The purpose of the CEEMC competition is to enable young lawyers in each country to become more aware of, and familiar with the law of the European Union and the application of EU law in member States.
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Congratulations to the University of Malta, winners of the CEEMC 2010 in Sofia
Many thanks to Clifford Chance for their continuing support and sponsorship.
Many thanks to Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston and all CEEMC judges for their efforts in Sofia in 2010.
This moot court competition simulates a mock trial using the basis of a preliminary reference from an EU Member State national court to the Court of Justice to the European Union and is based upon one or more issues of European Union substantive law.
The panel of judges includes professional judges, academics, representatives from the EU institutions and professional lawyers. Each participating team will be required to represent both the applicant and defendant, firstly in the form of a written outline of their arguments, which they then support orally before the court.
A number of participating countries have recently joined the European Union or are in the application process and have signed Association Agreements with the Community. Harmonisation of the laws of each of these countries will be essential to enable them to successfully pursue their application as well as to gain the utmost economic and constitutional benefit from the assistance given directly by the Union in development programmes.
In a competition involving so many young law students from the Central and Eastern European block in a European law context, the students are provided with a number of opportunities to develop skills which they may then use both at their home universities and in their professional lives.
