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NUS Faculty of Law wins regional space moot competition
NUS Faculty of Law won the 2005 Asia Pacific Regional Round of the Manfred
Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition in Sydney, Australia, 12-16 April. A
record 30 teams participated in the Asia Pacific Regional Rounds, but NUS
made it to the Finals to beat the University of New South Wales. The NUS
team comprised third-year law students, Rakesh Kirpalani, Joan Lim and Sheik
Umar. The team was coached by Assistant Professor Lim Lei Theng.
From left: Rakesh Kirpalani, Joan Lim and Sheik Umar
As regional champions, NUS will proceed to the World Finals in Fukuoka Japan
in October 2005. They will pitch their skills against the winner of the
European Regional Round, the University of Cambridge, and the winner of the
North American Regional Round, George Washington University. Part of the
prize for winning the Asia Pacific Regional Round is sponsorship for two
members of the NUS Team to the World Finals in Japan by the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA).
NUS has participated in this Competition since 2000, and has reached the
World Finals twice before. In 2001, the NUS team comprising Gerardine Goh
and Celina Chua won the World Finals. The Asia Pacific Regional Round is the
largest in the competition, with more teams competing than in the European
and North American Regional Rounds combined.
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