Space Law Team Member Wins Worldwide Competition Honor

A Law Center student won Best Advocate honors and Georgetown’s space at the law moot court team finished second overall at an international competition held in Bremen, Germany, last fall.
     Petra Vorwig (L’03) earned the “Best Advocate” award after leading the Georgetown team’s 45-minute oral argument and rebuttal at the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition final in October. The competition, won by Georgetown in the previous year, took place before judges from the International Court of Justice during the annual International Institute of Space Law Annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space. Georgetown’s team earned a trip to the finals by winning the North America regional competition, held in spring 2003 at the Law Center.

Amanda Shafer (3L), standing at left, and Petra Vorwig (L’03), second from left, with an International Court of Justice panel and University of Auckland team members at a space law competition held last fall.

    Amanda Shafer (3L) served as the second member of the team, which finished in second place behind the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Georgetown Adjunct Professor Paul Larsen served as adviser and accompanied the team to Germany.