2021 Jun 29The Moot Court Bench (MCB) team representing the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, emerged Champions at the Global Rounds of the 19th John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition, 2021. The John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition is the premier International Moot Court Competition organised annually by the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) focused on International Trade Law (ITL) and based on the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The UoC victors commenced their journey after being selected for the MCB’s International Trade Law Program in July, 2020, alongside a team from the Sri Lanka Law College. The UoC team was assisted by the Moot Court Bench (MCB). The Moot Court Bench is Sri Lanka’s first fully integrated training platform for advocacy in Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) and ITL in partnership with the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the United States Department of Commerce.

Source: The Nation June 29, 2021 14:03 UTC