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IU McKinney Vis Moot Court Team Competes in Preliminary Rounds
02/22/2017
The IU McKinney team for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot competed in preliminary rounds at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on February 18.
A total of 24 teams took part in each round, some of them from international law schools. Team McKinney argued in two rounds and team member Matt Whitlock was awarded second runner-up out of all the oralists at the competition.
“We considered it a great experience and hopefully this practice competition will make us a stronger, more competitive team in Vienna,” said team member Katherine Rice.
The Vis Moot draws around 3,000 competitors from roughly 300 law schools around the world. The competition begins with a writing portion that requires participants to analyze a set of facts, determine what law is applicable, and who has jurisdiction over the case. Each team then prepares a claimant and respondent brief, addressing both sides of the argument. This is the fifth consecutive year that IU McKinney has had a team in the competition. The competition’s final rounds are in Vienna, Austria, in April.
In the photo from left are competitors Amy Dunn, Kyle Montrose, Matt Whitlock, and Katherine Rice.
