"Hi, my name's Darina. I'm so honored to receive such a high recognition of my efforts. Being a part of Jessup Summer School in Pericles has been nothing but a delight. I'm immensely thankful to Marian, Donald, Elena, Vladimir and all the other amazing teachers who helped me get more confident in oral presentation and legal writing. Oral rounds have been a great mini Jessup experience. Pericles does an amazing job assisting future lawyers like myself, setting our course in the right direction. There's always so much more to learn and the teachers have so much knowledge to share. I hope I'll get an opportunity to study in Pericles once more!"
Darina Borzhovich
Despite the disadvantage of attending online, Darina swept the Jessup Summer School competition this year by winning not only the Best Oralist award, but also the Best Memorial, as read by a unanimous vote of 4 U.S.based judges. Amazing! We don’t know Darina very well because the Jessup Summer School is only a very short, intensive program, but we were truly impressed by this performance, and we hope to get to know her much better.
Pericles Jessup Summer School is a program that brings together students from universities all around Russia to help them prepare for the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, which takes place September through April each year. The Jessup competition is the largest and most prestigious competition for law students in the world. Students argue a hypothetical problem in public international law before a hypothetical International Court of Justice. Every year the Jessup brings together students from around 120 countries, who first compete in national and regional rounds, followed by the best of the best meeting in Washington, D.C. for the final, international level.
Darina, congratulations, and we will be rooting for you in the real Jessup competition in the spring!
