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ELSA Moot Court Competition

The ELSA Moot Court Competition is a simulated hearing within the Dispute Settlement System of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The external organization behind this competition is the “European Law Students’ Association” (ELSA) which is an international, independent, non-political and non-profit-making organization run by and for students. The EMC² competition aims especially at encouraging further development on the subject matter in the curriculum of academic institutions and at contributing to the ongoing discussions about globalisation in the context of the WTO-Agreements.

This competition takes place annually and consists of three stages, namely one written stage and two oral stages. Through all of its phases the competition is held solely in English.

Firstly, teams of students all over the world prepare written submissions for both complainant and respondent parties to a fictitious case which is set out by a WTO Law expert. Secondly, based on the quality of their written submissions, the teams qualified to the Regional Rounds (RR) represent both parties to the case by arguing their submissions in front of a Panel consisting of acknowledged WTO Law experts.

The selection rounds consist either of a written and an oral round or an international written round (for some countries). The finalists of all selection rounds proceed to the Final Oral Round taking place every year in another country of the world.

Subject (Field of law):

Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO-Agreements)

Language:

English

Admission criteria:

This Moot Court is open to students at Master level with knowledge of and interest in the law of the World Trade Organization. Excellent English language skills, both written and spoken, are required.

 For further information see “ Official rules for participation in an external Moot Court Competition ”.

Procedure:

Student teams of two to four members prepare their written submissions on behalf of the two parties to a fictitious international trade dispute. Based on the quality of the written submissions, the best teams proceed to the RR where each team participates in (at least) two oral pleading sessions. Based on the quality of their written submissions and their oral pleadings, the 4 best teams are subsequently selected to advance to the final oral round of the competition.

 For further details see the exernal rules of the Competition .

Timetable:

The written stage lasts from September to January.
 The preparation of the written submissions starts in September as the fictitious case is published the 1st of September. The first organizational meeting is usually scheduled for the 3rd week in September.
 The RR takes place in March, and the Final Oral Round starts in mid May and lasts about one week.

Coordination:

Dr. Agata Capik

Credits:

12 ECTS (6 ECTS per Semester)

Organization’s website :

www.elsamootcourt.org

Experiences:

ELSA 2008/2009
ELSA 2009/2010