Lachs

The Lachs Space Moot, founded in 1993, is occasionally a Grand Slam Moot. It is the world’s leading moot on space law. In 2024, SMU became the youngest ever university to win the Asia Pacific rounds as well as the world championship.

 

Latest Highlights

Elizabeth Ho, Raelee Toh, and Genieve Wu represented SMU in the 33rd Lachs Moot. They won the Asia Pacific qualifier and Finals Best Oralist in Tokyo, while in Milan, they won the world championship before a bench comprising ICJ Judges Tomka, Iwasaw, and Brant, as well as Best Memorials. The team was coached by Prof Chen Siyuan and Bernadette Teo '24.

Previous Results

2025 SMU Lachs moot team

Members:

 

Natasha Lim, Lachlan Neo, Daniel Sum

 

Coach:

 

Chong Kai Sheng '24, Neo Yu Fan '24, Amar Pandey '24, Janae Kwan '27

 

Overall result:

 

1st (Asia) ; 3rd (International)

 

Oralist result:

 

1st (Asia)

 

2023 SMU Lachs moot team

Members:

 

Rauf Hannan Azizi, Raelee Toh, Genieve Wu

 

Coach:

 

Chen Siyuan, Chow Zi En '17, Zaine Leong '24

 

Overall result:

 

3rd (Asia)

 

Memorial result:

 

2nd (Asia)

 

2022 SMU Lachs moot team

Members:

 

Nicole Lim, Tan Jie Loong, Ong Ying Fei

 

Coach:

 

Chow Zi En '17, Tamilselvan Abirami '21, Alex Neo '22

 

2021 SMU Lachs Moot Team (debut)

Members:

 

Chiow Hui Min, Kwon Ha Jeong, Zhang Yuqian

 

Coach:

 

Chow Zi En '17, Wong Yan Yee '17

 

Overall result:

 

2nd Prize (Asia)