First Edition of the Cross-Examination Moot (2021)

The week of 22-26 November 2021, the first edition of the Cross-Examination Moot took place virtually. This is the first standalone global platform to train students on the practice of cross-examination and quantum issues.

Over 200 students and coaches, from almost 40 teams, representing more than 20 nationalities, participated in over 70 hearings from all corners of the world. During the entire week, they cross-examined witnesses and even real quantum experts, based on a mock case concerning the construction of a windfarm.

A true success of the entire arbitration community!

Congratulations to ALL the teams and students that proved to be up for this new challenge!

Eight teams made it to the elimination rounds: (i)Sciences Po, (ii)National Law School of India, (iii)Queen Mary University of London, (iv)Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, (v)Chulalongkorn University, (vi)BPP University Law School, (vii)The Hague University of Applied Sciences, and (viii) Universität Hamburg.

The winners of the semi-finals (the "Jus Mundi Match") won a subscription to Jus Mundi.

The Moot Champion team, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, was awarded a prize equivalent to US$3,000, and the runner-up team, National Law School of India, was awarded a prize equivalent to US$2,000, both jointly sponsored by Maxwell Chambers and CAM-CCBC.

The best cross-examiner of the competition, Charlotte Lee Parker (The Hague University of Applied Sciences), was granted an internship with Compass Lexecon to immerse into the practice of arbitration, quantum issues, and cross examination of experts.

A special distinction was awarded to Rinreda Sakiyalak (Chulalongkorn University) and Maite Aguirre Quiñonero (BPP University Law School) for their excellent performance.

This huge achievement was only possible thanks to:

• The academic hosts of the Moot: Sciences Po, New York University, Queen Mary University of London, and the National University of Singapore.
• Our elite Board of Directors: (i)Diego Fernández Arroyo, (ii) Franco Ferrari, (iii) Loukas Mistelis, (iv) Sophie Nappert, (v) Gary Bell, (vi) Eleonora Coelho, (vii) Jean Kalicki, (viii) Samaa Haridi, (ix) Yas Banifatemi, and (x) Alexis Mourre.
• The professionality of the Case Committee: Martin Doe,Julian Bordacahar, Juan Ignacio Massun, Pía Ruggieri, and Danielle González (from The Permanent Court of Arbitration), and Carla Chavich, Andrés Barrera, Jack Ghaleb, Steve Hurley, Ariel Seidenfeld, Juan Garcia, Ria Abichandani, Alan Rozenberg, and Marcos Andelsman (from Compass Lexecon).
• The +200 colleagues that joined forces to act as arbitrators in different time zones throughout the week.
• The generosity of our sponsors: Maxwell Chambers, CAM-CCBC, Compass Lexecon,The Permanent Court of Arbitration, and Jus Mundi.
• Our team of coordinators: Mihaela Apostol, Pieter B. Munnik, Paola Patarroyo, and Danielle González.
• Our amazing group of volunteers: Zil Shah, Yasaschandra Devarakonda, Pragya Choudhary, Rebeca Matheus, Nwamaka Okany, Mara Villegas, Courtney Pipa, Oscar Figueroa, Minh Le, Jodi-Ann Stephenson, Manuela Andrade, Nicole Alvarez, Andra-Ioana Curutiu, and Halleluyah Afon.
• All the Friends of the Moot, that helped spreading the word about the Moot: PVYAP (Paris), AYAP (Argentina), DCVYAP (Washington DC), YRAP (Romania), MADVYAP (Madrid), GTVYAP (Guatemala), LVYAP (London), CYA (Costa Rica), Asian Law Students Association (ALSA), ECUVYAP (Ecuador), International Arbitration Juniors, Careers in Arbitration, Enerap, TDM Ogemid, UNCITRAL, Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (CLA), and The Pledge.
• The organizers of our side events: Pablo Jaroslavsky, Ljubica Kaurin Dragicevic, and Rosario Galardi.
• The Moot Executive Directors: Francisco Amallo, and Ezequiel Vetulli.

See you next year!