USC Law bags int’l debate title

THE UNIVERSITY of San Carlos School of Law and Governance emerged as champion of this year’s 2016 Stetson International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition held in Florida last April 13 to 16.

The USC team comprised of Tess Marie Tan (JD II) and Mark Lawrence Badayos (JD II) swept all the awards in the final round, winning best memorial, finals best speaker/oralist, and overall best speaker/oralist in addition to the championship. This is a historic win both for the Philippines and Southeast Asia as this is the first time that a Southeast Asian team has won the championship in the 20 years of the competition.

University of the Philippines and USC Law battled it out for the world championship title in the final round. This, too, is the first time that the final round was composed of an all-Philippine team. Last year’s champion was Law Society of Ireland.

The Stetson International Envi- ronmental Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest environmental law moot court competition. The USC team is being coached by Atty. Daryl Bretch Largo, with Dean Joan Largo as team advisor.