and will advance to the international rounds, to be held from March 24 through April 10. The Harvard Law team, comprised of J.D. students Marta Canneri ’22, Katherine Shen ’22, Stephanie Gullo ’22, Nanami Hirata ’23 and Hannah Sweeney ’24, and coached by LL.M. student Shayan Khan LL.M. ’22, competed against teams representing 84 other U.S. law schools on a case involving disinformation and the freedom of expression, botnet takedowns, the secession of part of a nation’s territory, and foreign election interference. The memorials (written briefs) submitted by the Harvard team were ranked third out of the 85 submissions. The Jessup competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between two countries before the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It has long presented an opportunity for J.D. and LL.M. students to collaborate with each other. The very first Jessup event was a friendly competition between a team of HLS J.D. students (Tom J. Farer ’61 and William Zabel ’61) and a team of HLS LL.M. students (the late Bernard H. Clark LL.M. ’60 of New Zealand and the late Ivan Head LL.M. ’60 of the United Kingdom) in a case involving expropriation of property and diplomatic protection.