22nd Vis East Moot Oral Arguments:
30 March – 6 April 2025
BOTH Team and Arbitrator Registrations are OPEN!
ABOUT THE
VIS EAST MOOT
The Vis East Competition is the sister competition to the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. With the continuous rise in international commercial transactions and the inevitable resulting cross-border disputes in Asia, the Vis East provides law students, academics, and professionals with a similar exposure to, and experience in, international arbitration and international trade law as the Vis Moot in Vienna but with an Asian twist!
Why be a part of the Vis East?
Students
The Vis East Moot offers students unique and excellent opportunities to learn about international arbitration and trade law with a hands-on experience through the a simulated arbitration proceeding. It also allows students to establish a worldwide professional and personal networks with fellow law students and professionals who all have a common interest in international arbitration and trade law.
Academics
The Vis East Moot gives academics the opportunity to network, personally and professionally, with colleagues worldwide who share a common interest in international arbitration and trade law. It also connects academics with top notch students from various jurisdictions. The Vis East is also a platform for a number of international research projects involving various aspects in international arbitration and trade law.
Professionals
The Vis East Moot offers professionals an international networking platform allowing them to connect with legal and other professionals from jurisdictions worldwide, all of whom have a common interest in international arbitration and/or trade law. It also connects professionals with law students from a multitude of jurisdictions where they are able to experience first-hand the students written and oral advocate capabilities in a simulated arbitration proceeding.
Family
The Vis Moot community is unique from other professional events in that the community keeps in touch annually for years and is one large family. Lifetime professional and personal connections are made during the Vis East and the Moot Alumni Association formalizes these relationships and works to implement various instruments to ensure that the Vis Moot family stays in touch and continues to expand. The connections made at the Vis East are not solely professionally, but also personal – the Vis Moots have resulted in lifelong friendships and even in Vis Moot families!