LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition
March 9-10, 2012

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2012 LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Competition Results


Winner:  Georgetown University Law Center

Finalist:  American University Washington College of Law (team 9)

Semi Finalists:
UC Berkeley School of Law - Georgetown University Law Center
American University Washington College of Law, team 9 - Columbia University Law School

Best Oralist:
1st place:  Rishmil Patel (Washington College of Law, team 9)
2nd place: Lucila Hemmingsen (University of Pennsylvania Law School)

Honorable Mentions
Clair Martin (Fordham Law School)
Bojan Vasic (American University Washington College of Law, team 10)
Maxim Osadchi (Columbia Law School)
Moing Ghani (American University Washington College of Law, team 9)
Liam McClure (Wake Forest U, School of Law)
Christofer Waselius (UC Berkeley School of Law)
Mariele Coulet-Diaz (UC Berkeley School of Law)


The following schools participated in the competition:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law; Wake Forest University School of Law; University of Pennsylvania Law School; Fordham School of Law; Cardozo Law; Washington College of Law; Columbia Law School; University of Houston Law Center; Duke University School of Law; University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law; UC Berkeley School of Law; Dickinson School of Law, Penn State University; Pepperdine School of Law; and Georgetown Law Center.

Introduction

The International Legal Studies Program, the Center on International Commercial Arbitration, and the LL.M. Executive Board will host on March

9-10, 2012, the first International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition specifically created for LL.M. students. The competition seeks to foster the study of International Arbitration for the resolution of International Business Disputes and Investment Disputes.

Since many LL.M. students are admitted to practice law in certain jurisdictions, they are not eligible to compete in most moot competitions. The LL.M. Moot competition is designed to give students enrolled in a Master of Laws (LL.M.) program, an opportunity to develop their arbitration skills in an environment which closely resembles current International Commercial Arbitration

The competition will focus primarily on oral advocacy before a panel of arbitration experts. Participants will be required to submit a brief argument outline. No other written memorandum is required.

The LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition will alternate every year between a problem involving an International Commercial Dispute, and a problem arising out of an investment protection law or BIT provision. In 2012 the competition will focus on a problem involving jurisdictional challenges and fair and equitable treatment claims in the context of an ICSID arbitration.

Teams
Each participating law school may enter up to three teams. A team is composed of two to four students. Team members must be enrolled in a Master of Laws (LL.M.) program.

Students who have completed their studies (by way of completion of the required units necessary for the award of their degree) by December 2011 are unable to be part of a team.

Argument Outline
Each team must submit an Argument Outline in support of the legal position of both the claimant and the respondent.

Each team is to submit an electronic version of both of their Argument Outlines by email to the Competition Committee on or before 4:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time February 25, 2012.

All teams will receive by e-mail the outlines of the teams they are scheduled to argue against in the oral rounds two weeks prior to the competition.

Registration
Participants must register by submitting the registration form to the Center on International Commercial Arbitration at the Washington College of Law. The competition has been limited to 20 teams (first come first served basis).

For more information please send an email to arbitration@wcl.american.edu