CYIL 2013

MILAN LIPOVSKÝ CYIL 4 ȍ2013Ȏ Sarajevo in November 2012, and the PF UK team also took part in the competition that year. In 2011 Dr. Bílková was also a member of the jury. The moot court was characterized by regional participation (twelve teams from Central and Eastern European universities). This particular moot court was very interesting, not only due to the topic of its fictitious scenario but also for the way the competition was organized. Both the competitors and the jury members have been exchanging the roles of representatives of the governments, of the rebels, UN’s representatives, etc. , so everybody saw the competition from various angles. Of course, there are many other moot courts as well. For example, students interested in economic issues may become members of teams competing in numerous moot courts that deal with international economic law. There is also an asylum moot court etc . There are actually so many that it is impossible to mention them all. However it also means that there are always opportunities, and the Department of International Law opens several selection procedures each academic year. Since I consider taking part in moot courts such a good opportunity for undergraduate students to discover and strengthen their skills, I would like to encourage them to participate as much as possible. It is valuable for both the school, which gains more acknowledgement, and the students, who have the possibility to try what the job they have chosen to do in the future looks like before they graduate. Milan Lipovský 5

5 Mgr. Milan Lipovský, is a student, Department of International Law, School of Law, Charles University in Prague. He graduated from the School of Law, Charles University in Prague in 2010 (Mgr. degree) and currently is studying in his second year of the PhD. program at the Department of International Law of the same school. In the academic year 2009/2010 he studied at the University of Kent (School of Law) as an Erasmus exchange student.