Moot court on criminal law and criminal procedure for students from Armenia

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Published: January 9, 2025
Participants' discussion during the moot court – the photo was taken by Winfried Schubert, former President of the State Constitutional Court Saxony-Anhalt
Participants' discussion during the moot court – the photo was taken by Winfried Schubert, former President of the State Constitutional Court Saxony-Anhalt
Armenia

In the simulated court or arbitration proceedings of a moot court, participants gain valuable practical experience by taking on different roles in court proceedings in their teams. The IRZ regularly supports the moot court format to promote teamwork, rhetoric and the legal ‘trade’ (legal research, methodology, etc.) and to offer interested students the opportunity to network. That is why the seventh criminal law moot court, organised by the IRZ and the Faculty of Law at Yerevan State University, took place in Aghveran in November 2024.

Two teams from Yerevan State University, the team from Gavar FEMIDA State University (Aragatsotn region) and two teams from Yerevan French University were admitted to the IRZ moot court after a written selection process. At the end of the two-day event, the German-Armenian jury honoured the team from the law faculty of Yerevan State University with an award during a prize-giving ceremony. The celebratory closing event was attended by, among others, Mr Nerses Zejnalyan, adviser to the Minister of Justice, and Ms Tatevik Sudjyan, a representative of the Court of Cassation, as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Harutjun Khachikyan.