Teams participating in the Competition shall consist of 2 to 4 law students, who are enrolled at a university or law faculty accredited under national law to grant a degree that permits its graduates to enter any legal profession. Every team is allowed to register up to 2 coaches. We accept one team per university or law faculty.
PARTICIPATION
ACADEMIC BOARD
ELSA is pleased to present the following distinguished WTO law academics as members of the 22nd edition of the Academic Board.
Ms Marisa Goldstein
Prof. Markus Wagner
Dr. Dylan Geraets
Prof. Padideh Alai’i
Prof. Henry Gao
Dr. Rodrigo Polanco
Mr Marcus Gustafsson
Mr Christian Lau
Dr. Weiwei Zhang
Ms Altagracia Cuevas-Arthur
Dr. Maria Anna Corvaglia
Prof. Edna Ramirez Robles
Ms Kholofelo Kugler
Ambassador Santiago Wills
Dr. James J. Nedumpara
Mr Victor Crochet
Mr Quentin Baird
PANELLISTS
The Panel consists of world trade law experts willing to be active at the hearings. They are appointed by ELSA with the supervision of the Academic Board of the Competition.
REGISTRATION FEE
The registration fee for 23rd edition of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition is 250€ per Team.
REGIONAL ROUNDS
The Regional Round fee is €160/participant and €180/coach.
PARTICIPATION FEE FOR FINAL ORAL ROUND
The participation fee for the Final Oral Round in Geneva is 700€ per team and 180€ per each coach.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The teams can apply for financial support to ELSA International.
It may cover the total or half of the 250 euros of the Registration Fee.
The Teams can apply for this support while registering for the Competition.
For this, they need to submit a letter of motivation, a letter of recommendation and a curriculum vitae to director.jhjmcc@elsa.org - the final date to apply for financial support is the 27th October 2024, 23:59 CET.
- RULES
The Official Rules of the Competition.
- CASE
Explore the Case of the 23rd edition “Alabasta – Certain measures affecting electronic goods and digital services” here
- TIMELINE
Official Timeline of the Competition.
- GUIDELINES FOR WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS
Official Guidelines for Written Submissions of the Competition.
- GUIDELINES FOR ORAL PLEADINGS
Official Guidelines for Oral Pleadings of the Competition.
- ANSWERS TO CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS
The Answers to Clarification Questions
of the 23rd edition can be found here. - TEAM ALLOCATION LIST
The allocation of Teams to the Regional Rounds can be found here. It is mostly important for the European teams.
- TEMPLATE OF WRITTEN SUBMISSION
Download the Official Template for Written Submissions of the Competition here.
- DECLARATION OF HONOUR
Download the Declaration of Honour – a document confirming that the Written Submissions are a product of the Team’s unaided work, here.