Advanced Mooting Part I (Arbitration Procedure, the CISG & Advanced Mooting)

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This course, Parts I & II, provides the students the enriching opportunity to participate and compete in person in the 30th annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot East or Vis Moot Vienna ("Moot"). Students must take Part I to enroll in Part II. The full course builds on the fundamental knowledge and research, brief writing, and oral argument preparation and performance gained in the prior year of participation. This course provides complex and immediately applicable knowledge as to the process, procedure, and legal framework of international commercial arbitration. This course provides a deeper substantive study of international legal materials including the Convention on the International Sale of Goods, the UNIDROIT Principles, the NY Convention, national laws, and other international rules, laws, conventions, treaties, awards, and decisions. Moreover, the course requires significant teamwork and will result in team mentorship & unity. The course ends in professional-level, exhilarating, international oral argument competitions.