In the years 2015 to 2018, the ESIL Board decided to award ESIL Mooting Prizes to promising students of international law each year. ESIL Mooting Prizes were awarded to finalists in the following prestigious international Moot Court competitions, and prize-winners were offered free membership of the Society for two years.

Russian National Championship of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

2018 finalists:

• Kutafin Moscow State Law University
• Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO)

2017 finalists:

•  Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
•  Ural State Law University (Yekaterinburg)

2016 finalists:

•  Higher School of Economics (HSE)
•  Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO)

2015 finalists:

• St Petersburg State University
• Russian Foreign Trade Academy

Concours Européen des Droits de l’Homme René Cassin

2018 finalists:

• University Jean Monnet (Saint Etienne)
• University of Angers

2017 finalists:

• Collège d’Europe de Bruges
• Université Aix-Marseille

2016 finalists:

• l’Université du Luxembourg
• l’Université de la Réunion

 2015 finalists:

• University of Montpellier
• University of Basel

International Criminal Court Moot Court Competition

2018 finalists:

• Singapore Management University
• The Honorable Society of King’s Inns
• West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences

2017 finalists: 

• Queensland University of Technology
• Singapore Management University
• Universiteit Leiden

2016 finalists: 

• National Law School of India University, Bangalore
• Singapore Management University
• University of Cologne

2015 finalists:

• National Law University, Jodhpur
• Leiden University
• Singapore Management University

Telders Moot Court Competition

2018 finalists: 

• Université de Cologne
• Demokritus Université de Thrace

2017 finalists: 

• Université de Cologne
• Université de Leiden

2016 finalists: 

• National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine
• Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Bulgaria 

2015 finalists:

• University of Cologne
• Democritus University of Thrace

Concours de procès simulé en droit international Charles-Rousseau

2018  finalists:

• Université d’Aix Marseille
• Université Libre de Bruxelles

2017 finalists:

• Université de Sherbrooke
• Université Libre de Bruxelles

2016 finalists:

• Federal University of Minas Gerais
• IHEID Genève

2015 finalists:

• Université de Strasbourg
• Université Laval

ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law

2017 finalists:

• Istanbul Bilgi University
• Harvard Law School

2016 finalists:

• Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Queen’s University

2015 finalists:

• West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
• National Law University, Jodhpur