ISPL Congratulates The Winner of the 2013 Lachs Moot

The 2013 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition was won by the team from Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. The International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University, the Netherlands was runner-up. Semi-finalists were the University of Pretoria, South Africa and National Law University (Delhi), India.

ISPL congratulates the members of these teams, their supporters and sponsors, as well as the other teams that competed.  “The Lachs Moot is a tremendous challenge for students of space law, and the quality of the entrants is always extremely high.  The competing teams deserve considerable praise for their dedication and hard work.” 

The World Finals were held at the Beijing Institute of Technology Law School, Beijing, China on 26 September 2013. Total participating universities numbered 60 from four regions. The 2013 problem was the Case Concerning the Operation of a Lunar Station (Lydios v Endymion), written by Professor Setsuko Aoki, Japan.

For more information about the awards, past and present, including the names of this year’s top teams and judges, see the IISL website.

For those considering entering the competition, the problem has been set for the 2014 Moot.