Students from Kenya's Strathmore University Beat their Harvard Counterparts in Global Law Competition
Students from Kenya’s Strathmore University School of Law became the first African team to win the John H. Jackson Moot Court on World Trade Organization (WTO) Law.
The team of three students, namely Mishael Wambua, Kandalla Maleehah, and Catherine Penda, made history after beating Harvard Law School in the final of the competition held in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday.
This was the 17th edition of the global John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition, formerly known as the European Law Students Association Moot Court Competition on WTO Law.
“Strathmore met Harvard in the final of the 17th John H. Jackson Moot Court on WTO Law in Geneva. It was the 1st time an African team made it to the finals. Strathmore Law won the Moot! 🙏🏽 Congrats great team! Kenya!” Luis Franceschi, the Dean Strathmore Law School said in a tweet.
During the competition, participants are required to prepare and analyze a fictive case and present their arguments both for the Complainant and the Respondent in front of a panel which comprises of WTO and trade law experts.
This year, students from 90 Law Schools across the continent took part.
The competition opens on September every year with the release of the case, followed by regional rounds in Europe, Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Americas.
The best 20 teams worldwide of the individual rounds qualify to participate in the Final Oral Round, which is held in Geneva.
Comments (180)
To go to Harvard you need a lot of money if you cannot get a scholarship.
Congratulations team Strathmore.I am proud of you
I love Harvard BT its expensive and quality.congrats to all the participants
Kudos to strathmore law team...we r proud of u
Luckily you don't have to go to Harvard. Strathmore is here
Harvard University is great and when Strathmore University beats it, then Strathmore University is greater.
Awesome
Team Strathmore Bravo!
First time an African tram made it, and they won
This talks volumes of quality from Strathmore
Proud to be Kenyan
Absolutely 👍 correct
Strathomore's win over Harvard? It could be because "Strathmore thinks Global and Harvard thinks Local" as of course Africa is not just Smarter but also "Cradle of Civilization" though nowadays hindered by "borrowed Corruption" from them Stupid colonianists.😙
Your comment is ignorant and stupid. Colonials did many things poorly but Kenya's high state of corruption is all its own and it is an AFRICAN problem that has little or nothing to do with Colonialism. If you are going to comment you should at least know how to spell the word COLONIALISM!
You don't even need to study credible African history for you to link limited access to resources, colonialism and corruption.
You are the ignorant (and arrogant) one here. No one is denying the existence of corruption in Africa. Read and understand history, and get to grips with the fact that mega-corruption in Africa is hugely supported by the West and China.
Yeah....sometimes we should not blame the Europeans because of the problems we are facing as a continent.. we need to develop our own independent development programmes otherwise Africa will always remain poor..It is paradoxical that Africa is rich in terms of resources but economically it remains poorer but this can only be understood by critically analysing the relationship between Africa and European nations and you will agree that it is exploitative in nature...we need as a continent always to realize the preferences of our allies...arise!!!! Africa
Yeah....sometimes we should not blame the Europeans because of the problems we are facing as a continent.. we need to develop our own independent development programmes otherwise Africa will always remain poor..It is paradoxical that Africa is rich in terms of resources but economically it remains poorer but this can only be understood by critically analysing the relationship between Africa and European nations and you will agree that it is exploitative in nature...we need as a continent always to realize the preferences of our allies...arise!!!! Africa
Tuition at Harvard costs USD 64,000 per year.
Congratulations to the Kenyan team.
Great job Strathmore!!
Congratulations
Wambua, Penda and Maleehah - yeeeehaaa!! Congratulations. Great future for our nation. I hope you will make changes to our judicial corrupt system when your time is right. Great job.
Congratulations to the trio!
Congratulation Team, hongera strathmore
Happy kenya
Congarts our african brothers. Lesson learned.
Great work guys! Glad to be associated with Strath!
Well done Strathmore Law School
Congratulations Strathmore... It's only the beginning!
Kudos to the Kenyan team from Strathmore University. It just goes to show if we are given the opportunity we can excel.
Congratulations team Kenya!
Well done team Kenya congratulations on that win
It has gone down to the record books first African team.
Congratulations to the team.
Hope you are not appon graduation going to join the likes of Orengo and others in defense of the corrupt, thieves, and others who are stealing from us. Hongera.
Congratulations Team Kenya. You have made us very very proud. The sky is the Limit! Salute!
Congratulations team Kenya....you have done Kenya proud!
Hongereni Wakenya kwa kuliinua jina la Kenya ulimwenguni kote.
This is great!! Congratulations
Well done.
Congratulations to strathmore kenya ways to go for new judicial team when your time come.
Fantastic! Keep it up. Kenyan education is one of the best worldwide. This surely put us on the map and we hope and pray that it will not be a one-time win. Hongera
Congratulations Strathmore! Viva!
Congratulations team Kenya. counting on you to make better changes from the corrupt judicial system in Kenya when you get a chance. You can all do it. Kudos to you all👨⚖️👩⚖️
Kenyan Education system at work!
Congratulations 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Great team Strathmore. Very proud of you.
Great. Congrats team Strathmore.
Kenya’s Harvard congrats
Where is CNN, BBC & MSNBC to show this on their news?
@ Kenya that media you mention would come if Kenya was last.How dare they beat the great Havard...
Way to go team Kenya. You have proven that we can go toe to toe with the best and top them...
This could not have happened without great teachers.So kudos to Strathmore Staff.
hahaha.....
Bad news is good news. If the team had misbehaved or done something criminal it would be the headline in all major world news orgs. It would be reenforcing the stereotype. Ie, shit hole countries.
Strathmore team defied the stereotype and showed them they are not better than an African child given the same opportunity to succeed. Congratulations team. I'll stand a little taller today.
This is not the kind of news BBC and CNN likes,Always happy when something is negative especially coming from Afican continent.You could have seen their breaking news if it was the opposite..Kudos team Strathmore and staff....