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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens wins Seventeenth IRLM

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens successfully defended its 2023 title, defeating the Université de Liège in the Seventeenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition, at a Grand Final held in the magnificent Justizpalast in Vienna on Friday 5 April 2024. The winning team consisted of Danae...

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens wins Sixteenth IRLM

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens defeated the University of Cambridge in the Sixteenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition, at a Grand Final held against the stunning backdrop of the Oden of the Villa of Vedius Pollio at the Pausilypon on the Bay of Naples on Friday 21 April 2023. The winning...

Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen wins Fifteenth IRLM

Mooting in the Stoa of Attalos in the Ancient Agora of Athens, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen defeated the University of Cambridge in the Fifteenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition on Friday 8 April 2022. The victorious team consisted of Benjamin Zeeb, Patroklus Witte, Constantin Diem and Emilia Pfau...

Athens to host the Fifteenth IRLM

The Conclave held following the Fifteenth Moot gratefully accepted the invitation extended by A/Professor Athina Dimopoulou for the Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών ( National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) to host the Fifteenth International Roman Law Moot in the Athens in March 2021, pandemic...

The University of Oxford wins the Fourteenth IRLM

The University of Oxford defeated the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II in the Fourteenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition on 9 April 2021. Yun Kei Chow and Ben Stanley for Oxford, with colleagues Henry Fahrenkamp and Kacper Kryk at the virtual bar table, and Renata Nigrelli and Eleonora Mainardi...

University of Cambridge wins Thirteenth IRLM

The University of Cambridge defeated the Universität Wien to claim victory in the Thirteenth International Roman Law Moot Court Competition on 4 September 2020. The team consisted of Adam Brown (Q), Jared Foong (CHR), Caitlin Moore (CHR) and Tom Williamson (JN), all of whom only recently completed Part IA of the Law Tripos. Mr Jean Meiring, Prof. Wolfgang Ernst, Prof. Thomas Rüfner, Prof. Jean-François Gerkens and Prof. Joe Sampson presided at the Grand Final.

Thirteenth IRLM moves online

The Conclave held on 26 June 2020 decided that, on account of the present pandemic, the Thirteenth IRLM would be held online, in the period from 2 to 6 September 2020, for those teams willing and able to participate remotely. Competition documents are now available on the Thirteenth IRLM page .

Tübingen prepares to host the Fourteenth IRLM

Professor Dr Thomas Finkenauer and his team at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen are preparing to host the Fourteenth International Roman Law Moot in Germany in April 2021. The preliminary rounds and semi-finals will take place in the Neue Aula at the Universität Tübingen, while the Small and Grand Finals will be...

Université de Liège wins Twelfth IRLM

A team from the Université de Liège, comprising Marie Beudels, Marie Duchesne, Nargisse El Houti and Zoé Ledent has won the Twelfth International Roman Law Moot, defeating the University of Oxford in the Grand Final, held in the Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral. This is the first time that Liège has secured the Palma Victoriae...

Students walking to Graduation at Senate house

Cambridge to host the Twelfth IRLM

The Conclave held at Kloster Heidberg following the Eleventh Moot gratefully accepted the invitation extended by Professor David Ibbetson for the University of Cambridge to host the Twelfth International Roman Law Moot in the United Kingdom in March 2019.