We just orgnized our first UM ELS Moot Court Competition!! Great pleading by all of the participants, who were selected and invited to particiapte by their tutors after showcasing their pleading skills during our course on Conflict Prevention & Resolution. Congrats to all the participants: Andreas Christophi, Marcel Ursachi, Ariana Manolescu, Lina Medica, Jaša Čatar, Juan Miguel Cuaresma, Ana Domínguez Rodríguez, Emma Maccanti, Julia Jagodzińska, Parames Piyathanasirikul, David FASTRIOK, Dimitar Tsonev, Lorine Mawet, Eleonora Sogliani.
A big round of applause to the winning team of Lina, Miguel and Jasa (who also won the award for Best Oralist). Congrats also to Julia Jagodzińska and Lorine Mawet, who received the Judge's Award for Best Argumentation. 🏆
A special thank you to the wonderful jury members (Mariah Kuijer, Rick Schumans, Pauline Melin, Claire Stalenhoef, Annefleur Timmermans, Lara Vangoethem, Lucia Jeremiašová) who took time out of their extremely busy schedules to listen, deliberate and choose our winners. We are also grateful of our Dean, Jan Smits, for joining us and handing out the trophies to our winners!! It was a great day for mooting here in Maastricht 🤩