The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London is very proud to offer students from across the world the opportunity to participate in the annual Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot. The competition is generously sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills, one of the world’s leading law firms.

In 2022, we will invite 12 teams to compete in a moot competition in the home of The Dickson Poon School of Law, Somerset House East Wing, London. The competition will provide an excellent opportunity for students to practise and improve advocacy skills in front of a judging panel, drawn from international competition law specialists.

Scholarship

The Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot is delighted to offer one scholarship of £2000 to pay towards the costs of participating in the oral round for student members of a team from a University in a Medium or Low HDI Country (based on the UNDP Human Development Index). This scholarship will be awarded to the student members of the team with the highest score in the Written Round and which qualifies to participate in the Oral Round.

Oral round format:

The Moot organising team is closely monitoring developments globally in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic and therefore the final decision regarding the Oral Round’s venue is being kept under review. More information will become available the latest by Spring 2022. If conditions allow, we hope that the Moot will take place in-person in London. However, the circumstances of all teams will be taken into account, so that every team will be able to participate and therefore the format of the Oral Round may change depending on the circumstances.