Moot Courts
A Moot Court competition is an extracurricular course offering at many Law Schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings. It usually refers to a simulated appellate court or arbitral case. Participants can receive up to 12–20 ECTS points for successful participation in a moot court team.
Mooting is an excellent opportunity for law students to develop written and oral advocacy skills, compete with students from national and international law schools, and meet practitioners and jurists in their chosen field of law.
For exchange students who wish to stay at the University of Lucerne School of Law for an entire year, or those incoming students who can extend their involvement past their semester, we offer several international moot court competitions.
Concours européen des Droits de l´Homme René Cassin
Supervisor: Prof. Sebastian Heselhaus
Subject: Human Rights, ECHR
Time Frame: This French language competition is held every year in Strasbourg. Memorials are due in February, and the best 16 teams chosen to compete will come to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg in the spring.
Chair webpage Concours René Cassin (in German)
Homepage Concours René Cassin
European Law Moot Court
Supervisor: Prof. Sebastian Heselhaus
Subject: European Law
Time Frame: Applications are due early in the Fall semester. Memorial is due in November with the results of the written phase announced by the end of the year or beginning of the next year. Regional finals take place in February/March, and the All European final takes place in April at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg.
Chair webpage European Law Moot Court (in German)
Homepage European Law Moot Court
Willem C. Vis Moot Court
Supervisors: Prof. Daniel Girsberger and Prof. Andreas Furrer
Subject: International Commercial Law and arbitration for resolution of international business disputes
Time Frame: Applications are due in Spring before the start of the next academic year. Memorials due in December and January. Oral presentations are in Vienna in the Spring semester.
Lucerne Vis Moot Court friends
Homepage Willem C. Vis Moot Court
Inter-American Moot Court
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Morawa and Xiaolu Zhang, J.D.
Subject: Inter-American Human Rights legal system
Time Frame: Applications are due at the beginning of the Fall semester. Memorial is due at the end of March, and the oral rounds are held in Washington, D.C. in May.
Lucerne Inter-American Moot Court team
Homepage Inter-American Moot Court
World Human Rights Moot Court
Supervisors: Prof. Alexander Morawa and Prof. Martina Caroni
Subject: International Human Rights
Time Frame: This is a one semester moot court which takes place in Pretoria, South Africa in December. Memorials are due in October and final rounds will be held in December.
Homepage World Human Rights Moot Court
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