Moot Court

The term Moot Court is originally from English and means as much as " fictitious court ". It is a competition as part of legal education, in which law students a fictional or real case is assigned, in which they must represent each of the litigants.

This idea originally came from the United States. The purpose is to give students the opportunity to apply the theory learned to reality. Especially the big international competitions have now achieved a high status in the study of law. Here, students compete from universities around the world and measure their arguments renowned legal scholars who act as fictitious court.

The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, held annually in Vienna and Hong Kong, is the most important international moot court event in the field of civil law and is considered as "the olympics of international trade law". It covers different aspects of international arbitration law and the CISG " CISG ". In the 16th through 2008/ 09 was attended by 233 law schools from over 75 countries. The oldest of the international events of the Philip C. Jessup International is Law Moot Court This has raised questions of international law to the content. In the area of tax law is the European Tax College Moot Court Competition to call.