Meet the teams
The Day of Crisis international student moot competition is a 24 hour-long event being held at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London between 21-22 April 2017.
Over the course of 24 hours, student teams will face a series of evolving international crises. Their challenge is to deal with a variety of legal issues quickly, accurately and diplomatically. Teams will be representing governments, international organisations, businesses or non-governmental organisations.
The competition will initially take place behind closed doors, before concluding with a free, public session on Saturday 22 April.
As we welcome the student teams onto campus, we asked them what they were looking forward to most about the Day of Crisis event and how they might need to keep themselves awake and alert over the 24 hours!
National Law University Odisha, India
The team from the National Law University Odisha is made up of Kushagra Goyal, Aaratrika Bhaumik, Prerona Banerjee, Debarshi Chakraborty and Anmol Gupta.
'We are extremely excited about representing not only our university, but also our country at King's College London. We are also excited at the prospect of meeting eminent scholars such as Dr Philippa Webb. Additionally, it is our first time visiting London and we would be thrilled to explore the city.
Our strategy for staying up for more than twenty four hours involves co-ordinated breaks and effective division of tasks as per each member's strengths. And if all else fails, we always have coffee!'
Left-right: Kushagra Goyal, Debarshi Chakraborty, Aaratrika Bhaumik, Prerona Banerjee, Anmol Gupta
Paris Nanterre, France (team one of two)
The members of the first of two student teams from Paris Nanterre are Coraline Rouxel, Pierre-Emile Simon, Lucia Rabadan Moraes, Néné Fofana and Morgane Champeaux. They are looking forward to testing their ability to work under pressure and to put the theory they have learnt into practice. To combat tiredness, the team will probably drink coffee and might resort to 20-minute power naps if need be.
Kazan Federal University, Russia
Kamila Shaibakova, Anastasia Drygina and Liya Davletyarova from Kazan Federal University are Atticus Finch & Associates. They are looking forward to: 'Participating in a unique competition that is distinct from any moot courts and requires not only legal knowledge but diplomatic skills and great teamwork. We’d like to apply a law from a book and see how works in reality. We hope to see how the law and politics collaborate during the world crisis situations. In addition, we thrilled with the idea to meet people from different countries and engage with them in interesting debates and discussions.'
Atticus Finch & Associates think the excitement and complexity of the cases put before them during Day of Crisis will be enough to keep them alert during the 24 hours, but will also employ light physical exercise and coffee if necessary.
King's College London, UK
Team Chimera from King's is made up of Kiliane Huyghebaert, Joanna Didisheim, James Cherry, Andri Halter and David Lopez Morales. Chimera are interested the effect Day of Crisis could have on them psychologically and emotionally. The team have lined up a range of activities to help them combat fatigue over the 24 hours, including yodelling, accordion-playing, drinking Coca-Cola and a bit of sleep.
Paris Nanterre, France (team two of two)
The second team from Paris Nanterre is comprised of Côme de Villepin, Rodolphe Doité, Rebecca Perdriault, Kinda Rifai and Nicolas Toulemont. What the team are most looking forward to most about Day of Crisis is: 'The combination of an intellectual challenge with a physical one.' The team are practical in their approach to tiredness during the competition: 'Our point of view is simple, its unavoidable to get tired during the event so we will either have simply endure it or manage to find some time to rest a bit.'
London School of Economics (LSE), UK
Daniela Baeza, Olivia Nantermoz, Wibur Barab, Steven Burak and Rahim Talibzade from LSE are looking forward to sharing this incredible experience with fellow students from across Europe and responding to exciting challenges and real-life scenarios. They are hoping for a lot of suspense and surprises, and can’t wait to start!
LSE team member Olivia explained their strategy for staving off any tiredness during Day of Crisis: 'Our team is not afraid to stay awake for more than 24 hours, as our enthusiasm, motivation and determination will stop us from feeling any tiredness. Caffeine and pizzas might help too, but here is our real trick: Daniela has prepared a fitness challenge to wake up any of us who would dare closing his eyes for a second (aka don’t be surprised to hear jumping jacks in the middle of the night)!'
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Team Troubleshooters from the Université catholique de Louvain is comprised of Aurélie Debuisson, Lauren Tatard, Jean-Baptiste Sanchez, Marie Courtoy, Marie Umbach. Team Spokesperson Jean-Baptiste said: 'We are most looking forward to observing not only how we work as a team under intense pressure but also how we might outperform ourselves. Furthermore, we plan on doing small naps during the night and drinking not only coffee and tea but also a plant based power juice called Guarana.
Left to right: Aurélie Debuisson, Lauren Tatard, Jean-Baptiste Sanchez, Marie Courtoy, Marie Umbach
Ten teams in total will be competing in the Day of Crisis Competition: