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.