The University of San Carlos College of Law Mooting Team bagged another prestigious memorial award at the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition—this time, the Richard R. Baxter Award for Best Applicant Memorial, named in honor of the late Richard Baxter, judge of the International Court of Justice and a pioneering scholar of international law.
Carolinian mooters Bri Unabia, Mel Joseph Castro, and Yovellie Delubio demonstrated excellence in memorial writing, besting more than 800 submissions from law schools around the world.
This remarkable achievement cements USC Law’s excellence on the global mooting and legal writing stage, having received the following awards at the close of the 2025 Jessup season—the world’s largest, oldest, and most prestigious mooting competition:
- Richard R. Baxter Award (Best Applicant Memorial)
- Alona Evans Award (Best Team Memorials)
- M. Cherif Bassiouni Award (2nd Best Team Memorials in the National Rounds)
- 4-0 Win-Loss in the Eliminations Round
- One of Top 32 Teams in the Advanced Round
With the Baxter Award under its belt, the USC Law Mooting Team has now swept all the major memorial awards, a testament to its consistency on the international stage. The team previously received the same Richard R. Baxter Award for Best Overall Applicant Memorial in 2018.
With USC Law’s strong team of mentors and coaches, headed by Head Coach Atty. Daryl Bretch Largo, Vice President for Administration Atty. Joan S. Largo, and Assistant Coaches Atty. Rhomeljustein Redoble, Atty. Mark Lawrence Badayos, and Atty. Rashid V. Pandi—this year’s global conquest won’t be the last.
Read the team’s winning memorials here: