ASADIP: Annual Conference, Moot and New Board

Annual conference

The Annual Conference of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) will take place on 7-9 August 2025 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). More information will be available soon.

Moot

ASADIP has its own moot! ASADIP’s moot is free of charge and will be held in Spanish and Portuguese. There is a written and an oral part. Only the 4 highest-scoring teams will participate in the oral rounds, which will take place on 6 August 2025. A few deadlines to bear in mind are:

• Requests for clarification regarding the case must be sent before 23:59 horas (Río de Janeiro time) on 14 April 2025
• Information regarding clarifications will be published on 18 April 2025
• Deadline for team registration is 2 May 2025
• Memorials must be submitted before 23:59 (Río de Janeiro time) on 23 May 2025

The rules of the Moot are available here (including a declaration on the use of AI). The case “Mejía vs. Larrea” is contained in Annex 4.

New Board

A new ASADIP Board was appointed for the period 2024-2027 and is composed of the following officials:

• President: Verónica Ruiz Abou-Nigm (Uruguay).
• Vice-president international relations: Marcos Dotta Salgueiro (Uruguay)
• Vice-president academic matters: Jorge Oviedo Albán (Colombia)
• Vice-president communications and publications: Juan Ignacio Stampalija (Argentina)
• Vice-president financial matters: Felicita Argaña (Paraguay)

Other officials who have been appointed are:

Deputy Vice-presidents, Secretary General (María Mercedes Albornoz (México)) and its Deputy, and vocals. The full names are available here. Many congratulations to all.