The 2008 competition had over 50 teams participating across all three regions.

The world semi-final was held on 30 September between the University of New South Wales (Australia) and Georgetown University (United States).  The world final was held on 2 October at the City Chambers, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

The problem, Case Concerning the Continued Provision of Lifeline Satellite Services to Countries in the Face of Satellite Operator Insolvency (Concordia & Landia v Usurpia), was written by John Gantt and Maury Mechanick (United States).

For the first time, the Lee Love Award was awarded as a cash prize of US$600.00 to the members of the winning team, that of the University of New South Wales.

Winner:
University of New South Wales (Australia)
Madeleine Ellicott, Tamara Phillips and Katrina Taylor
Coached by Mr. Pouyan Afshar

Runner-Up:
University of Augsburg (Germany)
Christian Odehnal, Melanie Ortlieb and Maximilian Widmann
Coached by Ms. Sarah Schumann

Semi-Finalist:
Georgetown University (United States)
Robert Gajarsa and Jonathan Reisman
Coached by Prof. Paul Larsen

Best Memorials:
University of Augsburg (Germany)

Best Oralists:
Madeleine Ellicott (University of New South Wales)

Semi-Final Judges:
Prof. Stephan Hobe (Germany)
Mr. S. R. Sridhara Murthi (India)
Prof. Maureen Williams (Argentina)

Final Judges:
Judge Abdul G. Koroma (Sierra Leone)
Judge Peter Tomka (Slovakia)
Prof. Francis Lyall (United Kingdom)