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Amsterdam Law Trials (ALT) 2024 now open for registration

15 December 2023

Join the ALT moot court competition, receive EC and win prizes.

The 2024 edition of the Amsterdam Law Trials (ALT) is now open for registration for AUC participants. This moot court competition brings together honours students from AUC, PPLE, VU and AHCL. You will receive mentorship from AUC alumni, lawyers representing the diversity of the Amsterdam Bar and judges from the District Court of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Court of Appeal. There will also be English-taught lectures on Dutch law at VU to prepare you for ALT.

All participants will receive 3 EC for participating in ALT upon completion (though not counting towards your 180 EC to graduate) and each winner may take home scholarships worth €1,200 offered by Boom Juridische Uitgevers! 

AUC aims to contribute 10 to 15 second or third-year students to the competition. Teams of 2 to 3 persons will work as lawyers, while judges will work individually on panels. If you want to be a lawyer, consider finding teammates willing to join your team. 

Our past teams have achieved great success in ALT. AUC students won the Best Lawyer Team award in 2016-17, both the Best Lawyer Team and Best Judge awards in 2017-18, and the Best Lawyer Team again in 2021-22. Let’s strive for another successful year! 

To join, please complete this registration form by 29 December, 2023. 

Register for the ALT

Registration entails mandatory attendance at all events listed below from February to April or June 2024, depending on your advancement to the finals: 

  • Kick-off: Friday, 9 February 2024, at DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station 
  • First Round: Friday, 12 April 2024, at the Amsterdam Court of Appeal (Gerechtshof Amsterdam) 
  • Second Round/Final: Friday, 7 June 2024, at Singelkerk 

Important: To register 3 EC for ALT upon completion, send the confirmation of your completion to the registrar via servicedesk@auc.nl (with cc: T.F.M.Etty@auc.nl). 

For any inquiries, feel free to contact Yvan Pan (AUC’s representative to the ALT Committee, yvan.pan@student.uva.nl) or Thijs Etty (Coordinator of AUC’s Pre-Law track, T.F.M.Etty@auc.nl) or email student-relations@amsterdamlawtrials.nl.