EHU students have begun their intensive preparation for the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot)
EHU students have begun their intensive preparation for the annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot). On November 6–8, the Vis Moot Team, comprising students from the BA Law programme of the Academic Department of Social Sciences, participated in the SWPS University “Vis Moot Bootcamp 2026” in Warsaw, Poland. The event brought together 15 Vis Moot teams from 10 countries.
Over three intensive days, our team, consisting of five BA Law students and two coaches, participated in a range of lectures and workshops dedicated to Vis Moot preparation, including an advanced analysis of this year’s problem, an overview of substantive and procedural law in international arbitration, workshops on stress management and oral advocacy, as well as discussions on how participation in the Vis Moot can shape a legal career. In addition, on November 6, the team attended the conference “Two Systems, One Tribunal: Common Law and Civil Law in International Commercial Arbitration,” and on November 7, the Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF).
The bootcamp provided an excellent networking opportunity, allowing our students to connect with teams from other universities, as well as with practising lawyers, experts, and academics in the field of international commercial law and arbitration. This was an important stage in our students’ preparation for one of the most prestigious international moot court competitions in the field of private law. The Vis Moot brings together law students from universities around the world. Although the competition itself will take place in March 2027, our team is already preparing intensively.
The event was organised and hosted by SWPS University in Warsaw in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP). On behalf of the Academic Department of Social Sciences at EHU, we are sincerely grateful to CLDP for its support, which made our team’s participation in the bootcamp possible.
The Academic Department of Social Sciences at EHU is proud of our students. We wish them every success in their preparations for the competition!
