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the moot
The Moot is a project organized by a group of practitioners and academics with a view of contributing to the education of the next generation of arbitration lawyers. It is a competition for university teams with an exclusive focus on cross-examination in international arbitration. Students will attend various rounds of hearings during which they will cross-examine each other’s witnesses and experts.
The Moot is hosted by Sciences Po and is overseen by a board or directors composed of Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Alexis Mourre, Yas Banifatemi, Loukas Mistelis, Sophie Nappert, Franco Ferrari, Samaa Haridi, Gary Bell, and Eleonora Coelho. Its executive directors are Francisco A. Amallo and Ezequiel H. Vetulli.
It requires the greatest ingenuity; a habit of logical thought; clearness of perception in general; infinite patience and self-control; power to read men’s minds intuitively, to judge of their characters by their faces, to appreciate their motives; ability to act with force and precision; a masterful knowledge of the subject-matter itself; an extreme caution; and, above all, the instinct to discover the weak point in the witness under examination.
2026
edition
The 2026 mock case explores the intricacies of the space industry in the context of an agreement granting exclusive access to dedicated satellite capacity for a maritime corridor. The case has been prepared with the assistance of Compass Lexecon. Click below to learn more about this edition.
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