WTO Inks Agreement With ELSA to Boost Cooperation Over Moot Court Competition
The World Trade Organization reached an agreement with the European Law Students Association, the trade body announced on Aug. 6, to expand cooperation on the annual John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition on WTO Law. WTO Deputy Director-General Xiangchen Zhang…
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and ELSA Vice President Louis Bremond penned a Memorandum of Understanding on July 23. The competition simulates a dispute settlement proceeding with written entries and hearings and has been around since 2002. The WTO acts as a technical sponsor for the event, sending legal experts to act as panelists and advise ELSA on the academic components to running the competition. A final oral round is conducted in Geneva.