Delegations from FH UGM, consisting of two teams, Team Jalak and Team Walabi, won the titles of Best Submission, 1st Place, and 3rd Place at the Marvelaw UNNES Scientific Writing Competition 2022. The competition's overarching theme was "Revitalizing Environmental Law Amid Massive National Development." The event, organized by the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Faculty of Law at Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES), took place from Saturday, November 19, to Monday, November 21, 2022, at Semarang City Hall and the UNNES Faculty of Law.
The competition had two stages: a document/submission selection stage and a final round. The selection stage took place from September to October 2022, during which each participant had to write a scientific paper on the competition's theme. Within that theme, participants could choose from five sub-themes. Team Jalak chose the sub-theme "Reconstructing Indonesian Environmental Law in Relation to Indonesia's Economic Growth," while Team Walabi chose "The Urgency of Reorganizing Environmental Law to Create a Healthy Indonesian Environment."
From the selection round, five teams with the best-scoring papers were chosen to compete in the final round: two teams from Universitas Gadjah Mada, one from Universitas Indonesia, one from Universitas Diponegoro, and one from Universitas Islam Sultan Agung.
The final round series began with a National Seminar featuring speakers Prof. M. R. Andri Gunawan Wibisana, S.H., LL.M., Ph.D. (Professor of Environmental Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia), Yazid Nurhuda, S.H., M.A. (Director of Criminal Law Enforcement, Ministry of Environment and Forestry), and Syahrul Fitra (Senior Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia). The final round then continued with presentations by the finalists before the judges.
In the competition, Team Jalak, consisting of Dewi Shafarhunny Aqilla (class of 2019) and Novia Faradia (class of 2019), won 1st Place as well as the Best Submission title. Team Walabi, consisting of Laila Alfina Mayasari (class of 2020) and Puspa Sukmawati Putri (class of 2020), won 3rd Place.
Following this achievement, Team Jalak and Team Walabi, representing the FH UGM delegation, expressed gratitude to their lecturers, parents, and everyone who supported them throughout the competition. Team Jalak specifically thanked their supervising lecturer for the competition, Andika Putra, S.H., M.H., LL.M.
The article expresses hope that other FH UGM students will be motivated to sharpen their critical thinking skills and contribute their ideas toward national legal reform.
Writers: Dewi Shafarhunny Aqilla, Laila Alfina Mayasari, and Puspa Sukmawati Putri
Editor: Public Relations
