First meeting !

Dear readers !

Last week we had our first meeting. We met for a drink in the "Nachos-Bar" in front of our university. I can tell you, it was very exciting for us new mooties, because we did not know each other !

The ex-mooties and our coaches Deborah and Marius joined us, too.

Unfortunately our team is still not complete. The fourth member should either be a Brazilian student or a girl from our university. 

So first of all, we introduced ourselves. We told about who we are, what our reason was to participate in the Moot and what our expectations are. 

After that we had the opportunity to ask everything what was in our minds. The ex-mooties Marius, Jeannine, Clovis and Marjorie answered all questions and told us about their experiences with the Moot 2013/2014. Here is a very detailed report of their moot activities.  

Another point we discussed, and probably the most important of this evening, was the sponsor letter. For being successful in the finals in Vienna we need to take part in many Pre-Moots. But these Pre-Moots are expensive, that is why our team is dependent on financial support. So we already received our first task to write a good sponsor letter, deadline is the 04.07.2014. 

At this point our idea to create a blog developed, too. It is not just an opportunity to document our activities, but also to give our sponsors and team members all over the world a small view in our work. 

After 2 hours of lively exchanges our first meeting was over and I was gone home full of thoughts and imprints in my mind. The expectations of what will come in the next months rise !

As a recommendation of Deborah and Marius, we should read this book, which gives a small overview about the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. 

Best wishes, Daria Michel