LawAsia Moot

The LAWASIA Moot, founded in 2005, is the main arbitration competition in the region for which the venue rotates between Asia-Pacific countries every year.

SMU has the best track record in this moot, having reached the international championship final 11 times, winning 5 times.

The 2020 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Latest Highlights

Shawn Ang, Li Zizheng, and Carrisa Low represented SMU in the 15th edition of this moot, which was to have been held in Mongolia. Due to the pandemic, the moot was held virtually instead. SMU won the championship, extending its tournament record to 5 titles. Carrisa also won Best Oralist. The team was coached by Gerome Goh'20, Andrea Seet'20, and Jayakumar Suryanarayanan'20.

Previous Results

2025 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Brijesth Thiruvengadam, Ritesh, Sean Cheng

 

Coaches:

 

Neela Alagusundaram '23, Ethan Lee '23

 

Overall result:

 

QF

 

2024 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Estelle Lau, Natasha Lim, Yeo Shan Lyn

 

Coaches:

 

Shawn Ang '22, Li Zizheng '22, Zhou Feifu '25

 

Overall result:

 

1st -runner-up

 

Oralist result:

 

1st 

 

2023 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Shruthi Harini, Alyssa Low, Crisann Yap

 

Coaches:

 

Shawn Ang '22, Li Zizheng '22, Charlotte Sim '25

 

Overall result:

 

1st -runner-up

 

Memorial result:

 

1st 

 

Oralist result:

 

1st 

 

2022 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Lee Ruixin, Alexis Loy, Zheng Junxi

 

Coaches:

 

Shawn Ang '22, Martin Liao '24

 

Overall result:

 

1st -runner-up

 

Oralist result:

 

1st -runner-up

 

2021 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Emelyn Aw, Ethan Lee, Lindsay Lu

 

Coaches:

 

Jayakumar Suryanarayanan '20; Andrea Seet '20

 

Overall result:

 

2nd-runner up

 

2019 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Marissa Daisay Decruz, Aidan Goh, Lushna Godhia

 

Coaches:

 

Alexander Lee'18, Melissa Ng'18

 

Overall result:

 

SMU had to withdraw due to the HK riots

 

Memorial result:

 

1st

 

2018 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Gerome Goh, Andrea Seet, Jayakumar Suryanarayanan

 

Coaches:

 

Alexander Lee'18, Melissa Ng'18

 

Overall result:

 

2nd-runner-up

 

Oralist result:

 

1st-runner-up

 

2017 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Andrew Chia, Claire Lim, Wayne Yeo

 

Coaches:

 

Qabir Sandhu'15, Nanthini Vijayakumar'15

 

Overall result:

 

Champions

 

Memorial result:

 

1st

 

Oralist result:

 

1st-runner-up

 

2016 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Grace Goh, Alexander Lee, Melissa Ng

 

Coaches:

 

Qabir Sandhu'15, Nanthini Vijayakumar'15

 

Overall result:

 

Champions

 

Memorial result:

 

1st

 

Oralist result:

 

1st-runner-up

 

2015 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Averill Chow, Shriram Jayakumar, Iris Ng

 

Coach:

 

Kenneth Tan'13

 

Overall result:

 

2nd-runner-up

 

Oralist result:

 

1st

 

2014 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Mohammad Muzhaffar, Grace Sim, Jillian Yeo

 

Coach:

 

Eunice Chan'12

 

Overall result:

 

Champions

 

Oralist result:

 

1st

 

2013 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Foo Shi Hao, Nanthini Vijayakumar, Samuel Yap

 

Coach:

 

Eunice Chan'12

 

Overall result:

 

Champions, Spirit Award

 

Oralist result:

 

1st

 

2012 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Nicholas Liu, Evangeline Oh, Gladys Tan

 

Coaches:

 

Chen Siyuan, Nicholas Poon'11

 

Overall result:

 

1st-runner-up

 

2011 SMU LAWASIA moot team

Members:

 

Shaun Pereira, Kenneth Tan, Wong Zi Wei

 

Coaches:

 

Chen Siyuan, Nicholas Poon'11

 

Overall result:

 

1st-runner-up

 

2009 SMU LAWASIA moot team (debut)

Members:

 

Fu Qui Jun, Eunice Lim, Russell Low

 

Coaches:

 

Paul Tan

 

Overall result:

 

1st-runner-up