UCD students triumph in National Moot Court Competition 2019

UCD students triumph in National Moot Court Competition 2019

Law students Caoimhe Gethings and Andrea Whelton of UCD Sutherland School of Law have emerged as winners of the 10th National Moot Court Competition.

Over 30 teams from 12 institutions competed in the biggest competition to date, which was hosted by DCU and sponsored by A&L Goodbody.

Four teams – DCU, Cambridge and two teams from UCD – progressed to the semi-finals before the final show-off between DCU and UCD.

The final was judged by Mr Justice John MacMenamin of the Supreme Court, Ms Justice Carmel Stewart of the High Court and A&L Goodbody partner Tom Casey.

UCD students triumph in National Moot Court Competition 2019

The DCU team of Ciara Ramsbottom, Conall Maher and Caoimhe McMahon were the runners-up.

UCD students triumph in National Moot Court Competition 2019

UCD’s Gethings was recognised as the best speaker, while DCU’s Mairead Maguire, Aisling Durey and Andrew Finlay were recognised for the best written submissions.

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