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Vis Moot 2019/2020

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna

Goal of the Moot

The goal of the Vis Moot is to foster the study of international commercial law and arbitration for resolution of international business disputes through its application to a concrete problem of a client and to train law leaders of tomorrow in methods of alternative dispute resolution.

Structure of the Moot

The business community's marked preference for resolving international commercial disputes by arbitration is the reason this method of dispute resolution was selected as the clinical tool to train law students through two crucial phases: the writing of memorandums for claimant and respondent and the hearing of oral argument based upon the memorandums - both settled by arbitral experts in the issues considered. The forensic and written exercises require determining questions of contract - flowing from a transaction relating to the sale or purchase of goods under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and other uniform international commercial law - in the context of an arbitration of a dispute under specified Arbitration Rules. In the pairings of teams for each general round of the forensic and written exercises, every effort is made to have civil law schools argue against common law schools -- so each may learn from approaches taken by persons trained in another legal culture. Similarly, the teams of arbitrators judging each round are from both common law and civil law backgrounds.


APPLICATION (from February 27th 2019 to March 5th 2019)
Students enrolled in the 4th year of the CLMG in a.y. 2018/2019 can apply for the Vis Moot 2019/2020. 
To apply, students have to send a scanned copy of the following documents:
- a one-page motivational letter in English;
- a Curriculum Vitae in English; 
- English International Certificates (if any);
- Legal English certification (if gained);
- a digital photograph
to:  lawschool@unibocconi.it (please send the complete application only once you have all the required documents) from February 27th 2019 to March 5th 2019.

ELIGIBILITY
Academic requirements: 
Enrollment in the 4th year of the Combined Bachelor and Master of Science program in Law - CLMG; the program takes place during the 5th year of study. 
Eligible students must have registered 100% of the credits of the 1st year study plan (credits must be registered in the student career by the end of the ordinary exam session of February 2019).

Preferential terms:
- having passed the exams of "Diritto processuale civile"
- having carried on relevant professional experiences, e.g. internships etc.

SELECTION
Selection is based on an evaluation of merit, taking into consideration each applicant's academic and personal curriculum, and on interviews (interviews will be held on March 11th and 12th ). Selected students will be maximum 8.

DATES & LOCATION
- Memorandum for claimant due on December 2019 (TBC)
- Memorandum for respondent due on January 2020 (TBC)
- General and Final rounds: tentatively scheduled towards the end of March/mid-April 2020 in Vienna (Austria).

FEES AND COSTS
Bocconi University covers the application fee, accommodation and travel costs (Milan-Vienna-Milan) for the duration of the event in Vienna. Board and other costs are at the participants' expense.

Notes
1. Moot participants may sit an additional exam session for 1st semester courses scheduled in December 2019 (dates TBA)
2. Moot can be recognized in lieu of internships for the Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law - CLMG (refer to the "Guide to the University")
3. Due to the intense workload required, the participation in the Vis MOOT is not compatible with the concurrent participation in other significant international experiences including the Exchange Program, the Themis program, the EU Moot and Internships. Selected students will have to confirm/withdraw participation in the Vis Moot before publication of the Exchange program rankings. If the student confirms participation in the Vis Moot, he/she will be automatically excluded from the Exchange program rankings.

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