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2018 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition

Scarlet Wagner — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:46:37 +0000

October 4, 2018 – Bremen, Germany

At the 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) organized the Final Rounds of the 2018 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. Altogether, world-wide teams participated in the four Regional Rounds.

As the outcome of the pleads, an African team – made up of students from the University of Pretoria – has won the International Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition.

The World Finals on 4 October 2018 were judged by three sitting Members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ): H.E. Judge Hanqin Xue, H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, and H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian.

The problem, entitled Case Concerning Cyber Attack and Liability Issues (Neapilia v. Kalvion), on issues relating to activities in outer space carried out in parallel by two States, planetary protection, and outer space security, was authored by Dr. Marco Ferrazzani and Dr. George D. Kyriakopoulos.

The 2018 Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition Winning Team — (c) Melissa K. Force

Winner of the World Final of Manfred Lachs Moot Court competition and recipient of the Lee Love Award:

University of Pretoria (South Africa), Simon Botha and Mr. Simon Motshweni

Runner-Up:

Symbiosis Law School in Pune, India (AP), Shraddha Dubey, Someny Singhal and Malay Srivastava

Semi-Finalists:

Louisiana State University (North America), Zach Miller and Max Roberts

Belarusian State University (Belarus), Darya Bohdan and Alena Laurenava

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award:

Belarusian State University (Belarus), Darya Bohdan and Alena Laurenava

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award:

Mr. Simon Botha, University of Pretoria (South Africa)

Semi-Final Judges:

Oral Pleadings

Prof. Joanne Irene Gabrynowicz (United States), Dr. Marco Ferrazzani (France), Dr. George D. Kyriakopoulos (Greece), Leslie I. Tennen, Esq. (United States), Asst. Prof. Tanja Masson-Zwaan (Netherlands), Professor Jose Monserrat (Brazil), Prof. K R Sridhara Murthi (India), Sumara Thompson-King, Esq. (United States)

Memorials

Prof. Melissa deZwart (Australia), Adv. Phetole Sekhula (South Africa), Dr. Marco Ferrazzani (France), Chuck Dickey (United States), Dr. Catherine Doldirina (Italy),Prof. Steven Freeland (Australia), Dr. George D. Kyriakopoulos (Greece)

Final Judges:

H.E. Judge Hanqin Xue, International Court of Justice

H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, International Court of Justice

H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian, International Court of Justice

Brochure:

Please see attached.

2017 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition

Scarlet Wagner — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:34:45 +0000

September 28, 2017 – Adelaide, Australia

At the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia, the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) organized the Final Rounds of the 2017 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition. Altogether, world-wide 74 teams participated in the four Regional Rounds.

The World Finals on 28 September 2017 were judged by one former Member and two sitting Members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ): H.E. Ret. Judge Sir Kenneth Keith, H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian and H.E. Judge James Crawford.

The problem, on issues relating to interference with the activities of states in the use of lunar resources, and the resolution of the dispute under the novel principles of ex aequo et bono, was authored by Dr. Michael Simpson, Executive Director of the Secure World Foundation, and Mr. Christopher Johnson, Secure World’s Space Law Advisor.

The 2017 Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition Winning Team

Winner of the World Final of Manfred Lachs Moot Court competition and recipient of the Lee Love Award:

National Law School, India University at Bangalore (Asia Pacific), Sharan A. Bhavnani, Karan Dhalla, and Hrishika Jain

Runner-Up:

University of Mississippi (North America), Alexia Boggs and Mr. Kent Aldenderfer, supported by their teammate, Mr. Kyle Hansen

Semi-Finalists:

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Europe)

University of Pretoria, South Africa (Africa)

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award:

National Law School, India University at Bangalore (Asia Pacific), Sharan A. Bhavnani, Karan Dhalla, and Hrishika Jain

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award:

Alexia Boggs, University of Mississippi (North America)

Semi-Final Judges:

Oral Pleadings

Prof. Henry Hertzfeld (United States), Prof. Mahulena Hoffman, (Czech Republic), Dr. Ranjana Kaul (India), Dr. Seidu Onailo Mohammed (Nigeria), Dr. Elina Morozova (Russsia), Prof. Yun Zhao (China)

Memorials

Dr. Ulrike M. Bohlmann (Germany), Prof. Melissa deZwart (Australia), Lusani Nelufule Mugivhi (South Africa), Rosa Maria Ramirez de Arellano y Haro (Mexico), Dr. Milton ‘Skip’ Smith, Esq. (United States), Prof. Dale Stephens (Australia), Adv. Phetole Patrick Sekula (South Africa)

Final Judges:

H.E. Judge James Richard Crawford, International Court of Justice

H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian, International Court of Justice

H.E. Judge Kenneth Keith, Former Member, International Court of Justice

Brochure:

Please see attached.

2016 Lachs Moot Court winners

Scott Hatton — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:37:12 +0000

The World Finals were held at the Paraninfo Enrique Diaz de León, University of Guadalajara, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on 29 September 2016. Total participating universities numbered 58 in the four regions.

The 2016 Moot Court Problem, Case Concerning Space Debris, Commercial Spaceflight Services and Liability (Banche v. Rastalia) was written by Prof. Yun Zhao (China).

Winner of the World Final of Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition and recipient of the Lee Love Award:

National and Kapodistrian University, Athens, Greece

Runner-Up

Obafemi Awolowo University, City of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Semi-Finalists

McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Ms Filareti Filaretou-Kouimtzi, National and Kapodistrian University

Semi-Final Judges

Orals: Dr Ulrike M. Bohlmann (Germany), Mr Dennis J. Burnett, Esq. (United States), Prof. Dr Sergio Marchisio (Italy), Prof. Dr Lesley-Jane Smith (UK), Dr Milton ‘Skip’ Smith, Esq. (United States), Prof. Yun Zhao (China).

Memorials: Dr. Michael Chatzipanagiotis (Greece), Dr. Philip De Man (Belgium), Ms. Icho Kealotswe (Botswana), Prof. Dr. Li Shouping (China), Mr. Maury J. Mechanick, Esq. (United States), Ms. Sherlene Monogamy (South Africa), Ms. Marcia Smith (United States), Dr. Yuri Takaya-Umehara (Japan) .

Final Judges

H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian, International Court of Justice

Brochure

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2015 Lachs Moot Court winners

Scott Hatton — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:57:30 +0000

The Lachs Moot competition World Finals were held at the Crowne Plaza Jerusalem Hotel at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, Israel, on October 15, 2015. Total participating universities numbered 58 in the four regions. The 2015 Moot Court Problem, “Case Concerning Planetary Defense” (SPIDR v. URA)”, was written by Dr Frans G. von der Dunk (The Netherlands/United States) and Leslie I. Tennen (United States).

Winner of the World Final of Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition and recipient of the Lee Love Award:

University of Mississippi, School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, United States

Runner-Up

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Semi-Finalists

Obafemi Awolowo University, City of Ile-Ife, Nigeria

NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

University of Mississippi, School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi, United States

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Mr Athanasios Plexidas, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Semi-Final Judges

Orals: Prof. Dr Frans G. von der Dunk (The Netherlands/United States), Dr Ranjana Kaul (India) and Dr Kai-Uwe Schrogl (Germany), Prof. Dr Steven Freeland (Australia), Dr Diane Howard (United States) and Dr Marco Ferrazzani (Italy).

Memorials: Ms Marcia Smith (United States), Dr Ulrike M. Bohlmann (Germany), Dr Zeldine Niamh O’Brien (Ireland), Ms Icho Kealotswe (South Africa), Prof. Li Juqian (China), Mr Maury J. Mechanick (United States), Prof. Vernon Nase (Australia) and Mr Chris Okegbe (Nigeria)..

Final Judges

H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Dalveer Bhandari, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Kirill Gevorgian, International Court of Justice

Brochure

2015 Lachs Moot Brochure

2014 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 11:23:53 +0000

The 2014 World Finals were held at the Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Court of Law, Old City Hall, Toronto, Canada on 3 October 2014. Total participating universities numbered 61 in the four regions.

The 2014 problem was the Case Concerning Satellite Electromagnetic Interference (Akera v. Mheni) authored by Mahulena Hofmann (Czech Rep.), assisted by James Rendleman (US).

	2014 Lachs Moot problem
	2014 Brochure

Winner, Lee Love Award	National Law University (Delhi), Delhi, India
Runner-Up	Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Semi-Finalists	Obafemi Awolowo University, City of Ile-Ife, Nigeria University of Paris Sud, Paris, France
Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award	Florida State University College of Law, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award	Mr Linesh Lalwani
Semi-Final Judges	Orals: Joanne Gabrynowicz (US), Stephan Hobe (Germany), Mahulena Hofmann (Czech Rep.), LI Shouping (China), K.R. Sridhara Murthi (India), Phetole Skhula (South Africa) Memorials: Setsuko Aoki (Japan), Elisabeth Back-Impalomeni (Italy), Maury Mechanick (US), Vernon Nase (Australia), James Rendleman (US), Fabio Tronchetti (Italy).
Final Judges	H.E. Judge Leonid Skotnikov, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Joan E. Donoghue, International Court of Justice

2013 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 13:08:20 +0000

The 2013 World Finals were held at the Beijing Institute of Technology Law School, Beijing, China on 26 September 2013. Total participating universities numbered 60 in the four regions.

The 2013 problem was the Case Concerning the Operation of a Lunar Station (Lydios v. Endymion), written by Professor Setsuko Aoki (Japan).

	2013 problem
	2013 Brochure

Winner, Lee Love Award	GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON D.C., USA Ms Amanda Krause and Mr Adam Wesolowski Faculty Advisor: Ms. Petra Vorwig Faculty Advisor Assistant: Mr. Zachary C. Garthe
Runner-Up	INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AIR AND SPACE LAW, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS Ms Sonja Radosevic, Mr Philippe Carous, Mr Matthew Maniscalco Faculty Advisor: Mrs Neta Palkovitz Faculty Advisor Assistant: Mr Steven Wood
Semi-Finalists	UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA Ms Alexia Katsiginis, Ms Reabetswe Ntekana Mampane, Mr Matsobane Robert Maremo Matlou Faculty Advisor: Mr. Lourens Botha GrovéNATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY (DELHI), DELHI, INDIA Ms Nandini Paliwal, Mr Himesh Krishna Kharel and Mr Raghav Shukul Faculty Advisor: Prof. Dr Srikrishna Deva Rao
Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award	Georgetown University, USA
Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award	Mr Linesh Lalwani
Judges for Memorials	Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Back Impallomeni (Italy), University of Padua, Italy; IISL Director Dr. Ulrike Bohlmann (Germany), ESA Legal Department, Paris, France Ms. Millicent Ligare (Kenya), Advocate of the High Court of Kenya Maury J. Mechanick, Esq. (USA), Counsel, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC, USA Prof. Vernon Nase (Australia), Curtin University School of Law, Perth, Western Australia Dr. Sylvia Ospina (Colombia), Consultant, Space Law & Satellite Communications; IISL Honorary Director Adv. Phetole Patrick Sekhula (South Africa), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and Councilor at South African Council for Space Affairs (SACSA), Pretoria, South Africa Prof. Li Shouping (China), Director, Institute of Space Law of Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Semi-Final Judges	Prof. Dr. Setsuko Aoki (Japan), Professor of International Law, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Dr. Tare Brisibe (Nigeria), Chairman, Legal Subcommittee, COPUOS, Vienna, Austria Prof. Diane Howard (USA), Professor, Commercial Space Operations Program, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Dr. Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd (Germany), Head Legal Support at DLR Space Agency, Germany Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith (UK), Professor, Leuphana University Lueneburg; Partner, Weber-Steinhaus & Smith, Bremen, Germany Prof. Zhenjun Zhang (China), Secretary General & Research Fellow, China Institute of Space Law, Beiijing, China
Final Judges	H.E. Judge Leonid Skotnikov, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Julia Sebutinde, International Court of Justice

2012 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:19:05 +0000

The World Finals were held on 4 October 2012 at the Palazzo du Mesnil of the Università degli studi di Napoli ‘lOrientale’, Naples, Italy.

	The 2012 problem was the Case concerning On-orbit Collision, Non-cooperative Satellite Removal, and Damages (Verona v. Montague), written by James Rendleman (USA).
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Winner, Lee Love Award	NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE, INDIA Vinodini Srinivasan, Viraj Parikh, Prem Ayyathurai Faculty Advisor: Dr. Sarasu E. Thomas
Runner-Up	NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS, GREECE Aikaterini Pitsoli, Melina-Asimina Stroungi, Stefania Vlachou Faculty Advisor: Dr. Georgios Kyriakopoulos
Semi-Finalists	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, CALIFORNIA, USA James Beck, Tyler Layton Faculty Advisor: Prof. J. Angelo DeSantis OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY, CITY OF ILE-IFE, NIGERIA Olabisi Esther Adeogun, Iseoluwa Christopher Akintunde, Maryann Onyinye Nwokolo Faculty Advisor: Dr. Odunola Akinwale Orifowomo
Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award	NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE, INDIA
Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award	Viraj Parikh, NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BANGALORE, INDIA
Judges for Memorials	Dr Gérardine Goh Escolar (Singapore/Spain), Associate Legal Officer, International Court of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands Prof. Francis Lyall (United Kingdom), Emeritus Professor of Public Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, and IISL Director Dr Peter Martinez (South Africa), Chairman, South African Council for Space Affairs, Pretoria, South Africa Maury J. Mechanick, Esq. (USA), Counsel, White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C., USA Prof. Vernon Nase (Australia), Director, Hong Kong Centre for Maritime and Transportation Law, City University of Hong Kong, China Adv. Phetole Patrick Sekhula (South Africa), Advocate of the High Court of South Africa and Councillor at South African Council For Space Affairs (SACSA), Pretoria, South Africa Prof. Li Shouping (China), Director, Institute of Space Law of Beijing Institute of Technology, China Ms Marcia Smith (USA), President, Space and Technology Policy Group LLC, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Semi-Final Judges	Dr Setsuko Aoki (Japan), Professor of International Law, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University, Tokyo, Japa Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Back Impallomeni (Italy), Professor, University of Padua, Italy, and IISL Director. Dr Tare Brisibe (Nigeria) Chairman, Legal Subcommittee, COPUOS, Vienna, Austria Prof. Ram Jahku (Canada) Associate Professor, McGill Institute of Air and Space Law, Montreal, Canada, and IISL Director. Mr K.R. Sridhara Murthi (India) Adjunct Faculty, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India, and IISL Vice-President Mr James D. Rendleman (USA) Chief, Operations Law, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, US Strategic Command, USA
Final Judges	H.E. Judge Leonid Skotnikov, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Hanqin Xue, International Court of Justice H.E. Judge Joan Donoghue, International Court of Justice

2011 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:24:32 +0000

The 2011 competition had over 40 participating teams: 8 from Europe, 10 from North America, including one invited team from South America (Colombia) and 24 from the Asia-Pacific region.

The World Finals were held on 6 October 2011 at the High Court of Cape Town, South Africa.

The prospect of holding the World Finals of the Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition on the African continent for the first time presented the IISL with the opportunity to expand the moot court experience to schools which have not previously participated in the Competition. Teams from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa participated in the African Introductory Round. Preliminary rounds were held on 5 October, and the two highest scoring teams competed in a Final Round on 6 October, prior to the World Finals. The IISL Board of Directors decided to create a new African Regional Round for the Competition beginning in 2012.

The 2011 problem was the Case concerning Environmental Contamination and Harmful Interference in Space Activities (Zuris v. Nova Freedonia) written by Dr Patricia Sterns and Dr Les Tennen (United States).

For more information about the competition, please visit the dedicated website at http://www.iislweb.org/lachsmoot.

Scroll down to see the video of the 2011 finals at the bottom of the page.

Winner, Lee Love Award

Florida State University College of Law (USA)
Ms Tanya Cronau, Ms Lynn Guery and Ms Anne Marie Rossi
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Nat Stern

Runner-Up

National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Ms Navleen Kaur, Ms Mrinalini Singh and Mr Firas Mohamed A.M. Alsuwaigh
Faculty Advisor: Prof. Lim Lei Theng

Semi-Finalist

Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
Ms Maria Kiskachi and Mr Maxim Usynin
Faculty Advisor: Ms. Ksenia Shestakova.

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

National University of Singapore

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Ms Navleen Kaur, National University of Singapore

Semi-Final Judges

Prof. Dr Maureen Williams, (Argentina/United Kingdom), Professor, University of Buenos Aires/Conicet; Chair, Space Law Committee, International Law Association, London
Prof. Toshio Kosuge (Japan), Professor Emeritus, University of Electro-Communication; Professor, Digitalhollywood University and IISL Director
Prof. Dr Frans von der Dunk (The Netherlands), Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, College of Law and IISL Director

Final Judges

H.E. Mme. Judge Hanqin Xue, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Abdul Koroma, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, International Court of Justice

AFRICAN INTRODUCTORY ROUND

Winner

Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria)
Ms Ojo Victoria, Mr Akintunde Iseoluwa Christopher, Mr Tobi Adebowale
Faculty Advisor: Dr. O. A. Orifowomo

Runner-Up

University of Pretoria, Faculty of Law (South Africa)
Ms Serena Joy Kalbskopf and Ms Petronell Kruger
Faculty Advisor: Mr. Lourens Grové

Semi-Finalist

Mount Kenya University, School of Law (Kenya)
Ms Vivianne Muthoni, Mr Michael Mathini and Mr Claudius Mogunde
Faculty Advisor: Ms. Millicent Ligare

Best Memorials

Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria)

Best Oralist

Ms Serena Joy Kalbskopf, University of Pretoria

Semi-Final Judges

Prof. Joanne I. Gabrynowicz (USA), Director, National Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi, USA
Prof. Dr Lesley Jane Smith (United Kingdom), Professor, Leuphana University Lueneburg; Partner, Weber-Steinhaus & Smith, Bremen, Germany
Dr Marco Ferrazzani (Italy), Head of Legal Department, European Space Agency and Member of the Board of the European Center for Space Law (ECSL), France
Prof. Dr Paul Dempsey (USA), Director, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada
Dr Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd (Germany), Head Legal Support, Space Administration, German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Final Judges

H.E. Judge Abdul Koroma, International Court of Justice
Prof. Dr Vladimir Kopal (Czech Republic), Professor, University of Pilsen, IISL Vice-President
Prof. Francis Lyall (United Kingdom), Emeritus Professor of Public Law, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom, and IISL Director

Brochure

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2011 Lachs Moot Final video

2010 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:26:15 +0000

The 2010 competition had over 40 participating teams 9 from Europe, 10 from North America and 29 from the Asia-Pacific region.

The world final was held on 30 September 2010 at the Regional Court of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

The 2010 problem was the Case concerning Suborbital Tourism, Definition of Outer Space and Liability (Aspirantia v. Republica) written by Peter van Fenema (Netherlands).

For more information about the competition, please visit the dedicated website at http://www.iislweb.org/lachsmoot.

Winner, Lee Love Award

George Washington University (USA)
Ms. Liana W. Yung, Ms. Christa J. Laser and Mr. Michael Saretsky
Faculty Adviser: Prof. Henry Hertzfeld

Runner-Up

National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Mr. Muhammad Aidil bin Zulkifli, Mr. Dominic Wei’an Tan and Ms. Ying Li Zanetta Joan Sit
Faculty Adviser: Prof. Lim Lei Theng.

Semi-Finalist

University of Cologne (Germany)
Ms. Lisa Küpers, Mr. Martin Reynders and Mr. Erik Pellander.
Faculty Adviser: Mr. Jan Helge Mey.

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

National University of Singapore

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Ms. Ying Li Zanetta Joan Sit , National University of Singapore

Semi-Final Judges

Dr. Peter van Fenema (The Netherlands), Adj. Professor, McGill Institute of Air and Space Law, Montreal/Consultant
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Galloway (United States), Vice-President of the IISL
Prof. Steven Freeland (Australia), Associate Professor of International Law, University of West Sydney.

Final Judges

H.E. Judge Abdul Koroma, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Peter Tomka, International Court of Justice
H.E. Judge Leonid Skotnikov, International Court of Justice

Brochure

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2010 Lachs Moot Final video

2009 Lachs Moot winners

Scott Hatton — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:26:23 +0000

The 2009 competition had over 40 teams participating across all three regions.

The world semi-final was held on 13 October 2009 between the National Law School of India University (India) and University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom). The world final was held on 15 October 2009 at the Solomon Law Park, Daejeon, Korea.

The 2009 problem, Case Concerning the Deployment and Use of Force in Low Earth Orbit (Fornjot v Telesto), was written by Ricky J. Lee (Australia).

Winner, Lee Love Award

National Law School of India University (India)
Shwetank Ginodia, Abhimanyu George Jain and Raeesa Vakil
Coached by Dr. Sairam Bhat

Runner-Up

Georgetown University (United States)
Christina Calce and Lorinda Laryea
Coached by Prof. Paul Larsen

Semi-Finalist

University of Strathclyde (United Kingdom)
Emma Boffey, Stephen Donnelly and Laura Mackenzie
Coached by Ms. Aimée Asante

Best Memorials, Eilene Galloway Award

Georgetown University (United States)

Best Oralist, Sterns and Tennen Award

Raeesa Vakil (National Law School of India University)

Semi-Final Judges

Prof. Stephan Hobe (Germany)
Prof. Ram Jakhu (Canada)
Prof. Sang-Myun Rhee (Republic of Korea)

Final Judges

Judge Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone)
Judge Peter Tomka (Slovakia)
Judge Leonid Skotnikov (Russia)

2009 Problem

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Brochure

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