The Responses to the Requests for Clarification of this year’s Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition have been published! You can find them on the Lachs Moot page: This Year’s Competition and linked directly here and here.
The IISL Proceedings of the 2019 IISL Colloquium are now available for order. This volume contains the proceedings of the 62nd Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in Washington DC, USA in October 2019, as well as the report of the IISL Standing Committee on the Status of Read more…
The International Institute of Space Law (“IISL”) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that by unanimous vote, it has approved Latin America as its 5th Region. Latin America joins the North American, European, Asia Pacific and African Regions. Regional winners receive financial support to attend the World Finals. The Read more…
The International Institute of Space Law is delighted to announce that the problem for the 2021 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition has now been released and is published on the Institute’s website (please see here). The case between the (fictional) States of Proclivia and Asteria involves the activities Read more…
Dear IISL community, It is with great regret that several upcoming IISL activities have been affected by COVID-19. The health of our members and participants absolutely comes first! Therefore, some regionals for the Manfred Lachs Moot Court will be postponed or held virtually. More information will be posted on the dedicated Read more…
Dear AP Teams: Here is more important information regarding the revised AP competition: • BIT will handle Memorial grading in the normal manner and announce scores on 25 April. International and AP Regional Rules applicable to Memorials are to be followed. After this initial grading is complete, BIT will advise Read more…
Responses to requests for clarification of the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition are now published. See for further information our Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition page and the 2020 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition Problem. We are looking forward to this year’s competition!
The IISL has accepted to be a collaborating institution for the 3rd Manfred Lachs Space Law Conference on NewSpace Commercialisation and the Law, organised by the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law on 16-17 March 2015 at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal, Canada. IISL members will benefit from a reduced Read more…
The China University of Political Science and Law will host the international conference: Space Security and Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Activities in Beijing, China, on 25 May, 2014. This event will be held in conjunction with the Asia Pacific Regional Round of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Read more…
Best Memorial – Eilene Galloway Award The Eilene Galloway Award for Best Memorial is awarded to the best written arguments submitted by a team out of all the competing universities drawn from the four regions. Best Oralist – Sterns and Tennen Award The Best Oralist – Sterns and Tennen Award Read more…