John H. Jackson Moot Court
Welcome to the website of the John H. Jackson Moot Court! (formerly known as EC2)
University of Geneva is one of the best universities in the world in the moot court competition on WTO Law!
The final global oral round of the 20th WTO Law Moot Competition John H. Jackson Moot Court was held in June 2022 at the University of Geneva and at the World Trade Organisation. The team of the University of Geneva competed in the Finals’ preliminary rounds, but could not qualify for the quarter finals. Nonetheless, the University of Geneva team ranked among the best 24 teams in the world.
We wholeheartedly congratulate the following students for their hard work and academic professionalism:
Livia Antonina Thomas, Jonghoon Won, Jingjing Chen, Georg Hopfner, Emma Marie Grund, Hongda Sun.
And their coaches: Federico Daniele, Laure Barrat-Cusset, and Iljir Baftijari.
Special thanks go to Professor Gabrielle Marceau for her guidance and support throughout the whole competition.
From left to right: Emma Marie Grund, Jonghoon Won, Federico Daniele, Livia Antonina Thomas, Laure Barrat-Cusset, Hongda Sun, Professor Gabrielle Marceau, Georg Hopfner, and Jingjing Chen.
From left to right: Hongda Sun, Laure Barrat-Cusset, Jingjing Chen, Jonghoon Won, Georg Hopfner, and Livia Antonina Thomas.
The team’s journey started in September 2021 when ELSA (the European Law Students Association) announced the mock case. Following, the team prepared written submissions and filed the same on 15 January 2022. On February 2022, the team competed in one of the two European Regional Rounds. The Regional Rounds took place online due to the ongoing Covid pandemic. The team delivered an excellent performance gaining access to the John H. Jackson Moot Court Finals and qualified for the final round of the First European Oral Round.
In June 2022, the team participated in the Final Global Oral Round with other finalist teams from all over the world at the University of Geneva and the World Trade Organisation. Notwithstanding a remarkable performance against the University of International Business and Economics, School of Law, China; as Complainant, and the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India, as Respondent, the team did not qualify to the next stages of the competition.
The University team benefited from the financial and professional support of the Law Faculty’s Dean Office, and the head of the Public International Law and International Organization Department. The law firm Akin Gump also provided indispensable financial support for the team in the competition.
If you are interested in participating in this challenging, yet rewarding competition on WTO law in the 2022/23 edition, please reach out to Federico Daniele, Assistant for the WTO course ().
