Baker McKenzie State Party Negotiations
Following its successful introduction in 2018, the Competitions Portfolio will be running its newest competition again in 2024: The Baker McKenzie State Party Negotiation competition. This competition was introduced to complement the other competitions run within the portfolio. In particular, it aims to add an international perspective to negotiation, and to further explore some international law issues that are not covered in the International Humanitarian Law Moot.
This Competition is a fantastic opportunity for students to grapple with an area of international law that they may not have necessarily studied at MLS. That being said, no prior knowledge is expected or required to participate!
Competition Details
Teams compete in pairs in two preliminary rounds, against four other pairs. The highest-scoring teams will progress to the Grand Final.
Time commitment: State Party Negotiations requires roughly 2-3 hours each round for research and completion of the written submission.
Team size: 2 members
Number of rounds: 3
Semester 2 Schedule: Mondays and Tuesdays
Week 2: 29/07 and 30/08
Week 4: 12/08 and 13/08
Week 7: 27/08 | Grand-Final
Attire: Business
Delivery: All internal competitions in 2024 will follow an in-person format.
If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact Alan Martin and Matthew Blew at statepartynegotiation@mulss.com.
Key Documents
2023 Competitors’ Guidebook - Click here to access
2023 Judges’ Guidebook - Click here to access
2023 Scoresheet - Click here to access
2023 Training Workshop Recording - Click here to access
2023 Results
Winners – Samuel Roussos and William Ryan
Best Speaker – Moira Negline
Judges – Sabine Johnson (Baker McKenzie) and Amy Wellington (Baker McKenzie)
Congratulations to our other grand finalists for 2023: Moira Negline, Anushree Gupta, Dennis Liang, Jasmine Oh, Patrice Jean Cialdella, Felicia Mitropoulous, Zhiqi Tang and Koh Chen Ling.
Thank you to our co-opts Angelique Del Monaco and Georgina Warren and to all those who participated in 2023!
Past winners
2023 – Samuel Roussos and William Ryan
2022 – Nathan Savundra-Shepherd and Molly Xiao
2021 – Amber Meyer and Amtesh Waraich
2020 – Thenu Herath and Imogen Timms
2019 – Luke Amoddio & Tim Sheehan
2018 – Ilias Tsirogiannis and Ai Lin Ng