Between April 28 and 30, 2023, the final stage of the "Central and Eastern European Moot Competition", prestigious student scientific competition on European Union law, in its 29th edition, organized by Juris Angliae Scientia – British Law Centre, in cooperation with the Court of Justice of the European Union, with the support of other institutions of the European Union, the Center for European Legal Studies from Cambridge University and Clifford Chance.
In the final stage of the competition, 18 teams qualified, including the one from the Faculty of Law of the Western University of Timișoara. Access to this stage was based on the written memos prepared by the participants.
The competition consisted of a simulation of the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, in which the participating teams presented the arguments of the parties in a case aimed at the qualification of passenger transport services accessible through a computer application from the perspective of fundamental economic freedoms and the principle of non-discrimination, as well as the relationship between national criminal law and a directive of the European Union.
The team of the Faculty of Law from Timișoara, formed by Bianca Iaici, Anisia Mateia, Rareș Azamfirei and Marin Ugnenco (XNUMXrd year students), qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition, equaling the performances of the teams that represented the Faculty of Law from Timișoara at the editions of the competition in last years. At the same time, Miss Anisia Mateia obtained an individual pleading award.
The preparation of the Timișoara Faculty of Law team was coordinated by Prof. Raluca Bercea, vice-dean lect.univ.dr. Sorina Doroga and Miss drd. Bianca Șerb, former participant and winner of an individual pleading award in this competition.
UVT rector, Marilen Gabriel Pirtea: "Initiation into the practice of legal sciences, especially in the very current field of European Union law, requires in-depth exercises and simulations, in national and international competitions, which students from the UVT Faculty of Law approach with increasing success. The achievement of these very good results by the team of the Faculty of Law, within the "Central and Eastern European Moot Competition", brings a new confirmation of the competitiveness of the Timisoara school of legal sciences and contributes to the consolidation of its tradition in the first league of the most important training centers of legal specialists from the entire country."
