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MILAN LIPOVSKÝ
CYIL 4 ȍ2013Ȏ
Sarajevo in November 2012, and the PF UK team also took part in the competition
that year. In 2011 Dr. Bílková was also a member of the jury. The moot court was
characterized by regional participation (twelve teams from Central and Eastern
European universities). This particular moot court was very interesting, not only
due to the topic of its fictitious scenario but also for the way the competition was
organized. Both the competitors and the jury members have been exchanging the
roles of representatives of the governments, of the rebels, UN’s representatives,
etc.
,
so everybody saw the competition from various angles.
Of course, there are many other moot courts as well. For example, students
interested in economic issues may become members of teams competing in numerous
moot courts that deal with international economic law. There is also an asylum
moot court
etc
. There are actually so many that it is impossible to mention them
all. However it also means that there are always opportunities, and the Department
of International Law opens several selection procedures each academic year. Since
I consider taking part in moot courts such a good opportunity for undergraduate
students to discover and strengthen their skills, I would like to encourage them to
participate as much as possible. It is valuable for both the school, which gains more
acknowledgement, and the students, who have the possibility to try what the job
they have chosen to do in the future looks like before they graduate.
Milan Lipovský
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Mgr. Milan Lipovský,
is a student, Department of International Law, School of Law, Charles University
in Prague. He graduated from the School of Law, Charles University in Prague in 2010 (Mgr. degree) and
currently is studying in his second year of the PhD. program at the Department of International Law of the
same school. In the academic year 2009/2010 he studied at the University of Kent (School of Law) as an
Erasmus exchange student.