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ACTIVITIES BY THE SCHOOL OF LAW

Participation in Annual Willem C. Vis 2017
International Commercial Arbitration Naz Beren Alp, İsmet Özgün Baykal, Ekrem Aksoy,
Moot Burak Dalyancı, Begüm Naz Orhon, Işıl Kılıç, Aylin
Yavuz, Fırat Kaplan, Jan Koç, Bedriye Yılmaz and Res.
2016 Asst. Yiğitcan Çankaya participated in oral hearing
This year, the School of Law participated in Annual session of the contest held between 7 - 13 April 2017.
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration The team successfully represented our University
Moot for the first time. Naz Beren Alp, Ayşe Begümhan in Vienna after the preparation contests took place
Bilgin, Hüseyin Cihan Öreşe, Yiğitcan Çankaya, Hande
Elif Acar ve İsmet Özgün Baykal represented our in Kiev with the participation of the teams of Bilkent
university successfully. Having passed the written University, Yildirim Beyazit University and other
exam after a round of hard work, our team took part universities from Ankara.
in oral hearings held in Vienna between 18 - 24 March 2018
2016. After the hearings that took place for four days,
the team ranked in the top 64 teams including other Muhammet Ekrem Aksoy, Cihan Öreşe, Işıl Kılıç, Aylin
Turkish universities. Buenos Aires University won the Yavuz, Alara Açılmış and İremsu Keskin participated
second stage of the contest including 311 teams from in the competition organized between 22 - 29 March
96 countries. Lec. Payam Paul Danesh, Lec. Dr. Dilşad 2018. The team led by Res. Asst. Yiğitcan Çankaya
Çiğdem Sever and Res. Asst. Zeynep Müftüoğlu Hoş took part in pre-moots held in Brussels and Berlin to
accompanied our team in Vienna. prepare for the competition in Vienna.
Moot Court team returned home with significant Our team gained important information and
experiences on international commercial arbitration and experience about the contest by competing against
academic life. The legal and social experiences that our Göttingen, Silesia, Freiburg and Turin Universities.
students gained during the contest were unique.

About the Contest
Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration
Moot is known for being the most prestigious
international commercial arbitration court case
competition around the world. In 2017, participation
of 330 teams from 98 countries broke a record in the
history of the contest held in Hong Kong and Vienna.
The competition, which is intended for both doctrine
and practice in the international platform, consists of
two stages:
the written petition stage and the oral hearing stage in
spring. Drawing up two petitions as a defendant and
plaintiff, students match with 4 different universities
in hearing stage. Students, who seek for a career or
interested in international commercial arbitration,
have an opportunity to meet with important names
of both continental Europe and Anglo-Saxon doctrine
and enjoy a unique experience during the trials where
practice meets theory.

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