The course's objective is to prepare students for their participation to the international competition “European Law Moot Court”. To this end, selected students will learn to carry out legal research on doctrine and case-law, to write memorials and to advocate orally for their arguments in English through the analysis of a fictitious case pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
At the end of the course, students will have developed skills related to:
- carrying out legal research in European Union law;
- analysis of complex questions analogous to those submitted to the EU Court of Justice in reality;
- preparation of written statements and oral presentations of legal arguments in English;
- ability to work in groups and individually.
At the end of the course, students will have developed skills related to:
- carrying out legal research in European Union law;
- analysis of complex questions analogous to those submitted to the EU Court of Justice in reality;
- preparation of written statements and oral presentations of legal arguments in English;
- ability to work in groups and individually.
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Students learn how to draft legal documents in foreign languages and how to argue in court (in English and French) on the basis of an in-depth study of the case and related case law.
Programme
This Legal Clinic aims to prepare students for participation in the most important Moot Court Competition in EU law, in which approximately one hundred universities from all continents participate each year. It includes the drafting of applicant and defendant documents in English, according to the Court's rules of procedure. In the event of success in the written preliminary stages, the teams will participate in four regional finals. In the event of success in the regional finals, the Team advances to the grand final, which takes place in Luxembourg before the judges of the Court of Justice. The regional finals and the grand final take place on the basis of oral hearings, held in English and French, according to the Court's rules of procedure.Students learn how to draft legal documents in foreign languages and how to argue in court (in English and French) on the basis of an in-depth study of the case and related case law.