Higher Education - London, England, United Kingdom
Established in 2015, organised by Prof Alison Jones of King's College London, and generously sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills law firm, the Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot is the world's leading moot court competition focused on the competition law. The competition is open to students across the globe.Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot registrations usually open in November. The deadline for submission of Written Pleadings is in early April and the Oral Rounds take place in mid-June. About the competition Teams are invited to submit written pleadings which will be marked by competition law academics and practitioners. The 12 teams with the highest marked memoranda will be invited to the oral rounds at Somerset House East Wing, the home of The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. The competition will provide an excellent opportunity for students to practice and improve advocacy skills in front of a judging panel, drawn from international competition law specialists.Scholarship Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot is delighted to offer one scholarship of £2000 to pay towards the costs of participating in the oral round for student members of a team from a University in a Medium or Low HDI Country (based on the UNDP Human Development Index). This scholarship will be awarded to the student members of the team with the highest score in the Written Round and which qualifies to participate in the Oral Round.Winning teams2015 - National University of Singapore2016 - The University of Hong Kong2017 - The University of Hong Kong2018 - King's College London2019 - The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2020 - The University of Hong Kong2021 - Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest (Hungary)2022 -Executive SecretaryNima Mersadi Tabari (2015-2017)Deni Vitkovic (2017-2021)Jenny Patroclou (2021- )