Reblogged Post: Reflecting upon my Journeys at the Vis East Moot and how it Defined my Law School Experience

My friend Aditya Suresh has written this inspiring piece on his Vis Moot journey in the ShowCause Magazine of NLU Jodhpur. I think aspiring mooters and those who are participating in moots already would benefit from reading this.

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As a final year law student stuck at home in my ninth semester, I guess it is common to reflect upon the past four years at law school. For me, this process often transcends into reminiscing about significant or “definitive” moments that made me who I am today. Unsurprisingly, most of these moments are related to mooting. After all, I spent my second, third and fourth year of this five-year-long journey participating in six-month-long international moots. Further, a large portion of these moments was concentrated specifically on one moot – the Vis Moot. This was expected since I had participated in the Vis East Moot twice and coached a Vis Vienna team once. In one such moment of reflection, I asked myself – what is it about this moot that makes it so addictive to me? This article is perhaps my way of trying to answer that question…

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Guest Post: How every moot is a win-win game

[This is a guest post by Vivek Krishnani] As a law student, I have always looked forward to working for moot court competitions. Every single competition that I have participated in (or coached a team for) has contributed to my growth to some extent. That being said, it is not my intention to advertise mooting…

How to choose moots like a pro?

If you are in law school, you know the gruelling process of getting a moot. It starts with the Moot Court Committee ["MCC"] announcing an intra-university moot, where anywhere between 100 - 800 students from all batches compete (depending on your law school strength), in a multi-staged competition comprising memorial rounds and oral rounds. At…

How to be a persuasive Vis Oralist?

The Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot was started in the year 1993 and has since then become one of the most prestigious international moots. The sister moot i.e., the Vis (East) was started in 2003 and arguably enjoys an equal prestige today. I participated in the Vis (East) Moot in 2020 and…

Subject-Matter Basics: Public International Law

Since this is the first post under this series, I must give you some overview. Subject-Matter Basics is a series that will inform you about the basic materials that you need to refer to for your moot, based on its subject matter. These are the necessary materials that you are going to use at some…