ELSA Bucuresti a organizat Runda Regionala a Concursului international de procese simulate �EMC2�

Bucurestiul a fost gazda uneia dintre cele cinci runde regionale ale acestei competitii, alaturi de Halle (Germania), Manila (Filipine), Washington D.C. (Statele Unite ale Americii) si Johannesburg (Africa de Sud), marea finala a competitiei urmand sa se desfasoare la Geneva, Elvetia. In Romania au ajuns echipe din 10 tari (Franta, Elvetia, Rusia, Ucraina, Olanda, Danemarca, Finlanda, Grecia, Germania, Belgia), ce si-au prezentat pledoariile privind o problema de drept al comertului international.

Runda Regionala de la Bucuresti a fost castigata de reprezentantii Universitatii din Maastricht (Olanda), locul al doilea revenind echipei Universitatii din Halle, Germania. Alaturi de finalisti, si celelalte doua semi-finaliste, echipa Universitatii din Geneva (Elvetia) si reprezentantii KU Leuven (Belgia) s-au calificat la faza finala a competitiei, de la Geneva. Echipa castigatoare a fost compusa din Tatiana Yanguas Acosta, Alexandra Bihain si Koen Orbons, pregatiti de Iveta Alexovicova si Marie Denise Prevost si asistati de Emilio Arteaga Vazquez.

Concursul a avut loc in Palatului Facultatii de Drept a Universitatii din Bucuresti si la Curtea de Apel Bucuresti. Acesta s-a desfasurat pe perioada a trei zile, doua dintre ele fiind dedicate rundelor preliminare, in care echipele au pledat de doua ori, schimbandu-si calitatea procesuala. In cea de-a treia zi au avut loc semifinalele si finala Rundei Regionale. Juriul a fost alcatuit din experti la nivel mondial, profesori si avocati specializati in materia comertului international: Altagracia Cuevas-Arthur, Dean Merriman, Amelia Keene, Jan Bohanes, Gracia Marin-Duran, Lorand Bartels, Maria Alcover, Charles Julien, Jenya Grigorova si Catalin Radbata.

Koen Orbons, membru al echipei castigatoare: ``It was very challenging to engage with the Members of the Panel. Of course you try to prepare as good as possible for any questions they might ask, but the Panellist still managed to surprise us on more than one occasion. It is then when you really get tested. It was also very interesting to hear what the other teams had come up with regarding the case. We have of course lived this case (even dreamed about it) for half a year, and it`s cool to finally find out what other teams and the Panel focused on.``. Koen a facut si cateva mentiuni cu privire la partea sociala a evenimentului: ``Until after the final, the social part went past me a little bit. We were constantly practicing our pleadings, and re-adjusting them on the basis of the questions we got from the Panel and on what went wrong in our pleadings. After the finals, it was great to finally let go and have fun with the other teams and everyone involved in the competition.``

ELSA Bucuresti multumeste Societatii civile de avocati Bulboaca si Asociatii, Societatii civile de avocati Popovici Nitu si Asociatii, Societatii civile de avocati Wolf Theiss si Facultatii de Drept a Universitatii din Bucuresti pentru sprijinul acordat in organizarea acestui eveniment .

Rasmus R. Duggen, membru al echipei provenind de la University of Southern Denmark, a fost de acord sa ne impartaseasca impresiile sale: ``In my opinion the Organizing Committee did an amazing job hosting the Regional Round of EMC2 in Bucharest. The city itself did set a great frame for the competition and the organizers ensured that everything went as smoothly as planned. It was a very pleasant experience``.

ELSA (The European Law Students` Association) este o asociatie internationala, independenta, apolitica, condusa de si pentru studenti. ELSA Romania este singura asociatie a studentilor la drept care activeaza la nivel National. Parte a ELSA Romania, grupul local ELSA Bucuresti contribuie prin cele trei departamente principale (Activitati Academice, Seminare & Conferinte, Student Trainee Exchange Programme) la dezvoltarea culturala si profesionala a studentilor si a tinerilor juristi. Implicand stagii de practica, seminare si conferinte, publicatii sau procese simulate, ELSA are ca scop principal evolutia tinerilor in sistemul juridic.

Laura-Elena Ivan

ELSA Bucuresti