May 26
The ECSL is glad to announce that the 2020 European Rounds of the Manfreds Lachs Moot Court will be held remotely on the 9th (Semi-Finals) and the 10th (Final) of June. The 2020 European Rounds of the Manfreds Lachs Moot Court is organised by the ECSL in collaboration with the University of Vienna, in its …
Mar 22
In its very first virtual meeting on 22 March 2020, the IISL Board of Directors (BoD) sent a signal of capacity to act in times of the COVID-19 crisis. The BoD had planned to meet alongside the UNCOPUOS Legal Subcommittee in Vienna but had to schedule a virtual meeting organised and prepared by the Executive …
Mar 11
Dear IISL community, It is with great regret that several upcoming IISL activities have been affected by COVID-19. The health of our members and participants absolutely comes first! Therefore, some regionals for the Manfred Lachs Moot Court will be postponed or held virtually. More information will be posted on the dedicated website. The Moot …
Feb 19
Dear AP Teams: Here is more important information regarding the revised AP competition: • BIT will handle Memorial grading in the normal manner and announce scores on 25 April. International and AP Regional Rules applicable to Memorials are to be followed. After this initial grading is complete, BIT will advise the Moot Court Committee Chair …
Feb 08
Update from the Moot Court Committee on 8 February 2020: Given the public health situation in China, the Moot Court Committee has been conferring for the past two weeks with IISL members in the AP Region regarding the AP Orals. We have made difficult decisions that are sure to disappoint many, but the health and …
Feb 04
Responses to requests for clarification of the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition are now published. See for further information our Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition page and the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Problem. We are looking forward to this year’s competition!
Nov 11
The latest edition of the Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law is now available for order from Eleven Publishing. This volume contains the proceedings of the 61st Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in Bremen, Germany in October 2018, including the Joint IISL/AIAA Scientific-Legal Roundtable Programme and the Joint IISL-IAF …
Nov 10
The latest edition of the Proceedings of the International Institute of Space Law is now available for order from Eleven Publishing. This volume contains the proceedings of the 60th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in Adelaide, Australia, in September 2017, including the Joint IISL/AIAA Scientific-Legal Roundtable Programme and the Joint IISL-IAF …
Nov 06
Over 80 teams participated in the Lachs Moot 2019 competition. Including students, coaches, memorial and oral judges, hundreds of people around the world participated in the 2019 competition. National funding rounds were conducted in Iran and China, and a test round was held in Latin America. The winners of the Regional competitions in North America, …
