A team of students from the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, won first place at the Central and Eastern European Moot Competition (CEEMC), a prestigious European law moot court competition held in Timișoara from 1 to 3 May 2026.
The Faculty was represented by Frane Nikola Marović, Hrvoje Matić, Anja Polovina, and Mihael Šoić. The students prepared intensively for four months under the guidance of the Department of European Public Law. Their coaches were Dr Antonija Ivančan and Teaching Assistant Ana Altabas. In addition to the team’s outstanding success, Anja Polovina was awarded the Professor William Cornish Best Speaker Prize.
The Central and Eastern European Moot Competition is one of the most prestigious student competitions in the field of European Union law, simulating proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The competition is judged by judges and Advocates General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as distinguished professors of European law. It is organised by the British Law Centre, with which the Faculty cooperates through the Diploma in English Law and Legal Skills (DELLS) programme. This year’s competition brought together 14 teams from Central and Eastern Europe.
In recognition of their outstanding achievement, the students were awarded a study visit to Cambridge and London, where they will visit the UK Supreme Court and the Inner Temple, as well as a place on the one-year English Law & Legal Skills (DELLS) course organised by the British Law Centre. In addition, Anja Polovina, as the competition’s best speaker, was awarded an internship at the Court of Justice of the European Union.
We extend our sincere gratitude to everyone who supported and contributed to this success: the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb; the competition sponsors – the law firms Bardek, Lisac, Mušec, Skoko i partneri in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Šavorić & Partneri, and Divjak Topić Bahtijarević & Krka. We also wish to express our special thanks to our colleagues and former moot court competitors who assisted the team in preparing for the oral rounds of the competition.
