From February 3-7, CLDP, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for International Legal Education, and United Arab Emirates University, will conduct the 15th Annual MENA Vis Pre-Moot in Abu Dhabi. The Pre-Moot is...

From February 5-9, CLDP, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for International Legal Education, and United Arab Emirates University, conducted the 14th Annual MENA Vis Pre-Moot in Abu Dhabi. The Pre-Moot is an...

From February 16 – 20, 2024, CLDP, in partnership with European Humanities University (EHU), conducted the 1st Annual EHU Pre-Moot and CLDP Training Course in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Pre-Moot is an annual interactive training program focused on international commercial arbitration geared toward law...

From February 16-17, 2024, CLDP, in coordination with the University of Montenegro, will hold a two-day Pre-Moot competition to prepare law students for the 31^st Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place Vienna in March. There will be a total of 11 universities competing in the...

From February 12-15, 2024, CLDP, in coordination with the University of Montenegro, conducted a three-day training on oral advocacy to prepare law students from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, and Montenegro for the 31st Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will took place in Vienna...

From February 14-18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Germany to compete in the annual Willem C. Vis International...

From October 28-31, CLDP, in coordination with the University of Tuzla and Association ARBITRI, conducted a Workshop on Written Arguments for 44 students from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Kosovo participating in the Willem C. Vis Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition. The four-day training...

From July 19 – 21, CLDP kicked off the 2023 – 2024 Vis Moot Season with the first Summer Course on International Commercial Arbitration in Islamabad, Pakistan, hosted by the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST). Students from NUST, Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, Bahria University...

Congratulations to the Vis Moot team representing the Royal Institute of Colombo, coached by The Moot Court Bench for making history as the first Sri Lankan team to win the Willem C. Vis East Moot!  After 8 months of intensive training, drafting memoranda, facing multiple practice rounds with...

From March 19-26, 2023, law students representing 8 universities from Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic competed among 111 universities in the 20th Annual Willem C. Vis East Moot in Hong Kong. CLDP sponsored the teams' participation in this premier...