Simulated arbitration on-line; training law students in a multi-jurisdictional context

Panayotis Glavinis,H Çalişkan,E Masal,I Önder,Ş Beşoluk

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20162601119

Abstract

This project enables law students from different countries to participate in a simulated arbitration case on-line. The objective of this innovative e-training distance learning tool is to familiarize law students with law and practice of international commercial arbitration. International arbitration is more than another way to settle cross-border commercial disputes. It is a real forum where the law governing international economic relations is progressively elaborated, applied and enforced in a constantly changing world. Law students need to get themselves acquainted with this discipline, which is particularly adapted to the modern requirements of an increasingly globalized economy. Four Universities participated in the simulated arbitral proceedings using this tool: http://mockarbitrationonline.blogspot.gr/ The case selected was related to a multinational cross-border business transaction. Instead of using fictitious states (such as Utopia or Ruritania), specific countries were selected (such as Czech Republic, Ukraine and Greece), in order for students to apply the legal rules, which are actually in force in these countries.

Highlights

The beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year in the Law School of the Aristotle University was marked with the launching of a far-reaching and highly ambitious project – mock arbitration trial between the students of different Universities across Europe, i.e. the Aristotle University as host institution and the claimant in the simulated proceedings; Odessa National University named after I.I
In view of the rising importance and rapid evolvement of the international commercial arbitration practice (Redfern, p. 1), a Corresponding author: glavinis@law.auth.gr participation in the mock trial is one-of-a-kind chance for the students to get a foretaste of the real proceedings in the arbitration court and prepare themselves for the future legal career
Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, and others) is as follows: Moot court is an interactive simulation of resolving a legal dispute in a pre-defined forum, including but not limited to local courts, arbitration venues, dispute resolution Boards attached to International Institutions and others, which is grounded on a fictional case and usually has a two-stage structure, i.e. the written round and the oral presentation

Summary

Introduction

The beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year in the Law School of the Aristotle University was marked with the launching of a far-reaching and highly ambitious project – mock arbitration trial between the students of different Universities across Europe, i.e. the Aristotle University as host institution and the claimant in the simulated proceedings; Odessa National University named after I.I. Participation in the mock trial is one-of-a-kind chance for the students to get a foretaste of the real proceedings in the arbitration court and prepare themselves for the future legal career

About the Moot courts

The mock arbitration project

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