SMU Moot Court Club

13/04/2025

Since our win in the Jessup last week, mooters have gone on to secure more accolades. In the Vis East in Hong Kong, the team comprising Evangeline Han, Adele Ling, Samantha Loh, Jonathan Teo, and Aishwarya Salkade emerged victorious in a field of more than 160 teams to win the school's third world championship in this competition. The team, coached by Jun Hong Tan, Jayakumar Suryanarayanan, Soh Kian Peng, and Vanessa Ng, also won prizes for Best Memorial and Best Oralist (Jonathan).

In Lausanne, our Sports Law Arbitration Moot team comprising Lai Chee Yuen and Janie Tan made SMU's debut in this competition -- and won; our team comprising James Liu and Rachel Tay also reached the quarter-final. The teams were coached by Daniel Ho and Audrey Loo. Then in Gujarat, our Lachs Space Moot team comprising Natasha Lim, Lachlan Neo 梁凯泽, and Daniel Sum successfully defended our Asian title, with Natasha being named Best Oralist of the tournament. The team, which will be heading to Sydney later in the year for the world rounds, was coached by Chong Kai Sheng, Neo Yu Fan (梁宇凡), Amar Pandey, and Janae Kwan (关睿恩).

Finally, both our teams excelled in Florida in the international rounds of the Stetson Environmental Law Moot. The team comprising Lee Graeme, Owen Phua, and Megan Yeoh reached the semi-final, while the team comprising Tammie Ong, Trixie Wee, and Wu Ruoyan reached the quarter-final; Graeme was also named Best Oralist of the tournament. The teams were coached by Ruth Tan, Ashley Chin, Tan Jia Le, and Shruthi Harini Janardhanan.

In this moots season, our mooters have reached 7 world championship finals (winning 5) and 3 regional championship finals (winning 2) thus far. SMU students have the opportunity to participate in over 30 international moot competitions every year thanks to the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, Providence Law Asia LLC, and the International Moots Alumni Group. The students also receive unparalleled mentorship and coaching from a close community of more than 500 moot alumni.

12/04/2025

congratulates our 2025 Jessup Moot team for winning the world championship! This year, a record 803 teams participated, and en route to the championship final judged by past and present ICJ judges, SMU met teams from countries such as the UK, US, Australia, and Colombia.

The team, comprising Elizabeth Ho, Erica Wee -- who was named Best Oralist in the final and 3rd Best Oralist in the preliminary rounds -- Genieve Wu, Lovein Sui, and Raelee Toh, was coached by Nicholas Liu'15 and Ivana Fu'26; Nicholas was in the 2014 team which had reached SMU's second of four world championship finals in the Jessup.

Lovein was in the 2024 SMU team that won the International Criminal Court Moot world championship, while Elizabeth, Genieve, and Raelee were in the 2024 SMU team that won the Lachs Space Moot world championship.

SMU students have the opportunity to participate in over 30 international moot competitions every year thanks to the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, Providence Law Asia LLC, and the International Moots Alumni Group. The students also receive unparalleled mentorship and coaching from a close community of more than 500 moot alumni.

19/03/2025

congratulates the following moot teams for their achievements in the last few weeks:

* First row: our Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot team (John Hoy/Damien Teo Heng Rui) won the 23rd edition of the competition in Hong Kong. Damien was Best Oralist in the championship final, while John came in 1st-runner-up for Best Oralist in the preliminary matches. The team was supported by Eugene H. and Ryan Tan, and coached by Lixin Chen'19 and Ezra Lim Pin'24. This is SMU's second championship and fifth championship final in this competition

* Second row: our 2024 Manfred Lachs Space Moot team (Elizabeth Ho Li Hui/Genieve Wu/Raelee Toh), which won the world championship in Milan and Asian championship in Tokyo last year, was featured in Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong's address at the 2025 Global Space Technology Convention. The team, coached by Associate Dean Chen Siyuan and Bernadette Teo'25, is pictured with Ronald Tong, Deputy Executive Director of Office for Space Technology & Industry, Singapore

* Third row: Shan Lyn Yeo won Best Oralist of the tournament at the East Asian rounds of the 23rd edition of the John Jackson WTO Moot. The team, also comprising Marcus Kuek, E Hsuen Goh, and Nicole Yeo, was coached by Ethan Lee'23, Neela Alagusundaram'23, and Kristy Chiun'25

* Fourth row: our Fletcher International Insolvency Moot team (Ryan Low/Chester Ong/Shermane Aw/Stephanie Heng), coached by Abirami T'21, reached the world championship final in the 9th edition of the competition. Stephanie was Best Oralist in the championship final, while Chester was Best Oralist in the preliminary rounds and quarter-final; the team also won Best Memorials. SMU has reached the world championship final on three previous occasions, winning all three

SMU students have the opportunity to participate in over 30 international moot competitions every year thanks to the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, Providence Law Asia LLC, and the International Moots Alumni Group. The students also receive unparalleled mentorship and coaching from a close community of more than 500 moot alumni.

19/04/2024

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25/08/2022

Congratulations to the SMU Asia Cup team -- comprising oralists Neo Yu Fan, Amar Pandey, Adi Mikail Tan, and Joel Tan, as well as coaches Kenny Lau'14 and Keith Low'24 -- for winning the 23rd edition of the competition! SMU debuted in this moot in 2010 and has now won it 5 times. This win is also SMU's 6th international moot championship this season, and breaks our previous world record of 5 championships won in a season.

SMU students are able to participate in a broad range of regional and international moots every year thanks to generous funding from the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, WongPartnership, Providence Law Asia, and the International Moots Alumni Fund, and mentorship from a community of more than 400 moot alumni coaches and judges.

07/08/2022

Congratulations to our students, Vinessa Martin Budithi, Angelina Chew, Linus Koh, and Kit Pang for winning the 5th edition of the HV Perera QC Memorial Moot! Vinessa was also named Best Oralist of the tournament. The SMU teams in this competition have been coached by alumni Lim Joe Jee'19 and Wong Yan Yee'17 since 2020.

SMU students are able to participate in a broad range of regional and international moots every year thanks to generous funding from the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, WongPartnership, Providence Law Asia, and the International Moots Alumni Fund, and mentorship from a community of more than 300 moot alumni coaches and judges.

21/07/2022

SMU congratulates our students for being crowned World Champions in the 14th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot. The team had to first qualify for the regional rounds via written submissions before competing in four oral matches in the regionals. In the international rounds held at the UN in Geneva, the team competed in five matches against teams from different regions en route to the championship. This marks SMU’s fifth international championship final this season -- SMU had won the Vis East, Frankfurt, and Red Cross competitions, as well as reached the Jessup world championship final for the third time. Our teams will be competing in three more moots before this season ends.

SMU students are able to participate in a broad range of regional and international moots every year thanks to generous funding from the Ian R Taylor Memorial Fund, WongPartnership, Providence Law Asia, and the International Moots Alumni Fund, and mentorship from a community of more than 300 moot alumni coaches and judges.