The registration period has started and the case has been published!
Participation
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.
Academic Board
ELSA is pleased to present the following distinguished WTO law academics as members of the 16th edition of the Academic Board.
Dr. Carlo Gamberale
Ms. Daniela Gomez Altamirano
Dr. Dylan Geraets
Dr. Federico Ortino
Mr. Claude Chase
Dr. Gracia Marin-Duran
Prof. Henry Gao
Dr. Jan-Yves Remy
Dr. Tommaso Soave
Ms. Marisa Goldstein
Ms. Maria Alcover
Mr. Markus Wagner
Dr. Pinar Artiran
Prof. Padideh Ala’i
Mr. Santiago Wills
Dr. Theresa Carpenter
Dr. James J. Nedumpara
Dr. Vitaliy Pogoretskyy
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.
There are 2 different fees, a registration fee and a participation fee. In addition to that, teams have to bear the costs for the bank transfers.
- Registration fee
All teams have to pay a registration fee of 250 Euro to ELSA. All the teams will receive from ELSA a team confirmation email and an invoice after the registration deadline.
- Participation fee for Regional Rounds
This is a separate fee, which is issued by the respective Regional Round Organizer after the registration deadline. The Regional Round participation fee covers accommodation and food provided for the participants during the round.
- Participation fee for Final Oral Round
The teams who advance to the Final Oral Round in Geneva will also have to pay a participation fee for Final Oral Round. The fee is 700 Euro for the whole team. In addition to that, each coach has to pay 150 Euro. Please keep in mind that the fees for the Final Oral Round might be lowered later on. Such a change will be announced here.
- Rules
The official Rules of the Competition.
- Case
Zycron – Certain Measures Related to Electric Vehicles Charging Points and Infrastructure by Dr. Maria Anna Corvaglia, Birmingham Law School (UK) and Dr. Rodrigo Polanco Lazo, World Trade Institute – University of Bern / University of Luzern (Switzerland)
- Timeline
Official Appendix A to the Rules of the Competition.
- Example of a Written Submissions cover
Official Appendix B to the Rules of the Competition.
- Guidelines for teams, Written Submissions
Official Appendix C to the Rules of the Competition.
- Guidelines for teams, Oral Pleadings
Official Appendix D to the Rules of the Competition.
- Clarification questions
Each team registered to the competition may submit up to five clarification questions concerning the case, that will be forwarded and answered by the Case Author.
- Team Allocation List
The allocation list is created for the European teams, by lottery, the teams will be assigned to one of the respective Rounds.
The allocation list will be published on the 5th of December 2018.
- Former Editions
Find out more about the previous editions, including previous cases, bench memorandums and best written submissions.