If you are interested, please fill out the application form, indicating which dates you are available, and email it back to jennifer.hassan@law.ox.ac.uk as soon as possible. Experience in intellectual property law is not required to clerk, we invite all interested to apply.
The 2021 moot is being held online on Monday 8 March, Tuesday 9 March, Thursday 11 March and Friday 12 March (Preliminary Rounds), Sunday 14 March (Round of 16), Tuesday 16 March (Quarter Finals), Thursday 18 March (Semi Finals) and Saturday 20 March (Grand Final): (week 9 HT and first week Easter Vacation).
We are also planning events on other days, namely a Welcome Session to Teams and Moot Mixer on Sunday 7 March, an announcement of Break followed by a Break Party on Saturday 13 March, and an Awards Ceremony on Saturday 20 March followed by a Gala Mixer.
Further details of the timings of the Moots are set out below. The timings of the Round of 16 and the Quarter Finals may be tweaked, if we have teams competing against each other from different sides of the globe.
We would like you to be available during these times and on either side of them. There will be plenty of time for breaks.
It is fine to volunteer for as many days of the Moot as you wish. Our greatest need for clerks is during the Preliminary Rounds, when there will be 16 Moots every day, and the Round of 16 (8 Moots).
The timings of the Moots:
Date | Time (UK time) | Event |
Sunday 7 March | 11.30am-1.00pm | Welcome to Teams followed by Moot Mixer |
Monday 8 March | 9.00am; 1.00pm; 5.00pm | Preliminary Round 1 |
Tuesday 9 March | 9.00am; 1.00pm; 5.00pm | Preliminary Round 2 |
Thursday 11 March | 9.00am; 1.00pm; 5.00pm | Preliminary Round 3 |
Friday 12 March | 9.00am; 1.00pm; 5.00pm | Preliminary Round 4 |
Saturday 13 March | 11.30am - 1.00pm | Announcement of Break followed by Break Party |
Sunday 14 March | 10.00am; 2.00pm | Round of 16 – progress by elimination |
Tuesday 16 March | 10.00am; 2.00pm | Quarter finals – progress by elimination |
Thursday 18 March | 11.30am | Semi-final – progress by elimination |
Saturday 20 March | 11.00am - 3.00pm | Grand Final (start time: 11.30am), followed by Awards Ceremony and Gala Mixer |
