The Be Engayged Mooting Competition 2021 has received wide support and recognition from participants and adjudicators, and we are delighted to announce the upcoming Be EnGayged Mooting Competition 2022 (“the Competition”) to be held this summer.
Be EnGayged is a student-run initiative that advocates the need for members of the LGBT+ community to be better educated of their legal rights, especially when the LGBT+ community started to fight for their rights through Hong Kong’s judicial system.
As the judiciary is becoming one of the major battlefields for LGBT+ rights recognition, the Competition is organized to raise LGBT+ awareness among law students and train future advocates for LGBT+ judicial review cases. The project has been made possible through a seed grant awarded by PILnet with the support of WYNG Foundation to the winning team of the 2019 Law for Change Student Competition.
Be EnGayged is supported by HKU SELECT (Student Experiential Learning Community Service Task Force) spearheaded by Professor Alice Lee at HKU Faculty of Law, which provided the venue for the Competition.
Details
Date: 20 August 2022 (Saturday) Time: 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Venue: Advocacy Labs, Cheng Yu Tung Tower, Centennial Campus, the University of Hong Kong Team:24 teams, 1-2 members(s) per team*
Format: Competitors will be assigned two competition sessions (more information would be released after confirmation of team application).
Prizes: Best Team, Best Oralist, and Best Written Submission
* Teams of two participants have to be formed beforehand. Both team members need not come from the same university.
Congratulations to all the winners on their exceptional performance! We would also like to sincerely thank all adjudicators, who offered insightful comments to our participants. This competition wound not have been a success without the generous sponsorship from Daly & Associates, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Herbert Smith Freehills, and Mayer Brown.
Best Written Submission Team 21 - Go Ka Lok, Go Ka Hang Honourable mentions: Team 6 - Huang Wan Ning Amanda, Siu Chi Yu Ruth Team 13 - Lai Chai Sum Cover, Chik Yau Hong Casey Team 19 - Chau Long Yi Linden, Cheng Yat Kiu Daren Team 20 - Ip Chin Victoria, Cheng Yuk Yin Cassidy
Best Oralist Team 21 - Go Ka Lok
Honourable mentions Team 6 - Huang Wan Ning Amanda Team 7 - Wong Fong Ching Fontane Team 8 - Chiu Cheuk Hei Team 21 - Go Ka Hang
Best Team Team 21 - Go Ka Lok, Go Ka Hang Honorable mentions: Team 6 - Huang Wan Ning Amanda, Siu Chi Yu Ruth Team 13 - Lai Chai Sum Cover, Chik Yau Hong Casey
With our heartfelt gratitude, we thank Mr. Azan Marwah from Resolution Chambers for drafting the moot problem and the bench memorandum to the moot problem.