WILLEM C VIS INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION MOOT

The following information has been reprinted from the competition website with permission.

Contact

Professor Eric E Bergsten

Schimmelgasse 16/16

A-1030 Vienna, Austria

Phone and fax: + 43 1713-5408

E-mail: eric.bergsten@chello.at

Website: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/vis.html

When

The Problem is distributed on the first Friday in October. It is distributed by posting on the Moot website. A memorandum supporting the position of the claimant is due in Vienna early in December. Each participating team is sent a copy of the memorandum for claimant of one of the other teams in the Moot. A memorandum for respondent is prepared in response to the memorandum received, and is due in Vienna in mid-February. The oral arguments take place in Vienna, beginning on the Saturday a week prior to Easter and closing on Thursday of Easter week. The general rounds of the oral arguments take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna (Juridicum) on Saturday through Tuesday. Elimination rounds among the highest-ranking teams take place on Wednesday and Thursday, culminating in the final argument. The Moot closes with an awards banquet following the final argument.

Where

The oral hearings will be held primarily at the Faculty of Law (Juridicum) of the University of Vienna, Schottenbastei 10-16, A-1010 Vienna, with additional hearings at the offices of the law firm Dorda Brugger Jordis, Dr Karl Lueger, Ring 10, A-1010 Vienna.

Subject matter

The Moot involves a dispute arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.