The Moot Court tournament: "Legal representation before the National Appeals Chamber"

We invite students from faculties of law and administration to participate in the fourth edition of the Moot Court tournament: "Legal representation before the National Appeals Chamber".

The competition is organized by The Public Procurement Law Association, in partnership with the Public Procurement Law Section of the Warsaw Bar Association.

The President of the Public Procurement Office (UZP) and the President of the National Appeals Chamber (NAC) have granted their honorary patronage to the fourth edition of the tournament. Thanks to the courtesy of the President of the UZP, this year's final will be of a unique nature and will take place in the courtroom at the headquarters of the UZP.

The tournament consists of a simulation of proceedings before the NAC based on a case study related to the issue of conducting proceedings for the award of public contracts in accordance with the Public Procurement Law regulations.
We invite 2-5 member teams along with their tutors, selected in qualifications by universities, to participate. Tutors wishing to register their teams are asked to do so using the registration forms, which should be sent to the following address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We foresee a cash prize of 8,000 PLN for the team that takes first place, jointly funded by the Association of Public Procurement Law and the Warsaw Bar Association.

Schedule:

By April 18, 2024 – completion of university qualifications and team registrations (including submission of team compositions and sending GDPR statements).
April 19, 2024 – drawing of case studies (for assignment to respective teams), publication of case studies assigned to teams.
By April 23, 2024 – teams may submit questions regarding the case content; the Organizer will publish answers without undue delay.
By April 29, 2024, 5:00 PM – submission to the Organizer of prepared legal documents according to task descriptions resulting from assigned case studies.
May 8, 2024 – the Organizer will inform Participants of decisions qualifying them for the oral phase, i.e., simulation of a session and hearing before the National Appeals Chamber, conducted according to the tournament regulations.
May 15, 2024 – session and hearing, oral phase.

The Organizer reserves the right to change the tournament schedule.
More information is available in the rules.