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Friday 28 April: Inter-University Centre
18:00-18:30: Team Number ‘Lottery‘
Teams receive a number in a ‘lottery’. This number identifies (i) when the team has each moot; (ii) which side (applicant or respondent) to represent in each moot; and (iii) the opposing team in each moot.
NB. Team numbers will be added after the lottery finishes.
| Team name (alphabetical) | Team number (after ‘lottery’) |
|---|---|
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania) | 16 |
| Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania) | 13 |
| Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic) | 18 |
| Comenius University (Bratislava, Slovakia) | 3 |
| EPDV (Sofia, Bulgaria) | 12 |
| Free University of Tbilisi (Georgia) | 2 |
| Georgia University (Georgia) | 6 |
| Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management & Law (Ukraine) | 5 |
| Ljubljana University (Slovenia) | 9 |
| Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) | 11 |
| Odesa Maritime Academy (Ukraine) | 7 |
| Peter Pazmany Catholic University (Budapest, Hungary) | 10 |
| St Kliment Ohridski University (Sofia, Bulgaria) | 8 |
| Trnava University (Slovakia) | 4 |
| Warsaw University (Poland) | 15 |
| West University of Timișoara (Romania) | 14 |
| Wrocław University (Poland) | 1 |
| Zagreb University (Croatia) | 17 |
18:30-20:00 Welcome and Opening Buffet
Enjoy the first opportunity to meet your fellow competitors and the CEEMC judges. Many thanks to the University of Zagreb for organising the opening buffet.
Saturday 29 April: Inter-University Centre
09:00: Official Opening and Group Photo
10:00- Moot round 1
NB. See above for team numbers. “1 v 2” means Team 1 (as Applicant) v Team 2 (as Respondent).
Only questions 1-3 are mooted on Saturday moots.
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 | Court 5 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
2nd floor (room 7) |
| Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| 1 v 2 | 3 v 4 | 5 v 6 | 7 v 8 | 9 v 10 |
11:30: Moot round 2
NB. See above for team numbers. “11 v 12” means Team 11 (as Applicant) v Team 12 (as Respondent).
Only questions 1-3 are mooted on Saturday moots.
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 | Court 5 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
2nd floor (room 7) |
| 11 v 12 | 13 v 14 | 15 v 16 | 17 v 18 |
13:00-14:15: Lunch
14:30: Moot round 3
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 | Court 5 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
2nd floor (room 7) |
| 2 v 3 | 4 v 5 | 6 v 7 | 8 v 9 | 10 v 11 |
16:00: Moot round 4
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 | Court 5 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
2nd floor (room 7) |
| 12 v 13 | 14 v 15 | 16 v 17 | 18 v 1 |
20:00: Dinner and announcement of semi-finalists: Akademis Akademia
Dinner and announcement of the 8 teams which progress to Sunday’s semi-finals. Each receives a Semi-Finalist team number, which indicates when they will moot on Sunday.
In the semi-finals, questions 5, 4 and 1 will be mooted (in that order).
Semi-finalists:
| Team Name | Semi-Finalist Number |
|---|---|
| Ljubljana University | SF1 |
| Zagreb University | SF2 |
| West University of Timișoara | SF3 |
| Charles University (Prague) | SF4 |
| Masaryk University (Brno) | SF5 |
| Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi | SF6 |
| Warsaw University | SF7 |
| St Kliment Ohridski University (Sofia) | SF8 |
Sunday 30 April: Inter-University Centre
09:30- Semi-Final Round 1
In the semi-finals, questions 4-5 will be mooted, but the judges may also choose to add another question[s] at their discretion. This will be confirmed on Saturday evening.
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
| SF1 v SF2 | SF3 v SF4 | SF5 v SF6 | SF7 v SF8 |
11:30: Semi-Final Round 2
| Court 1 | Court 2 | Court 3 | Court 4 |
| 1st floor (room 1) |
1st floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 5) |
2nd floor (room 6) |
| SF2 v SF3 | SF4 v SF5 | SF6 v SF7 | SF8 v SF1 |
13:00-14:30: Lunch
14:00: Announcement of finalists
Announcement of the 2 finalists and ‘lottery’ to see which team represents applicant/respondent. The questions to be mooted in the final will also be announced.
15:00: Moot Final (Conference Hall on IUC ground floor)
Immediately after the final is an awards ceremony, with special prizes given for best written pleadings and for noted speakers from all stages of the competition. Prizes include internships at the Court of Justice, visits to the UK Supreme Court and Cambridge University, free-of-charge places on the British Law Centre’s Diploma in English Law & Legal Skills and book prizes. Every competitor receives a certificate signed by CEEMC President, Eleanor Sharpston KC.
Sunday 30 April: Lazareti night club
20:30: Buffet
21:00-00:00: Free bar (beer, wine, juices, water)
23:00 (approx.): singing competition
Each participating country gets the chance to impress with their singing talents. Rumour has is that the judges may also be singing something…