Jahresbericht ELSA-Deutschland e.V. 2007/2008 - ELSA Germany

ELSA Moot Court Competition (EMC 2 )
Teams from all over the world
The ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law was organized for the first time in 2002/2003 with Mark Refalo at its
helm. The competition has grown larger and larger over the past five years, and in 2008 the 6 th edition was organized.
Astrid Sollie
Skårdalsmo
ELSA International
EMC2 is organized on three levels; national,
regional and international. On
the international level is the Final Oral
Round (FOR) in Geneva, organized by
ELSA International and the International
Organizing Committee. 16 teams from
all over the world participate, and the Judges Pool consists of
widely respected and high-ranked panelists in the field of WTO
Law. The competition has gained a tremendous reputation in the
WTO world during these years, and is said to be both professionally
organized and to be keeping a very high academic level.
EMC2 allows teams from the whole world to participate, and all
teams qualify either through the International Written Round,
or, where there is one, a Regional Round. In Europe there are
some ELSA groups that organize National Rounds of EMC2.
Last year we had four National Rounds, in Hungary, United
Kingdom, Ukraine and Norway. This year we had three National
Rounds; Hungary, Ukraine and Norway. The National
Rounds are conducted in English, and on the EMC2 case. The
winning team from each of them can, due to an agreement with
the Regional Round Organizer, go to one of the two ELSA Regional
Rounds. In countries where there are more than eight
teams participating, the two best teams are allowed to enter the
Regional Round.
Written Submissions
All teams participating in the EMC2 have to submit a Written
Submission of the Case. Each of these Written Submissions is
scored by two panelists. Teams from countries in Europe where
there are no National Rounds, qualify for a Regional Round
with their Written Submissions.
In the Regional Rounds the scores from the Written Submissions
count for 30%, and the Oral Pleadings count for 70%. The team
with the highest total score wins. From the two ELSA Regional
Rounds the four best teams per round proceed to the FOR in
Geneva. From the non ELSA Regional Rounds normally the
two best teams per round proceed to the FOR. Last year two
teams came from the Regional Round in Taiwan, two from Australia
and one from the Latin American Regional Round.
This year we had six Regional Rounds, two of which were organized
by ELSA in Europe. One in Pecs, Hungary, and the other
one in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The four non ELSA Regional
Rounds took place in Taiwan, Australia, the Dominican Republic
and North America. The last one was organized for the first
time this year. Coming to Geneva we had four teams from each
ELSA Regional Round, two teams from the new Regional Round
in North America, two from Latin America, two from Asia, and
one from the South East Asia and the Pacific Regional Round.
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