PAX MOOT

The case for the 2025 Ulrich Huber Round of the PAX Moot Court is now available for all participants! This year’s case has been designed to offer a complex and engaging challenge as well as to inspire critical thinking and deep analysis. We hope it will captivate students and provide a rewarding experience as they prepare for the competition. Best of luck to all teams as they embark on their journey through this year’s case!

You can access the full case here.

The Registrations for the PAX Moot 2025 are now officially open. Please find the registration form here.

Upon receiving a confirmation e-mail, your registration will be complete. Please note that there is no registration fee.

The Organising Team is excited to announce that the new round of the PAX MOOT competition is officially launched. The 2024-2025 case will be available on our website by the end of October 2024 and the dates and venue of the oral round will also be known by then.

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For those who cannot wait to get started, please note that registration will be open from next week onwards and you will be able to register your team under the registration section here.

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We anticipate that this new round will once again bring together teams from over the world and we hope it encourages all participants to question and deepen their understanding of private international law.

The PAX Moot Court 2024 – Petar Šarčević Round took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from the 23rd to the 26th of April 2024. Thanks to the hosts from the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana, the general rounds and semi-finals were held at the Faculty, whereas the finals took place at the District Court of Ljubljana.

After receiving a total of 39 team registrations, we were happy to receive 31 written memoranda, and to welcome 29 teams in Ljubljana. The teams attending the oral rounds came from 18 different countries, with 24 teams coming from the EU and 5 from the non-EU area. A total of 107 students presented their arguments during the oral rounds.

After a thrilling final pleading, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski“ ended up winning the competition, with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki coming in second. The teams from the University of Ljubljana and the Jagiellonian University in Cracow advanced to the semi-finals.

KU Leuven won the award for the best written memorandum, with the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki taking second place, and the Maqsut Narikbayev University coming in third.

Henri Vandeputte (University of Cologne) won the award for the Best Oralist, whereas Daria Rożniakowska (Jagiellonian University in Cracow) came in second, and Caroline Kroll (University of Cologne) in third.

We sincerely thank the European Commission for its continuous support of the PAX 2.0 Project, which has enabled us to organise another edition of the PAX Moot Court.

The PAX Team eagerly expects the outcome of our pending funding proposal. We hope next year's PAX Moot Court will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and we are looking forward to seeing you there!

PAX Moot 2024 applications open today!

All interested teams are kindly invited to fill in the registration form on the website. At the same time, we invite you to find more information about the PAX Moot on the website.

Registration is open until 21 January 2024.

Join us for this unique experience!

We are also available at info@paxmoot.eu for any further questions.

We're excited to announce that the PAX MOOT 2024 competition case is now available on our website!

This year's round is dedicated to the memory of renowned Croatian scholar Dr. Petar Šartčević.

​We anticipate that this year's case will once again bring together teams from throughout the world, encouraging students to question and deepen their understanding of private international law.

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Registrations for PAX Moot 2024 will open on 10 November 2023.

We are thrilled to announce a successful completion of the PAX Moot Court 2023 – Peter Nygh Round!

The competition took place in Antwerp from 3 to 5 May. The preliminary rounds were held at the University of Antwerp and the semi-finals and finals at the Antwerp court.

The number of teams competing in this year's PAX Moot was the highest so far (37 teams). We were delighted to host 28 teams in the oral rounds. These 28 teams came from 12 EU states and 5 non-EU countries. There were 9 teams competing for the first time. The oral rounds were attended by 110 students in total. In the competition, 48 judges, attorneys, and academics served as judges.

The University of Ljubljana won the oral rounds, with the University of Vienna coming in second. The teams from Maastricht University and Singapore Management University advanced to the semi-finals.

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The University of Vienna won the prize for the best written memorials, with the University of Ghent in second place and the University of Sofia in third.

Matej Igličar (University of Ljubljana) received the Best Oralist award. In the second place came Maximilian Murtinger and in third place Gustav Kirchauer (both of the University of Vienna).

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We would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to the European Commission for its financial support of the PAX 2.0 Project, which enables us to organize the PAX Moot Court!

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Next year’s PAX Moot court competition will take place from 24 to 26 April in Ljubljana.

Dear PAX Moot Teams!

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The Rules for the 2023 edition of the competition are now published on our website.

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If you have any inquires regarding the new Rules and Procedures, please don’t hesitate to contact us at: info@paxmoot.eu

We are thrilled to announce that the PAX MOOT 2023 competition case and schedule are now published! This year's round is dedicated to the memory of Dr Peter Nygh. 

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We hope that this year's case will once again bring together teams from across the globe and will encourage students to challenge and deepen their understanding of private international law. 

Dear PAX friends,

We are happy to announce that the continuation of the PAX Moot Court Competition is possible thanks to the pledged funding under the JUST 2027 Programme of the European Commission. The PAX organizing team is very thankful to the European Commission for their renewed support for the coming two years.

The tentative schedule for the 2022-2023 Round will be available soon. Note that the case will be out earlier than in previous years: 21 October 2022 is the target date. We hope that all participating teams will be willing to deepen your knowledge in private international law and enhance your advocacy skills around this new case!

As foreshadowed, we look forward to hosting the competition’s oral rounds in Antwerp in early May 2023. Obviously this is all very much subject to further adjustments if circumstances require.

We are getting ready for the 2022-2023 round and hope you’ll be in touch soon!

The PAX organizing team

The Oral Rounds of the PAX Moot 2022 are successfully completed!

This year's winner is the University of Ljubljana. The runner-up is the team from the Ghent University.

The award for the best written memorial went to Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and University of Vienna.The best pleader of the oral rounds was Santiago García Parga from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Congratulations to the winning teams and a big thank you to all participating students for helping us create three unforgettable days!

A special thank you goes to the European Commission for their financial support of the PAX Moot Court and to the Université Paris Dauphine and Sciences Po for hosting us in Paris!

The Oral Rounds of the PAX Moot Court 2022 will begin tomorrow in Paris and will take place the Université Paris Dauphine and SciencesPo.​

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Follow what's happening on PAX Moot website or on our LinkedIn and Facebook profiles. 

Clarifications to the PAX 2022 case have been published and are available on the website. 

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We advise all participating teams to study them very carefully. 

All teams interested in participating at the PAX Moot 2022 - Borrás Round are welcome to register at our website by filling out a form, which can be under REGISTRATION.

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We are looking forward to hot teams from the EU Member States as well as teams from around the globe who share our interest in private international law. 

We are happy to announce that the PAX Moot 2022 - Borrás Round has been launched.

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The case can found on our website under PAX 2022.

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This year's competition is dedicated and bears the name of Prof Alegría Borrás Rodríguez.

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We wish all participating team the best of luck!

The (provisional) schedule of the Virtual Oral Rounds of the Pax Moot 2021 is now published. Please visit the Home page to see the schedule.

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Please note that last minute changes could still occur.

The oral rounds of the competition will be conducted in a fully remote manner online, due to Covid-19 restrictions. Therefore, all of the teams who have submitted their written memoranda (24 teams in total) will be able to participate in the oral general rounds, where each Team will plead twice as Claimant, twice as Defendant. 

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The schedule of the competition and technical details about the oral rounds will follow in due course. 

The case for the PAX Moot 2021 – von Mehren Round is now published!