2022 Competitors

American 

Baylor Law School - Waco, Texas 

Brooklyn Law School - Brooklyn, New York

Florida International University College of Law - Miami, Florida 

Liberty University School of Law - Lynchburg, Virginia 

Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law - White Plains, New York 

Saint Mary's University School of Law - San Antonio, Texas 

Samford University Cumberland School of Law - Birmingham, Alabama 

South Texas College of Law - Houston, Texas 

Stetson University College of Law - Gulfport, Florida 

Syracuse University College of Law - Syracuse, New York 

University of Houston Law Center - Houston, Texas

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law - Chicago, Illinois 

International 

KU Leuven University - Leuven, Belgium 

National University of Juridical Sciences - Kolkata, India 

Newcastle University - Newcastle upon Tyne, England 

Queens University Belfast - Belfast, Northern Ireland 

Symbiosis Law School - Hyderabad, India 

Swansea University Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law - Swansea, Wales 

Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada 

University of Auckland - Auckland, New Zealand

University of Nairobi - Nairobi, Kenya 

University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia  

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Paris, France

Judging Criteria

Competition Details

• TANC will be held virtually.
• Please complete the application at the Apply Now button below. Schools will be notified of their acceptance on a rolling basis, If selected, the participation fee is $100 or €86.00." 
• The field will be limited to 12 American and 12 European teams and acceptances will be announced on a rolling basis. 
• The competition problems will be released on March 1, 2022.
• The competition will take place on April 1 - 3, 2022.
• The competition will be in English.
• Teams may consist of four persons, but only two persons from each team are eligible to compete in each round.
• Each round will be one hour in duration.

The competition gives law students on both sides of the Atlantic an opportunity to hone their negotiation and communication skills in a transnational setting, with particular emphasis on the importance of cross-cultural negotiation and communication in resolving disputes and facilitating client agreements.

In each round of the competition, one team from the United States and one from Europe will face each other to resolve a series of problems presented in a particular factual scenario. The scenarios are not dependent on the law of a particular country and are the type commonly encountered in international business, trade, and political disputes.

Each simulation consists of a common set of facts known by all participants, as well as confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. Teams may consist of four persons, but only two persons from each team are eligible to compete in each round. Each panel of evaluators will consist of three judges, with at least one judge from either Europe or the United States.

All finalists and semifinalist teams will receive a trophy commemorating their accomplishments and individual awards will be given to the competition's best advocate, most creative solution to a bargaining problem, and for best team work. 

Last year's competition featured participants (teams and judges) from 23 different countries spanning 8 time zones

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