The Monroe Price Legacy: What He Built and Why It Matters

Monroe E. Price   

1938–2026

“It is difficult to imagine a world in which the Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition will take place without Monroe.  

Monroe loved the competition. He often described it as an embodiment of his personal and professional commitment to freedom of expression and his deep commitment to internationalism.” 

— Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Competition Team

The 19th edition of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition is the first to take place without Monroe E. Price, who passed away on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Monroe was deeply committed to the Moot. He not only inspired the Moot in many ways, he was the Moot. He attended rounds, engaged with participants, asked questions, challenged assumptions, and made each person feel that their work mattered.  

This dedicated session brings together four people that built the Moot alongside Monroe. Each individual represents a different chapter of the competition’s nineteen year history, from the founding, the administration, the community, and the global reach. Together, they will reflect on what Monroe built, his vision for the competition, and how his spirit lives on in every team that competes in his name. 

This event represents an opportunity not only to honour Monroe’s memory, but to deepen participants’ understanding of the values and vision behind the competition of which they are a part. 

Damien Tambini

Nicole Stremlau

Paolo Cavaliere

Paolo Cavaliere is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and IT Law at the University of Edinburgh Law School, where he teaches courses on media law, freedom of expression, and digital human rights at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 

From 2022 to 2025 he co-directed SCRIPT, a law and technology research centre based within the University of Edinburgh School of Law, and since 2014 he has been a Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy.

Alongside his academic work, he regularly provides expertise on media law and human rights to a range of NGOs and international organisations, including the Council of Europe and the OSCE.

Dr Ahmed F. Khalifa

Dr. Ahmed F. Khalifa is an Assistant Professor of Law at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Since 2014, he serves as the Middle East Coordinator for Oxford Price Media Law Moot Court Competition. Dr. Khalifa focuses on developing several initiatives supporting experiential legal education and in that context, he served as a consultant for the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie project on establishing and promoting legal clinics in Egypt, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.  

Dr. Khalifa is also the Deputy Secretary General of the International Association of Penal Law, and a member of the Scientific Board of Directors of the Heritage International Institute in Bologne, Italy. Dr. Khalifa is an expert consultant with several international organizations including the ICRC, the UNODC, the UNICEF and the UNICRI. His areas of expertise include International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law and comparative criminal law.  

Eliza Bechtold

Dr Bechtold is the Programmes Manager and a Research Fellow at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights.  She researches in the area of freedom of expression at the national, regional, and international levels and is particularly interested in the regulation of extreme speech in the digital age and how free speech frameworks can function to undermine democratic norms and institutions.  

Prior to entering academia, Dr Bechtold practiced law in the United States for nearly a decade, working as a litigation associate for law firms, including DLA Piper LLP, and serving as the Legal Director of the ACLU of New Mexico.  While working for the ACLU of New Mexico, she litigated human rights cases before federal and state courts and engaged in advocacy efforts throughout the state in relation to LGBTQ rights, immigrants' rights, and reproductive freedom.