Mooting competitions and legal clinics
Mooting competitions
Student teams of the Maastricht law faculty keep scoring high at international mooting competitions. During such mooting competitions, student teams work intensively on a hypothetical case. The format of the mooting competitions differ depending on whether they simulate a law office environment (client consultation competitions) or a court or arbitration environment (moot court competitions).
A client consultation competition simulates a law office consultation in which law students, acting as attorneys, are presented with a client matter. They conduct an interview with a person playing the role of the client and then explain how they would proceed further in the hypothetical situation.
In moot court competitions, student teams work intensively on a hypothetical court case, prepare written submissions, and finally plead on behalf of their parties against other universities in front of benches of judges or law professor.
For a list of mooting competitions our Faculty participate in, click on 'Mooting Competitions' on the left side menu.
For questions or requests on mooting competitions, please contact the moot competitions coordinator: Pauline Melin at pauline.melin@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Legal clinics
Bringing reality in the classroom enhances student employability. We established two clinical education programmes that offer live-client or other real-life practice, reaching out to NGOs who need help in problem-solving and community-building.
Read more about offering students real-life practice in the class room.
Participation in mooting competitions and legal clinics is extracurricular, no credits are granted within the programme
Participation in mooting competitions and legal clinics is always subject to multiple variables. Check the student portal for more information on application and deadlines
News
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The UM team came second in the Grand Final of the 12th edition of the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition, which took place at the European Court of Human Rights.
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Sweeping success for our faculty in the VAR-moot court competition!
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Sweeping success for our faculty in the Comparative Law in Action (CLIA) Competition!
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The team representing Maastricht pleaded at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg in April 2024, ending top four out of the 80 participating teams.
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The international finals of the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition (ICCC) took place in Lublin, Poland, in the second week of April 2024. The finals were organized by the Catholic University of Lublin. Teams from 22 countries from all over the world participated.