8-9 June 2024

Asia-Pacific Regional Round

The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition 2024 

Venue: Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Announced qualified 16 teams for the Oral Round (20 April 2024)


Memorials submission CLOSED (05 March 2024)

Registration CLOSED (31 December 2023). 

The Organizing Committee appreciate 31 teams participating this year's round!

Day 1 (8 June)

Preliminary Rounds

Day 2 (9 June)

Regional Semi-Finals and Final

Day 3 (10 June)

Inernational Symposium

Important dates for the 2024 Round


31 December 2023 - Deadline for Team Registration

  - Deadline for Submission of Requests for Clarifications

31 January 2024 Deadline for the Author of the Problem to give Response to Requests for Clarifications

28 February 2024→05 March 2024, 23:59 Japan Standard Time (JST)

Deadline for Submission of Written Memorials for Regional Rounds

20 April 2024 Announcement of the qualified teams to the Asia-Pacific Regional Oral Rounds

Please reference [RESULTS] page

8-9 June 2024 Asia-Pacific Regional Oral Rounds: Gakushuin University, Japan


Please see the Venue page for the details of the venue and accomodation.

If you have any questions regarding the competition, please contact the Asia-Pacific Regional Organizers: lachsmoot-asiapacific@iisl.space


 The Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court

Background:

•   Held yearly since 1992 by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

•   Involves about 80-100 law schools from around the world every year

• Prior space law course NOT a prerequisite. Many schools that have no space law course have won Regional Rounds and World Finals

• Largest round in the five Regional Rounds: Africa, Asia Pacific, North America, Latin America, Europe

World Finals:

•  Traditionally judged by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) judges.

• Held in October along with the International Astronautical Congress, which provides opportunities to meet space lawyers and space industry representatives from around the world.

•   The 2024 World Finals will take place in Milan, Italy.

 

For more info go to https://iisl.space/index.php/manfredlachs2024/

 

Registration

Registration Deadline: 31 December 2023 [!CLOSED!] 

The registration will require following steps. Please check in beforehand:

1)     Register online [CLOSED]

2)  Sign the IISL License and attach it to your registration in the respective field.

3)     Submit the registration fee of 40,000 JPY to the PayPal account of the Regional Organizing Committee. (Assosiated cost will be added in the invoice.)

Payment instructions will be provided to your Point of Contact upon your registration. The payment due will be 10 January 2024.

(Bank transfer will also be available however with higher commission fee depending on the banks. If you request bank transfer, please inform us after your registration.) 

Each team must have one faculty advisor. In addition, a team may have one assistant advisor.

Registration fee:

The 40,000 JPY (FOURTY THOUSAND JAPANESE YEN) registration fee per team. (Assosiated cost excluded.)


Participating Teams shall comply with the Specific Regional Rules of the Asia-Pacific Regional Round, (adopted pursuant to article 2(2) of the Official Rules of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition), for participation of the Asia Pacific Regional Rounds 2024 in all respects.

If a Sponsor wish to organize a National Funding Round in accordance with the Article 6 of the Specific Regional Rules of the Asia-Pacific Regional Round, the Sponsor needs to coordinate with the Regional Organizer IN ADVANCE as such.


Rules

We remind all teams to carefully read both sets of rules applicable to the Asia-Pacific Regional Rounds:


References

2024 Problem and other sources

IISL Official website for 2024 Competition 


Video clips of the 2023 Regional Round

MLSpace Law Moot AP 2023 -FINAL.mp4

Regional Final

Panoramic view

MLSpace Law Moot AP 2023 - FINAL Pleadings.mp4

Regional Final

Judge's view

MLSpace Law Moot AP 2023 - Semi Final 501.mp4

Regional Semi-Final

Court room 1

MLSpace Law Moot AP 2023 - Semi Final 502.mp4

Regional Semi-Final

Court room 2