Businet Moot Court

9^th edition BMC

Moot what...?

Target Group

23-28 March 2025
Alba-Julia

in cooperation with

1st December University

All Bachelor students from Law schools, Law faculties, and institutions offering a Bachelor in Law course or a Bachelor in of Law-related degree program (including postgraduate) with a sufficient knowledge of EU-Law and a good knowledge of the English language (B1 or higher) are eligible to participate.

Year & venue

Finalists

BMC Leading Council

2024   Ghent

2023   Vilnius (lt)
2022   Madrid (es)
2021   Online - Zoom
2019   Liège (be)
2018   Sittard/Maastricht (nl)
2017   Bolton (uk)
2015   Hasselt (be)

HELMo Liège  vs  HTW Berlin

AP Antwerpen UAS  vs  ZUYD UAS
HTW Berlin  vs  HoGent
HoGent  vs  UC Leuven
UC Leuven  vs  AP Antwerp UAS
ZUYD  vs  HELMo
HS Utrecht  vs  ZUYD
HTW Berlin  vs  UC Limburg

HTW Berlin

AP Antwerpen 
HoGent
UC Leuven
Artesis-Plantijn Antwerpen UAS
Haute Ecole Libre Mosane
ZUYD UAS
UC Limburg

The written round

• starts with the publication of the case to be solved.  See BMC 2025 page.
• Participating teams have to write a conclusion on a case that is based on EU legislation.
  • The written conclusion contains 2 different viewpoints: the applicant and the defendant.
  • During the written round teams can use all means and sources necessary to solve the case.

The oral rounds

• will take place in Alba-Julia from Sunday 23 until Friday 28 March 2025 and consists of 2 stages:
  a group stages followed by the knockout stage.
• In the group stage, max 12 teams compete within 2 or 3 groups. Each group plays a round-robin tournament, in which each team is scheduled for battles against other teams in the same group.
• The knockout stage is a single-elimination tournament in which teams play each other in one-off matches.
  These are followed by the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the grand-final.

A Coach

"...an individual who at any time during the Competition has responsibility for organizing, advising, or training a Team." (Art 1 BMC Rules)

A Referee

"...an individual determined as eligible by the administrator to be seated in a Judging Panel in order to conduct and evaluate any battle during the Competition Stage of the Oral Rounds." (Art 1 BMC Rules)

A Judge

"...an individual determined as eligible by the administrator to be seated in a Judging Panel in order to preside, conduct and evaluate a battle during the Knock-out Stage of the Oral Rounds." (Art 1 BMC Rules)

He or she:

• helps his/her team to prepare the pleadings;
• can help and guide his/her team in between the pleadings;
• is not allowed to help his/her team during the pleadings;
• is competent in legal research & methodology and in EU law.

Teams that do not appoint a referee will be dismissed without reimbursement!

A referee should:

• have an operational knowledge of the English language (minimum B2);

• be a Master in Law or a similar degree;

• be able to evaluate and judge the proceedings and pleadings.

• He or she can also  function as a coach.

Judges are appointed by the Administrator and the Co-organizing partner institution.

He/she should:

• not be involved in any of hte teams;

• have an operational knowledge of the English language (minimum B2);

• be a Master in Law or a similar degree;

• be able to evaluate and judge the proceedings and pleadings.