12th Edition of the

LL.M. International Commercial & Investment Arbitration Moot Competition

Oral rounds to be held on April 3-5, 2025

The conference will open on April 3, 2025, at 5:30 PM Optional Arbitration Seminar: April 3, 2025, 10 AM-4 PM

 

About the Competition

Organized by the WCL Center on International Commercial Arbitration, the Tenth LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition will start Thursday, April 3, 2025 with a conference that will discuss the key legal issues presented in the problem. The general rounds will take place on Friday, April 4 and the elimination rounds, including the final round, on Saturday, April 5.

The 2025 problem involves an internatinal commercial dispute.

This event was created specifically for LL.M. students and seeks to foster the study of international arbitration for the resolution of international business and investment disputes.

Team members must be enrolled in a U.S. Master of Laws (LL.M.) program. Students from foreign law schools are also eligible to participate as long as they have a law degree and are enrolled in postgraduate law studies.

Students who have completed their studies (through the completion of the required units necessary for the awarding of the LL.M. degree) by December 2024 are unable to be part of a team. Students must be enrolled in an LL.M. or postgraduate law studies program (for example, an S.J.D. program) at the moment of the competition.

The competition focuses primarily on oral advocacy before a panel of arbitration experts. Participants are required to submit a brief argument outline. No other written memorandum is required. The Competition alternates every year between a problem involving an International Commercial Dispute and a problem arising out of an Investment Protection Law or BIT Provision.