About the 2015 Moot Court Competition

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The semi-final and final rounds of Crystal Goddess of Justice – 2015 took place on November 19-20, 2015 in St. Petersburg

Moot Court Competition Final Rounds Ceremony

The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe about the Competition - 2015

The Institute for Law and Public Policy under the auspice of the Association of Lawyers of Russia and with the support of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe completed the Fifth All-Russian Moot Court Competition on Constitutional Justice for students Crystal Goddess of Justice.

The case which was brought before the court this year was called Planet of Apes or Case of Privilege of Witness.

27 teams were registered this year, but only 13 of them could prepare procedural documents for experts’ evaluation. The qualified and independent experts in constitutional law chose the four best teams: Urals State Law University, Tyumen State University, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Siberian Federal State University. 

The selected teams were granted the right to take part in the semi-final rounds held on November 19, 2015 at Law Faculty, St. Petersburg State University. Only the two top teams at the end of the first day were able to move to the final round: the representatives of Urals State Law University and Tyumen State University.

On November 20, 2015 the final day of the Competition was opened at Law Faculty, St. Petersburg State University. The jury of five experts had to assess the performance of the participants and to determine the winner. Despite the sufficient originality and persuasiveness of speeches presented by finalist teams, the team of Urals State Law University (consisted of Chirninov A., Belova A., Alaskarova A., Pilikin M., Serkova Y., Smetanin N. with trainers – Salikov M.S., Belyh M.L.) was evaluated as the most prepared and high-qualified.

Urals State Law University Team	Tyumen State University Team
Dostoevky Omsk State University	Siberian Federal State University Team

The main prize, Crystal Goddess, produced specifically for the event, was handed to the representatives of the Urals State Law University during the award ceremony of the winners and participants. In special nominations were awarded:

• For the Best Procedural Document (claim to the Russian Constitutional Court) – the winner is the team of Siberian Federal State University;
• For the Best Procedural Document (response to the claim by a public authority) – the winner is the team of Dostoevsky Omsk State University named after F.M. Dostoevsky;
• For the Best Legal Writing – the winner is the team of Tyumen State University;
• For the Best Use of Comparative Legal Method – the winner is the team of Urals State Law University;
• For the Excellent Knowledge and Use of the Legal Positions of the Russian Constitutional Court – the winner is the team of Siberian Federal University;
• For the Excellent Knowledge and Use of the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights – the winner is the team of Dostoyevsy Omsk State University named; .

Kharlova Maria (member of the Tyumen State University team) was awarded as the Best Speaker.

The 2015 Crystal Themis Competition Judges: Morshchakova Т.G.,                        Gadgiev G.А., Blankenagel А., Reznik G.M., Ivanov L.O.	Maria Kharlova received the award for the best oral speaker in the finals
Winners  of the Fifth All-Russian Moot Court Competition	Family photo

Some individual diplomas were awarded to the trainers and team members. The representatives of the organizers, partners, judges of the Russian Constitutional Court, representatives of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Chamber of Lawyers, Human Rights Commissioners from St. Petersburg and Sverdlovsk region attended the ceremony.

The chief partner of the 2015 Competition was the International Foundation for Legal Initiatives. The partner was the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation.

The informational partners of the Competition are: Saint Petersburg International Legal Forum, legal journals The Judge, The Comparative Constitutional Review, The International Justice, The New Lawyer Newspaper, The Bulletin of the European Court of Human Rights, law databases Consultant Plus and Garant, the first social network for lawyers Zakon.ru.

The Moot Court Competition Organizing Committee

tel.(495) 608-69-59; 608-66-35
fax (495) 608-69-15
e-mail: mootcourt_conlaw@mail.ru
Postal address: 129090, Moscow, P.O. Box 140
129090, Moscow, Shchepkina str, 8, 3А floor

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