Vis Moot

⚡️ Problem is available now 👉🏻 @vismoot

Every moot season starts with a new interesting problem.... The Problem for the 34th will be released today 2 October 10:00 AM Vienna time. Happy Mooting everyone! 👉🏻 @vismoot

⚡️ Procedural Order No.2 ("PO2") for the 33rd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot and the 23rd Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot has been released! 🌐 Check out this file 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚠️ REMINDER: Upcoming Deadline Alert! Just a friendly nudge that the deadline for submitting any clarifications is coming up: ⏳ 6:59 am (HKT)| 04:00 am (GMT+5) 📅 8 November 2025 💡 Ensure all your queries are wrapped up neatly before the clock runs out! 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🧐 CLOUT News! The CLOUT team has announced the release of new cases 2217, 2218, 2220, 2222, 2223 and 2224 in the database in the six languages of the UN! 👓 CLOUT continues to feature cases interpreting and applying UNCITRAL texts from underrepresented jurisdictions in its system. Cases from Belarus (CLOUT 2218) and the United Arab Emirates (CLOUT 2222) are now available. Some snapshots: 📌 CLOUT case 2220 (Qatar) on the form and content of an award based on NYC’s Article III. 📌 CLOUT case 2223 (United States of America) on denial of relief due to the foreign representative’s failure to demonstrate that there was a sufficient personal jurisdiction over the objectors, in conjunction with arts. 6, 7 and 21 of the MLCBI. 📌 CLOUT case 2224 (Australia) on the issues of functional equivalence of writing and the time of receipt of an electronic communication, applying the ECC. 🙏 Credits to • Albert Monichino, • Aleksei Korochkin, • Alan Davidson (National Correspondents), • Khaled M. Elgarhe and Frank Huang (Voluntary Contributors) for their contributions to CLOUT cases 2217, 2218, 2220, 2222, 2223 and 2224! 💡 Want to become part of the CLOUT Network or have questions on how to contribute to the CLOUT database? Visit their web page here. 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🖥 MAA_VMJ: Mastering the Art of Written Advocacy. 🎓 The Vis Moot Journey (VMJ) Series, curated to sharpen your research, writing, and advocacy skills with insights from leading practitioners and academics who have walked the Vis path with particular success. 📅 Tuesday, 11 November 2025 🕰 11:00 CEST | 18:00 HKT | 21:00 SYD | 15:00 GMT+5 ✍️ Register here 🎙 Panel of Experts: • Mr. Benson Lim; • Professor Chester Brown SC; • Ms. Francesca Borio; and • Ms. Luisa Almendra. 🎤 Moderator: Ms. Vitoria Kreutz Werle. 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🙅‍♂️Do not use “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the 33rd Willem C. Vis Moot Problem” 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚡️ Do not miss the webinar held by Deminor 🧐 This year’s Vis Moot problem involves the question of whether or not Claimant should be ordered to produce the LFA and ATE contract it secured for the pursuit of the Arbitration. Many Moot Court Students will most likely not have dealt with Third-Party Funding or After the Event Insurance in their legal education so far. This can make it hard to deal with the legal and strategic issues involved. 🎯 We at Deminor have therefore decided to hold a compact Webinar for Mooties and Coaches that will provide an overview of the following topics:   - What is Third Party Funding and what does a Funder do? - The typical Investment Process of a Funder - Structure of an LFA - what do the Parties typically agree upon? - Peculiarities of Third-Party Funding in Commercial Arbitration - What is ATE Insurance and how does it work? We will, however, NOT dive to the specific issue and discuss any arguments, though - sorry! That is your job. The Webinar will be led by Dr. Malte Stübinger, who is an Ex Vis Mootie and multiple Coach for University of Hamburg himself, and leads the German activities of Deminor Litigation Funding as their General Counsel Germany. 📅 28 October 2025 🕰12:00 PM (CET) – 1:30 PM (CET) | 03:00 PM (GMT+5) - 04:30 PM (GMT+5) ✍️ Please register via e-mail to hamburg@deminor.com by 24 October to receive the dial-in link. 🫰Participation is free of charge. 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🧐 33rd Vis moot problem, the CISG, SIAC, champerty? and recoverability of fees, check out the Pace annotated text. ℹ️ The details are here 🙏 Credits 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚡️33rd Vis Moot Problem released.

The Case for the 33rd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot is out! The Aranda Singapore Convention on Mediation featured above has gotten a (virtual) sister: the Vanilla Planafolia Mediterreaniensis. I am very grateful to the numerous colleagues from SIAC, form third party funders and from the CISG Advisory Council which helped in developing the case as well as to usual suspects for comments and input. A special thanks goes to my PhD students Nina Erbach, Caidan Wang and Almira Wissenberg for their research on the various issues and the final editing. I am looking forward to the numerous educational events organized by the many supporters of the Vis Moot … with the hope that they leave the solution of the actual problems to the students, at least until February 😊 🙏 See you in Vienna! Stefan Kröll

📖 The Moot Problem is available here 👉 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚡️ New CISG Online Module by UNCITRAL 📣 UNCITRAL recently launched a brand-new online learning module on the CISG – the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods! 🧑‍⚖️ Designed for judges, legal professionals, students, and anyone interested in international trade law, this free, self-paced course offers a practical and accessible way to understand how the CISG supports cross-border trade with a unified legal framework. 🌐 Whether you’re advising clients, interpreting contracts, or just learning the basics of international sales law – this module is a great place to start! 🔗 You will find the module here. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚠️ Team results and individual scores. Dear Teams, It has come to our attention that many of you cannot download their team results and individual scores . This has happened because we inactivated the accounts of teams who did not make it to Vienna and had to be replaced by substitute teams. This has caused disruptions in the database and we are working with our IT to restore the status to how it was before the deactivation. The inactivation has also resulted in the deletion of the scores for those pleadings which were originally scheduled against those teams. Consequently, some teams have only found the scores of three hearings in the message send to them. That has naturally also affected the ranking finally communicated to the teams. The deletion had, however, no bearing on the questions of whether a team would have made it to the elimination rounds or a speaker would have obtained an honorable. These decisions were based on an offline list, prepared and double checked by the scoring team and us already before the announcement of the same during the moot week. You may understand that we cannot send individual emails to each team. Please bear with us until our IT has solved the problem and the scores and results are available in your team account. This should be at some point next week. Further to that, we will also try to upgrade our database so that all teams should be able to download them immediately after they are available. With kind regards, The Vis Moot Directors. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚡️ 31st Vis Moot - Scores and Certificates are available for download Dear Teams, An exciting 31st Vis Moot is over and we are happy to let you know that all certificates are available for download in your team account. In addition you will find the certificates for your coaches as well as the detailed feedback and ranking reports. Please make sure to download all documents from your team accounts until end of June 2024. All team accounts will be reset for the 32nd Vis Moot by 30 June and your login will no longer work as we will start preparations for the next edition. With kind regards, The Vis Moot Directors. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🏆 Results of the 21st East Moot. • The Colin J Wall Spirit of the Moot Award. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🏆 Results of the 21st East Moot. • Neil Kaplan Award - Best Individual Oral Advocate. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🏆 Results of the 21st East Moot. • Fali Nariman Award - Best Written Memorandum for Respondent. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🏆 Results of the 21st East Moot. • David Hunter Award - Best Written Memorandum for Claimant. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🏆 Results of the 21st East Moot. • Eric E. Bergsten Award School Prevailing in Oral Arguments. 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

⚡️ Exciting News for the Vis Moot Family! 🎯 The Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI) Arbitration Rules 2024 have been chosen for the 32nd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, and 22nd Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot starting this October! 🤩 Get ready for another thrilling chapter as we anticipate the participation of universities worldwide, alongside legal practitioners from diverse jurisdictions. 🙏🏻 Credits 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me

🤓 LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution 🎯 The Law Faculty of Humboldt-University of Berlin is proud to introduce the International Dispute Resolution (IDR) LL.M. This one-year, full-time Master of Laws program offers law graduates and young practitioners from all over the world an academically challenging and career-advancing opportunity. The IDR LL.M. focuses on cross-border dispute resolution, with a strong emphasis on international arbitration. ✍🏻 The application process is now open and applications may be submitted by 21 April 2024 for the October 2024 intake. The application process is conducted fully electronically. 🧐 To learn more about the IDR LL.M. and the application requirements, please see the official website, or reach out to the admission team via email at application@idrberlin.de . 👉🏻 Follow us at vismoot.t.me