Teams prepare written submissions for the complainant and respondent of a fictitious case written by a WTO professionals.
Are composed of 5 elimination rounds. They are taking place all over the world: American Round, the Asia Pacific Round, 2 European Rounds and an African Round
Participants have an opportunity to make contacts with people from all around the world. The Competition is global.
Competition opens you the doors to the future career in trade law. Our sponsors are world’s top law firms.
Participating will provide you with a professional experience already during your studies. This has an extreme importance upon entering the professional life. Participants has a much higher chance to become leading trade lawyers.
The Competition receives technical support from WTO. Director General of WTO is Patron of the EMC2.
WRITING SUBMISSIONS
REGIONAL ROUNDS
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
(LEGAL)
FUTURE CAREER
SKILLS TRAINING
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Interested students from all over the world are sending in their written memorandum based on a fictitious case. Registered teams have to send one Written Submission for the Complainant and one Written Submission for the Respondent (two separate Written Submissions in total). Each Submission shall not exceed 30 pages, not including the cover page. Regardless the fact, whether a team is preparing to compete in the International Written Round or they are sending their Written Submissions for scoring before the Regional Round, it is of a crucial importance to bear in mind the role of the Written Submissions in the whole competition. In the preliminary rounds the teams will be ranked according to the total score of their oral pleadings (70 %) and on the evaluations of their Written Submissions (30%).
REGIONAL ROUNDS
Afterwards, all the teams will have the opportunity to present their oral submissions both for the complainant and the respondent in front of a Panel at the Regional Round. The Panel consists of WTO professionals and trade law experts. ELSA Moot Court Competition is made up of two European Regional Rounds, one Regional Round for East and South Asia-Pacific, All American Regional Round and one Regional Round for Africa. The Regional Rounds shall have at least three stages: Preliminary Rounds, SemiFinals and the Grand Final.
FINAL ORAL ROUND
Best 20 teams from all over the world are qualified to participate in the Final Oral Round that takes place at the WTO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Competition is growing every single year, going beyond our wildest expectations. ELSA International and EMC2 supporters are working continuously on its further expansion. The Competition has strong, long term financial contributors and a lot of academic support from the World Trade Organization itself.