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The ceremony marks the closing of this mooting season by bringing together the Uni.lu Moot Court Community consisting of students, coaches, professors and Clifford Chance’s representatives and lawyers. This event is an opportunity to celebrate not only the teams’ achievements throughout the year but also the continued partnership between the University of Luxembourg and Clifford Chance Luxembourg.
Katia Gauzès, Office Managing Partner at Clifford Chance Luxembourg and Professor Herwig Hofmann, Head of the Department of Law, welcomed all participants by highlighting the significance of this mooting experience in legal training. During the ceremony, Dr. Susana Muñoz, Moot Court Coordinator at the University of Luxembourg, spotlighted the challenges and successes of this year’s Moot Court season. During her speech, Dr. Muñoz expressed what a privilege it has been to witness the progress of the students, to see them grow and gain moot-specific skills in complex case analysis, research, legal writing, oral advocacy, and teamwork. “This is a competition, but please remember that the non-competitive dimensions of mooting are the most important and meaningful”, she continued.
The Uni.lu Moot Court students were awarded a Certificate of Appreciation signed by Professor Katalin Ligeti, Dean of the FDEF, in recognition of their contribution to the following Moot Court Competitions:
The European Law Moot Court Competition (ELMC)
After a successful written phase, the team consisting of Giulia Areddu, Clémence Dupuy and Estelle Née qualified for the Regional Final held at the Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona, Spain. Competing among the best 11 teams out of 80 selected teams, the Uni.lu team delivered brilliant oral pleadings and achieved remarkable results at the Regional Final. The ELMC team was coached by Doctoral researchers Ruben de Bruin, Isabella Lorenzoni and Federica Velli. Click here to read the full web story.
International and European Tax Law Moot Court Competition (Tax MC)
The team consisting of Katerina Dimitrova, Esther Lau, Shanil Needhoo and Melissa Schmitz qualified for Oral Rounds at KU Leuven, reaching the round of the best 14 teams out of 26 participating teams in the competition. The Prize for the Best Applicant Memorandum was awarded to Katerina Dimitrova and Melissa Schmitz. Thus, the University of Luxembourg succeeded, once again, to be among the very few awarded teams in this competition. The Tax Law Moot Court team was coached by Doctoral researcher Alexandros Politis. Click here to read the full web story.
Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition
This is the world’s largest and most prestigious mooting competition on space law and policy. The Uni.lu team consisting of Yazmin Lorena Gomez Guerrero and Liisa Paats competed in the Regional Rounds held at the University of Jaén in Spain. The team demonstrated great progress in their mooting skills in four rounds of oral pleadings. The Space Law Moot Court team was coached by Doctoral researcher Laetitia Zarkan. Click here to read the full web story.
Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (Jessup)
Jessup is the world’s largest moot court competition. The Uni.lu team consisting of Theodora Liameti, Dieynaba Niang, Luis Rodrigues Lavinas and Richard Zhongyu Wang had the chance to compete at two levels: in the European rounds in Geneva, Switzerland and the International Rounds in Washington D.C., USA. In Geneva, the team place 8th
out of 15 teams from all over Europe, which is the overall record of the university at these rounds. Additionally, Richard Wang was awarded the prize for the 7th
Best Oralist out of 60 participants. In Washington, the Uni.lu team competed against over 130 teams and delivered brilliant pleadings in several rounds. The Jessup team was coached by Doctoral researcher Stanislav Gubenko and Postdoctoral researchers Caroline Lichuma and Giulia Raimondo. Click here to read the full web story.
Congratulations to the Uni.lu Moot Court teams and their coaches!
Learn more about the University of Luxembourg Moot Court Programme and our partnership with Clifford Chance Luxembourg.
Fonte/Source: https://wwwfr.uni.lu/index.php/fdef/actualites/fdef_students_awarded_at_2023_moot_court_ceremony
