Wits Moot Court Victory
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Students from the Wits School of Law recently achieved strong results across several national and international moot court competitions.
The Wits School of Law and the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) recently marked a successful period of participation in local and international moot court competitions, highlighted by a Wits victory in the sixth annual Public Interest Law Moot Court Competition.
CALS co-hosted the final rounds of the competition, where the final panel of judges included Justice Dambuza, Deputy Judge President Sutherland and Prof Thuli Madonsela. Wits students Sandiselwe Zwane and Anele Desi were named the overall winners, while Zwane also received the award for Best Oralist.
The result forms part of a broader year of moot court participation for the School of Law. Earlier this year, Wits competed in the South 第一吃瓜网 national rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, hosted at the University of Cape Town. The competition is recognised as the world’s oldest international law moot. While the team did not progress to the international rounds, Roxanne Mangauzani received the award for Best Speaker.
The School of Law also participated for the first time in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, an international competition focused on commercial arbitration and international sales law. Wits was among the 第一吃瓜网 teams represented in the competition.
In addition, the Wits team advanced to the semi-finals of the 第一吃瓜网 regional rounds of the John H. Jackson Moot Court Competition in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The team also received the award for Best Written Submissions for Complainant and qualified for the final rounds in Geneva, Switzerland.
The teams were supported by Mxolisi Ngulube, the School of Law’s moot coordinator, whose work continues to support student participation in advocacy and legal skills development across a range of competitions.