The European Law Moot Court Competition

The European Law Moot Court Competition is an annual moot court competition which is held between rival teams consisting of university students who have an interest in European Law. The first official competition was held in 1989. It is considered the most prestigious moot court competition within the field of European Law and one of the most prestigious moot court competitions in the world.

The competition consists of a written round and an oral round. During the written round the teams collaborate in writing one legal pleading for the applicant and one legal brief for the defendant. From these written pleadings the teams are scored and the 48 highest scoring teams proceed to one of the four regional finals across the globe in the oral round. One team from each regional final goes on to the all-European final where the remaining teams argue before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. Also one member from each team which makes it to the oral round can participate in the competition as the representative of the European Commission or Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice and can achieve a separate award for his or her effort at the all-European finals. There is also a special award for the best oral speaker and the best written pleadings.

The motto of the competition is "moot, meet and compete".

In the 2004/2005 competition, the regional finals were held in:
*Madrid, Spain
*Gothenburg, Sweden
*Istanbul, Turkey
*New York, U.S.

In the 2005/2006 competition, the regional finals were held in:
*Boston, U.S.
*Dublin, Ireland
*Ljubljana, Slovenia
*Bratislava, Slovakia

In the 2006/2007 competition, the regional finals were held in:
*Maastricht, the Netherlands
*Zagreb, Croatia
*Pécs, Hungary
*Kiev, Ukraine

In the 2007/2008 competition, the regional finals were held in:
*Dallas, USA
*Maribor, Slovenia
*Valencia, Spain
*Bangor, Wales

Other moot court competitions

*The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot)
*Jean-Pictet Competition
*Philip C. Jessup Cup
*Telders International Law Moot Court Competition
*The International Negotiation Competition for Law Students
*The ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law [http://www.elsamootcourt.org link EMC²]
*The Nordic Moot Court on Human Rights
*The Central and Eastern European Moot Court Competition
* [http://www.swissmootcourt.ch The Swiss Moot Court]
* [http://www.concourscassin.eu Concours Cassin] about the European Court of Human Rights

External links

* [http://www.elmc.org Moot Court Web, official website]