• Now in its 18th year in Vienna and its 8th year in Hong Kong, the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is an established and popular arbitration competition for law students. Teams from law schools from all countries are eligible to compete. “Pre-moot” practice competitions are also hosted in the lead-up to the final competitions.
  
• Information about the Vienna competition can be found at www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html.
• Information about the Hong Kong competition can be found at www.cisgmoot.org.
• Participants in the Vis Moot can later become members of the Moot Alumni Association (the MAA).
• NEW -- the 2011 Vis Moot in Vienna was won by the University of Ottawa -- congratulations!

• Founded in 2009, the Moot Madrid is an arbitration competition for law students conducted in Spanish. Teams from law schools from all countries are eligible to compete.
  
• Moot Madrid involves a case-study to be settled by recourse to international commercial arbitration, where different law bodies from Uniform Law (transport of goods, international bankruptcy, electronic commerce, international sale of goods, etc) will be applicable. The competition features both written and oral pleadings.
• Information about the Moot Madrid competition can be found at www.mootmadrid.es.
• Young practitioners and academics with a background and/or interest in the relevant fields may enquire (mootmadrid@uc3m.es) about supporting the competition by serving as arbitrators and memorial judges.
  

Investment treaty arbitration moots:

The Foreign Direct Investment International Moot Competition or FDI Moot ( www.fdimoot.org )

• The FDI Moot explores investor-State Arbitration and the protection and regulation of foreign investment under customary international law and treaty. The competition features both written and oral pleadings.
• 2011 will be the fourth year of this competition; the FDI Moot rotates oral hearings venues among its co-founders (the Center for International Legal Studies, Suffolk University Law School , Pepperdine University School of Law, Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit and King's College London). The 2010 venue was held at Pepperdine; the 2011 competition will be held on 4-6 November 2011 at King's College London.
• Young practitioners and academics with a background and/or interest in the relevant fields may enquire (admin@fdimoot.org) about supporting the competition by serving as arbitrators and memorial judges. Teams may also include LLM students and recent graduates (six months).

• The FIAC Moot Court reflects the increasing trend to resolve investment disputes through arbitration.
• The fourth FIAC Moot Court took place on 14-18 March 2011.
• Judges for the final were: Stanimir A. Alexandrov, Gary Born and Francisco Orrego Vicuna.
• See www.investmentmoot.org for the 2011 case study and other details.

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