Monroe E. Price
Media Law Moot Court

Cutting-edge questions on the interface of law and technology

We are committed to raising awareness about the international human rights law in digital spheres.The Monroe E. Price Media Law Moot Court Programme aims to foster and cultivate interest in freedom of expression issues and the role of the media and information technologies in societies around the world. It was established by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the University of Oxford in 2008.

Defend Freedom of Speech

International human rights law should be understood as a critical framework for the protection and respect for human rights when combating hateful speech. Online hate speech can result in deleterious outcomes. When the phrase is abused, it can provide ill-intentioned States with a tool to punish and restrict speech that is entirely legitimate and even necessary in rights-respecting societies. It is therefore important that States and companies address the problems of hate speech with a determination to protect those at risk of being silenced and to promote open and rigorous debate on even the most sensitive issues in the public interest. 

David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression 
40
million posts related to COVID-19 received warnings placed next to them on Facebook, and hundreds of thousands of pieces of misinformation about the virus that could lead to imminent physical harm were also removed. 


Join the Network

The Monroe E. Price Moot maintains a worldwide network of partners and sponsors including the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, UNESCO, the Guardian and Google. The annual Price Moot Court Competition challenges students to engage in comparative research of legal standards at the national, regional and international levels, and to develop their arguments in written and oral forms on question of media and information law.


The Case
Defunct state media, a technology platform that facilitates 'Net-Assemblies', an accute political crisis between competing parties escalated by leaks shortly before an election, all amidst an ongoing pandemic.
Competition Case
2020/21 
Rules of the Competition
2020/21 


South East European Champions!

The 9th Annual South East Europe Regional Rounds, hosted in partnership with the Eötvös Loránd University, was sucesfully concluded on 4th Decemeber 2020. Our team won the South-East European Rounds. At the International Rounds, this year saw a total of 100 teams registering their participation across 8 regions (Africa, South East Europe, Asia Pacific, North East Europe, South Asia, Northern Europe, Americas, Middle East). Teams participated with enthusiasm despite the entirely virtual format with tremendous support from regional coordinators and judges around the world.

Muhammad Waqas

Our Team

Konstantinos Apostolos

Team Member

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    4th year student, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Law

Stella Roussou

Team Member

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    Stella is an LLB Candidate at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She is a Social Media Chief Officer in the Institute for Internet and the Just Society, and a former Vice President for Marketing in ELSA Athens. Stella, is a Harvard-x Contra Law alumna, highly interested in IP & IT Law issues and verified by WIPO in intellectual property courses. She had a legal internship in a well-known law firm in Athens and was a board member of the Young Executive Shipping Forum of Greece. Stella had an Erasmus+ in Estonia about equality and human rights and speaks Greek,English, French as well as Arabic.

Sofia Moula

Coach

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    "-Bachelor of Laws (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

    -Master of Laws in ""Civil Law and New Technologies"" (Hons.) (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

    -Master of Laws (LL.M. Candidate) in ""International and European Law"" (IELS-European Law School Network)

    -Professional Certificate in Advanced Studies in ""International Human Rights Law"" (College of Law Florida State University-USA)

    -Attorney at Law (Athens Bar Association)"

Dimitris Tsipinias

Team Member

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    I am an undergraduate Law Student, currently in the 4th and final year of my studies, in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School.

    Having participated at moot court competitions (N.M.C.C. 2019-2020, Price L.M.C.C. 2020-2021) and academic activities focused on legal studies, I have expressed a keen interest on Criminal law and justice, while I am getting passionately involved in non-profit organizations.

Polyxeni Skoutida

Team Member

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    Polyxeni studies Law at the University of Athens and International Business at the American College of Greece. She is currently the Vice President for STEP at ELSA Athens. As an intern she has worked on corporate and EU law issues. She is interested in business law, namely competition law and M&A. She speaks English, French and Greek. 

Our Academic Supervisor

Prof. Dr. Georgios Yannopoulos
Associate Professor for Information Law 
National Kapodistrian University of Athens

Our Support

Apply here and set sail with us!
In cooperation with the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, we coordinate university applications at the Monroe E. Price Moot worldwide. Currently, we have academic supervisors from all Greek Law Schools. However, if you are enrolled at another university, you may still apply via the form above. We will get back to you to coordinate an application at your university.

The Call remains open until suitable applicants are found.