The results of the Final Oral Round of the EMC²

Saturday, the 3^rd of May. On this date the Grand Final of the Final Oral Round of the 6^th edition of the ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO law took place.

Below you can find the final results of this years’ competition. A more detailed report will be published on the 30^th of June. The individual scores will also be available in this report.

Grand Final

• Winner – team 042 – the team from the Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia)
• Runner-up – team 010 – the team from the National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

The Grand Final was held in Room W at the World Trade Organization on Saturday, 3rd May 2008. This was the most fiercely contested Grand Final in the history of the EMC². Both teams rose to the occasion and it was obvious that they had undertaken substantial additional preparation for the Geneva competition since participating in the Selection Rounds.

The seven members of the EMC² FOR Grand Final Panel (Mr Alejandro Jara – Deputy Director General of the WTO; Dr Werner Zdouc - Director of WTO Appellate Body Secretariat); Dr Gabrielle – Special Counsel to the Director General of the WTO; Professor (Dr) Shin-yi Peng – 2008 Case Author, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Professor (Dr) Peter Van Den Bossche – Maastricht University, Holland; Professor Mary Footer – Nottingham University, England; and Dr Arthur Appleton – representing World Trade Institute, Switzerland)were extremely impressed with the quality and congratulated all the participants on their indepth understanding of the Case and the difficult telecommunications issues, as well as their commitment to the competition which resulted in outstanding oral presentations. This is the first time an EMC² Grand Final Oralist scored a perfect score!

Semi-Finals

At the conclusion of the FOR Preliminary Rounds, four civil jurisdiction teams from three continents progressed to the Elimination Rounds. In the first Semi Final, the 3rd ranked Universidad de Los Andes (Colombia) defeated the 1st ranked University of Leuven (Belgium). Whilst in the second Semi Final, the 2nd ranked National Taiwan University (Taiwan) defeated the 4th ranked Martin Luther University (Germany).

Best oralists in the Preliminary Rounds*¹

• 1^st – Mr. Ding Jin – Team 010 – National Taiwan University – Taiwan
• 2^nd – Ms. Destiny Deas – Team 040 – Duke University – USA
• 3^rd – Ms. Xu Huichao (Sally) – Team 002 – University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong

*¹ To be eligible for this award and oralist had to present both the Complainant’s and Respondent’s case

Best oralists in the Elimination Rounds*²

• 1^st – Mr. Santiago Wills Valderama – Team 042 – Universidad de Los Andes – Colombia
• 2^nd – Mr. Ding Jin – Team 010 – National Taiwan University – Taiwan
• 3^rd – Ms. Linda Poppe – Team 006 – University of Leuven – Beligum

*² This award is given to the highest scoring oralist from both Semi Finals

Best oralist in the Grand Final*³

• Mr Ding Jin – Team 010 – National Taiwan University – Taiwan

*³ This prize was introduced at the insistence of the 2008 Grand Final Panel

Best Written Submissions

• Best Overall Written Submission – Team 016 – Martin Luther University – Germany
• Best Complainant Written Submission – Team 016 – Martin Luther University – Germany
• Best Respondent Written Submission – Team 016 – Martin Luther University – Germany

Best Written Submissions of the Internation Written Round

• Best Overall Written Submission International Written Round – Team 018 – Belarusian State University – Belarus
• Best Complainant Written Submission International Written Round – Team 018 – Belarusian State University – Belarus
• Best Respondent Written Submission International Written Round – Team 018 – Belarusian State University – Belarus