McGill Air Law “Speed Moot” Competition successfully launched

The inaugural McGill Intramural Air Law Speed Moot Court Competition took place at the McGill Faculty of Law on 23 March 2018. The first rendition of the McGill Air Law Speed Moot was the soft launch of a new sponsored competition that will formally begin in 2019.

The Speed Moot was conceived to provide McGill law students at the undergraduate and graduate levels with the opportunity to grapple with fascinating topics and legal issues in international aviation. Despite having only been announced two months ago, there was a tremendous show of interest in the Competition, and four teams took part in the finals on March 23. Half of the participants were pursuing BCL/LLB studies at McGill and were evidently intrigued by the “transsystemic” possibilities of a moot court competition focused on the niche field of international air law.

The case in this year’s McGill Air Law Speed Moot concerned the topical and contentious matter of subsidies provided to airlines (The State of McGillia v. the State of Concordia: In the Matter of State Subsidies to Airlines). To maintain the highest standards of fairness and quality, impressive panels composed of faculty members, visiting scholars, seasoned law practitioners, and highly recognised experts working at the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), were involved in judging the competition.

The Rules of Procedure governing the McGill Air Law "Speed Moot" Court Competition is available HERE.