Thank you for visiting our website. The Institute for Civil Law (Zivilistisches Seminar) is part of the Department of Private Law. It is the University of Bern's competence center for Swiss and European Private Law as well as for international laws and principles in the field of Private Law (e.g. UN Sales Convention or Incoterms). Faculty and staff focus on research and teaching in the field of Civil Law (Code of Obligations, Civil Code and ancillary statutes). The tenured professors of the Institute also head the Institute of Banking Law (Professor Susan Emmenegger), the Institute for Liability and Insurance Law (Professor Frédéric Krauskopf) and the Institute for Notary Law and Notarial practice (Professor Stephan Wolf). Furthermore, the Institute coaches students who take part in national and international moot court competitions such as the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
For the 19th time in a row, a team from the University of Bern took part in the renowned Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. The University of Bern was proudly represented by the team, consisting of Adeline Bättig, Jana Haller, Tess Hendricken, Martina Kuhn and Debora Lehmann. After intensive preparation and hard work in the written phase, the Bernese team traveled to the pre-moots in London, Florence and Copenhagen in the oral phase, where they put their skills to the test against teams from all over the world. Finally, the Bernese Mooties made the journey to Vienna to present their arguments in four rounds. This year, the University of Bern continued the success of its previous participation in the Vis Moot Court. The Memorandum for Respondent was awarded an Honorable Mention. This is remarkable, as fewer than 30 out of almost 400 briefs receive an award.
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