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LawAsia 2017 annual conference in Tokyo 2017 LawAsia International Moot Competition
he College sponsored and attended the annual conference he College again sponsored the LawAsia International
T of LawAsia - the international organisation of the region’s T Moot Competition - which it
national legal professions. LawAsia’s has sponsored since 2013. The
30th Annual Conference was hosted 2017 annual competition was held
by the Bar Federation of Japan and in Tokyo in conjunction with the
held in Tokyo in 18-21 September LawAsia 2017 annual conference.
2017. This year it incorporated the COL Asia director Peter Tritt was
biennial conference of Chief Justices again on the judging panel.
of Asia and the Pacific. The The College also sponsored the
conference was opened by Japan’s 2017 Malaysia National Rounds
Crown Prince and was attended by held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
over 1500 delegates, including on 29-30 July 2017. The winner of
around 1000 Japanese lawyers. The the Malaysia National Rounds
College had an exhibitor’s booth was the team from Universiti
(image below with COL marketing Teknologi MARA (UITM).
director Christine Simmons and COL
Asia director Peter Tritt ) outside the main conference hall. ▄▌ The international moot final was
between the UITM team and a
team from Singapore
Management University - which
won the competition final.
The moot competition’s facebook
page has photos from this year’s
competition. A Wikipedia entry
shows the event’s history since it
began in Gold Coast, Queensland
in 2005, when the conference was
hosted by the Queensland Law
Society. The College of Law
hosted the 2015 competition when
it was held in Sydney. ▄▌
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