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Crystal Themis
– Annual Competition on Constitutional Justice among Russian Law Faculties Higher Education Students.
The Institute set up the Crystal Themis competition together with The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission. We have been holding the Crystal Themis annually since 2011.
Competing teams participate in a moot court set in the Constitutional Court of Russian Federation. Following the prepared problem, they build their cases and prepare all the procedural documents from the applications to the Court to the official responses. Competition's judges then assess the documents. Teams that show the best results in the written stage are invited to participate in face-to-face rounds where they argue their positions in front of the bench of judges.
The winning team receives the Crystal Themis. This prize traditionally stays with the faculty that taught the winners.
Working language of the Crystal Themis is Russian.
Documents and oral presentations are assessed by the leading experts in constitutional justice. Aside from practical skills and upgrading their understanding of theory, the participants get a chance to demonstrate their professional qualities in front of potential employers. Representatives of government bodies, legal firms and bar associations participate in the Crystal Themis as judges.
Between 2011 and 2016 the semifinal and final rounds were held at the Constitutional Court of Russia in Saint-Petersburg. In 2017-2018, the Institute held the Crystal Themis at Law Department building of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
– Annual Competition on Constitutional Justice among Russian Law Faculties Higher Education Students.
The Institute set up the Crystal Themis competition together with The European Commission for Democracy through Law, better known as the Venice Commission. We have been holding the Crystal Themis annually since 2011.
Competing teams participate in a moot court set in the Constitutional Court of Russian Federation. Following the prepared problem, they build their cases and prepare all the procedural documents from the applications to the Court to the official responses. Competition's judges then assess the documents. Teams that show the best results in the written stage are invited to participate in face-to-face rounds where they argue their positions in front of the bench of judges.
The winning team receives the Crystal Themis. This prize traditionally stays with the faculty that taught the winners.
Working language of the Crystal Themis is Russian.
Documents and oral presentations are assessed by the leading experts in constitutional justice. Aside from practical skills and upgrading their understanding of theory, the participants get a chance to demonstrate their professional qualities in front of potential employers. Representatives of government bodies, legal firms and bar associations participate in the Crystal Themis as judges.
Between 2011 and 2016 the semifinal and final rounds were held at the Constitutional Court of Russia in Saint-Petersburg. In 2017-2018, the Institute held the Crystal Themis at Law Department building of Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The Crystal Themis 2020/2021
No Trespassers Allowed,
or the Case on an Epidemic's Consequences
or the Case on an Epidemic's Consequences
The Crystal Themis of AY 2020/2021 invites law students to dive into the nuance of extraordinary measures and examine them from a legal perspective. A fictional case provides grounds for constitutional and international justice analysis. The participants will be asked to investigate practice of other countries, national and international courts' approaches.
Find out more (in Russian)
Find out more (in Russian)
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the Competition
the Competition
History
9
competitions
competitions
were held by the Institute
and its partners
and its partners
102 universities from 27 Russian regions
have presented their teams
1256 law students
took part in the competition
2020
No trespassers allowed,
or the Case on Epidemic's Consequences
Registration is now open
or the Case on Epidemic's Consequences
Registration is now open
2019
Electoral Control,
or the Case on Party Spending
Winners: team from National Research University Higher School of Economics
or the Case on Party Spending
Winners: team from National Research University Higher School of Economics
2018
Law & Order,
or the Case on Conjugal Visits Ban
Winners: team from Moscow State Lomonosov University
or the Case on Conjugal Visits Ban
Winners: team from Moscow State Lomonosov University
Gallery
Photos from the 2020 Competition by Tatjana Laprad – scholarship holder at the School of Quality Legal Journalism (2019)
