On December 6, 2022, at the headquarters of the District Bar Council in Warsaw, the final oral stage of the III edition of the tournament for students of law and administration faculties - Moot Court: "Legal representation in proceedings before the National Chamber of Appeal" took place.

The tournament was organized by the Association of Public Procurement Law. The President of the Public Procurement Office - Hubert Nowak, who took part in the award ceremony, took the honorary patronage over the III edition.

The Association of Public Procurement Law and the Section of Public Procurement Law of the District Bar Council in Warsaw were the founders of the cash prizes for taking first place.

The Public Procurement Office offered a prize in the form of unpaid internships for members of both teams - the finalists of the tournament. In addition, 2-3 month paid internships for members of the teams - finalists of the tournament, were offered by the following law firms:

• Andersen Tax & Legal Srokosz and Partners sp.k.
• Bird & Bird Szepietowski and partners sp.k.
• BSJP Brockhuis Jurczak Prusak Sroka Nilsson sp.k.
• Clifford Chance, Janicka, Krużewski, Namiotkiewicz and partners sp.k.
• Dentons Europe Dąbrowski and Partners sp. k.
• Domański Zakrzewski Palinka sp. k.
• JDP Drapała & Partners sp.j.
• Jerzykowski and Partners sp. k.
• Law Firm Schampera, Dubis, Zając and Partners sp.k.
• Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak Legal Advisors and Advocates Limited Partnership
• Wardyński and Partners sp.k.
• WKB Wierciński, Kwiecinski, Baehr sp. k.

This year's tournament was divided into two parts. Teams from five universities took part in the competition:

Team 1 - Adam Mickiewicz University (supervisor: Dr. Jarosław Kola)
Jakub Derda
Aleksandra Grabowska,
Maksymilian Nagalski,
Szymon Siuda,
Karol Wundziński.

Team 2 - University of Warsaw (supervisor: Prof. UW Dr. Piotr Bogdanowicz)
Jakub Szymanowski,
Filip Marczyk,
Marcin Gorzkowski,
Patryk Stankiewicz,
Wiktor Ołdak.

Team 3 - University of Białystok (supervisor: Dr. Renata Tanajewska)
Natalia Kozłowska,
Krystian Kruszyński.

Team 4 - University of Łódź (supervisor: Dr. Anna Górczyńska)
Karolina Krupińska,
Wincent Chrapowicki,
Peter Kozicki,
Michał Płuska,
Szymon Zasina.

Team 5 - University of Szczecin (supervisor: Martyna Wójcik)
Katarzyna Rytwińska,
Alicja Ziemlińska,
Jakub Waszkiewicz.

In the first stage of the competition, the quality of legal argumentation and its presentation, as well as the formal correctness of the letters, were taken into account when assessing the procedural letters. The final part involved the teams participating as representatives of the parties in a simulated hearing before the National Appeals Chamber (KIO).

The competition was judged by the Jury consisting of:
Jan Kuzawiński - Vice President of the National Appeals Chamber,
Ewa Kisiel - representative of the Section of Public Procurement Law of the District Bar Council in Warsaw,
Sylwester Kuchnio - member of the Association of Public Procurement Law,
Wojciech Merkwa - member of the Association of Public Procurement Law.

The final of the competition resembled real struggles before the KIO. Evaluating the oral performances, the jurors took into account not only their substantive level, but also coolness and the ability to react to questions from the members of the jury and the accuracy of the replies.

The results of the III edition of the Moot Court tournament: "Representation in proceedings before the National Appeals Chamber" are as follows:
1st place - University of Warsaw
2nd place - University of Szczecin

"We are glad that the third edition of the competition, which is part of the educational mission of our Association, has again met with such great interest. We hope that our Moot Court will contribute to the increase in popularity of public procurement law among students and encourage them to link their career path with this area of law" - added Aldona Kowalczyk, President of the Board of the Association.

Congratulations to the Winners and all Participants!