The Deakin ICA Moot provides law students from Australia and overseas with the opportunity to develop practical skills and engage with international commercial law and arbitration. You’ll also develop your advocacy skills and engage with experienced legal professionals to expand your knowledge and network with potential future colleagues.
The competition takes place virtually every September over four days. Each team competes in two preliminary rounds during the first two days, once as claimant and once as respondent. The elimination rounds, quarterfinals and semifinals take place on days three and four.
The rounds are judged by legal practitioners who have competed in the Vis Moot or similar moots, who practice in the field or are academics with an interest in this area of law. You will receive feedback from the arbitrators after each round to develop your skills.
Each law school or law student society can enter a maximum of two teams (one primary team and one reserve team) of two or three participants. All participants must be current Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor students. Supporters and onlookers are welcome to view the grand final. Registrations for 2025 open Monday 2 June via this page. Before then, you can contact us with any other questions.
The Deakin ICA Moot is proudly sponsored by CIArb and College of Law.
The Deakin ICA Moot is proud to support Africa in the Moot.
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Find out about the moot problem and rules, plus see the prizes on offer. Dates are revised each year the moot takes place.
You’ll have the chance to compete for a shared monetary prize. Awards are also given to the best oralists and submissions.
Winning team: shared prize of gift vouchers totaling AUD $1000. Each winner receives a certificate and trophy.
Runner-up team: individual trophies and certificates for each team member.
Best oralist (grand final): trophy and certificate.
Best oralist (rounds): trophy and certificate.
Best submission (claimant): certificate for each team member.
Best submission (respondent): certificate for each team member.
Registration opens: Monday, 2 June
Registration closes: Tuesday, 17 June
Confirmation of registration: Wednesday, 18 June
Information session for participants: Monday, 23 June
Question release date: Tuesday, 1 July
Requests for clarifications due by: Tuesday, 15 July
Clarifications response released: Tuesday, 22 July
First submission (for Claimant) due: Tuesday, 5 August
Exchange of memoranda: Wednesday, 6 August
Second submission (for respondent) due: Wednesday, 13 August
Exchange of memoranda: Thursday, 14 August
Release of bench notes: Friday, 22 August
Preliminary rounds: Tuesday 2, and Wednesday, 3 September
Elimination rounds and quarter-final: Tuesday, 9 September
Semi-final and grand final: Wednesday, 10 September
Please note: The competition is run from Melbourne, Australia. All times are AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
We had teams from four continents … this is consistent with the essence of studying and practicing international commercial law – people from different regions working together to solve their differences and establish a better legal environment for international transactions.
Dr Shu Zhang
Coordinator 2023 Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot
We're proud that the Deakin ICA Moot has grown to become an international competition, bringing together universities from Africa, India, Vietnam, South America and Australia. It has been fantastic to see our moot community grow to a competition of 42 teams since we began in 2017.
We congratulate Monash University of Melbourne, Australia, who won the moot ahead of Lloyd University of India. Congratulations to the competitors in those teams and a big thank you to the volunteer arbitrators who attended the many rounds necessary to find a winner.
2024 grand final winner: Monash University
2024 runner-up: Lloyd University
Best submission for the claimant: Singapore Management University
Highly commended claimant submission:
Best submission for the respondent: University of Queensland
Highly commended respondent submission:
Congratulations to all our winners of the Deakin ICA moot over the years.
Winner: University of Queensland
Runner-up: University of Lagos
Winner: Lagos University
Runner-up: University of New South Wales
Winner: University of New South Wales
Runner-up: O.P. Jindal Global University Law School
Winner: University of New South Wales
Runner-up: University of Queensland
Winner: University of Queensland
Runner-up: Deakin University
Winner: Deakin University
Runner-up: Monash University
Winner: LaTrobe University
Runner-up: Deakin University
Have a question about the competition? Contact the Deakin ICA Moot Coordinator for more information.
