Dispute resolution in international commercial transactions

The Seminar is structured in two parts:

Exercise I : Drafting of a legal opinion

The goal of the exercise is to familiarize the students with the typical structure and the international practice of a legal opinion. The students will have to draft a legal opinion for which they can use the help of the artificial intelligence. This should allow get a good idea of how IA can be useful for the drafting of a legal opinion, but also to understand the limitations of IA in this respect.

Exercise 2 : Moot court

In this exercise, students will be divided in groups of claimants, defendants and arbitrators (or judges) and have to deal with a complex case. The handling of the case includes the following stages : (1) Client-attorney relationship, (2) Research (in a comprehensive problem-based approach and drafting of written briefs or an arbitral award (or judgment - including a dissenting opinion), (3) Pleading the case at a hearing. In 2027, the cases of the exercise will relate to in international sales agreement.

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

The seminar takes place in English. Students should have a level of B1 in English and be able to express themselves.

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Contacts

For any further questions, please contact erik.vandenhaute@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

• Autre

Autre

Langue(s) d'évaluation

• anglais