International Moot Court 2023 Participating Organisations

Thomas Jefferson Second English Language School, Sofia, Bulgaria
What is the school known for:

Thomas Jefferson’ Second English Language School is situated in Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. Since our school is among the top ten schools in terms of national end–of–course assessment tests, our students, being from various social and ethnic groups, emigrant families or mixed marriages, come not only from the capital itself but from neighbouring small towns and sometimes travel 50 or more kilometres per day to attend classes. There are over 1200 students altogether, aged 14 and 18, who follow a five-year intensive course in English as a foreign language and a four-year intensive course in German, Spanish or Russian as a second foreign language. We are an innovative STEM school as well as a Google referent school where new technologies are integrated into the classroom . Besides that History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Philosophy are taught in English in 9th and 10th grades. As of 11th grade, students are streamed according to their preferences into the following academic profiles: History and Literature, Mathematics and Physics, Mathematics and ICT, Biology and Chemistry. The school has also participated in three two-year Comenius projects with other European countries (France, Spain, Turkey, Poland, Slovenia, Romania) in the last ten years. At present, we are involved in another two-year Erasmus + project of the EU. Since our students have different interests, there are several extra-curricular activities they can choose from: maths clubs, web design clubs, journalism, drama clubs, folk dance club, cheerleaders club and a variety of sports clubs. Creative, enthusiastic and knowledgeable, our students often show their skills and intelligence by joining different campaigns and competitions on local, regional and national levels. We have been involved in International Moot court competitions since 2018, as well as the Scottish ‘School Mock Court Case Project SCIO since 2020.

Altena College, Sleeuwijk, The Netherlands
What is the school known for:

The Altena College is an independant school in Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant. It is a secondary school with the three highest educational levels in the Netherlands. Not only known for its good results there is also a young tradition of participating in debating championships (twice champion of the Netherlands and Belgium) and mootcourting. In the online edition we ended first and last year in Romania we were the runner up in the finals where the team from Zimbabwe took the won. Looking forward to this edition!

Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet – The Hague, The Netherlands
What is the school known for:

Christelijk Gymnasium Sorghvliet is a small, independant preparatory high school in the heart of the international zone of The Hague, The Netherlands. Openness, enthusiasm, getting students involved in different projects, international projects, getting students in touch with diversity, making students interested in the world and knowledge.

Adam Mickiewicz 2nd High School in Gdynia, Poland
What is the school known for:

Adam Mickiewicz 2nd High School in Gdynia was established in 1931 and is one of the oldest schools in a young city of Gdynia. The school may be proud of many excellent graduates, among which are: our present Mayor - Mr Wojciech Szczurek (who has been a mayor of the city for over 18 years now) and many famous actors, poets, directors, politicians, businessmen etc… The school has got very good reputation in the region, with about 850 students and 80 teachers. The results of external examinations place us on very good positions in Polish all-country rankings. The school is known for bilingual classes with French, which results in possibility of taking international examinations in French, exchanges and being taught by native teachers of French. We also put much attention to humanistic subjects – the school organizes and takes part in many competitions concerning art, history and social science. We frequently take part in debates organized by universities and NGOs. Our students have possibility to learn in “legal classes” (which includes legal English, lectures by Gdansk University Law Department lecturers on rudiments of law human rights, social science and history).

National College Pedagogical "Carol I" Campulung-Muscel, Romania
What is the school known for:

Our school is pedagogical and prepares students to become teachers for the preschool level but also for young school children. The National Pedagogical College CAROL I celebrates 155 years of uninterrupted school activity in 2022. The history of our school is directly related to the reign of His Majesty King “Carol I”. Our team represents Romania, a country in Eastern Europe. Together with the Netherlands-Romania Foundation we participated in many Moot Court competitions, we were organizers three times at our school.

Škola pre mimoriadne nadané deti a gymnázium, Bratislava, Slovakia
What is the school known for:

Our school is the first institution of its kind in Slovakia that focuses on the education of gifted children with a more specially tailored program. The school was founded in 1993 and now serves both elementary and high school level education for its over 500 students. Our school is also known for its high quality of students, which often compete and win in various competitions on the national and international level. This in turn consistently secures it a spot within our country's top 3 high schools.

European School The Hague, The Netherlands
What is the school known for:

Located in the international heart of the Netherlands, the European School The Hague is an Accredited European School. We offer complete Early Years, Primary and Secondary education leading to the European Baccalaureate. With tuition in 15 European languages, our dynamic multilingual and multicultural environment nurtures the growth and development of our students, and prepares them to become responsible, future-focused and proactive citizens of Europe and the world.


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NOVA International School, Skopje, North Macedonia
What is the school known for:

Our school is a longtime organiser of Model European Parliament in North Macedonia. Our students compete in Model United Nations and in Speech and Debate competitions. Many of our top students are needs based scholarship students for whom access to private education in North Macedonia provides an opportunity to access undergraduate education opportunities all over the world.