Senior Mooting
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Transcript of Senior Mooting
Senior Mooting ADVOCACY
What is Mooting? Mooting is simply a chance to get an insight into the
operations and atmosphere of an appeals court session. You all will have done mooting in your first year, all the
stress, hours of study, sleepless nights. Thank god the senior mooting comp is nothing like that, not nearly as much preparation is needed and sleepless nights aren’t required.
With a week given to prepare for a case no one expects an in-depth response involving any and all precedents relevant to the issue.
Senior mooting is more about testing and developing your ability to evaluate the key issues, establish some convincing key arguments and then being able to think on your feet when questioned by a judge.
Teams: Two teams consisting of THREE people
12 3
21 31 2
Before the Moot You will receive your moot problem the week
before your moot. Swap memorandum of arguments 24hours
before the moot. This is an outline of the agreed facts and the
submissions your team will make. All cases that your team will use must be included in the MOA. A comprehensive example of this is handed out with the rules.
This is to help the judge follow the case and better understand your arguments.
How to Tackle a Moot Problem Read and re-read the question Start reading and Researching Not all cases will work in your favour Keep and eye out for:
Salient facts The ratio Dissenting arguments Majority/unanimous Relevant obiter and Binding/persuasive
QUALITY OVER QUANTITY
THIS GUY
Court Room LayoutJudge/Judges
TimekeeperJudge’s
associates
Respondent/Defendant Appellant/Plaintiff
Speaker 3
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
Speaker 2
Speaker 3
Speaker 2
Court Etiquette Cheat sheet available in 2013
Competitions Guidebook Summary:
STAND BOW USE FORMAL LANGUAGE
Your Honour
My learned friend…
The Court Room Process:Judge is
announced Stand Bow before judge; sit
Appellant appearance
s
Respondent appearance
s
Appellant submission;
senior counsel
Appellant submission
s; junior counsel
Respondent submission
s; senior counsel
Respondent submission
s; junior counsel
Questions from the
JudgeAppellant conclusion
Respondent conclusion
HELP! What Do I Wear? Mooting is the PERFECT opportunity to
SUIT UP! GIRLS: Slick it back BOYS: Leave your Mickey Mouse tie at home Jewellery = minimal and Footwear = enclosed Dress conservatively!
What do I Bring? Cases or case summaries Legal Dictionary Double Copies of EVERYTHING
(submissions, cases, etc.) Rule book (if you want to)
Prize
How Do I Sign Up? Simply form your team Think of an awesome name (Daz and
Kaz Associates is taken...SORRY) Go online and fill in the form, found on
the Facebook event page OR see us after the meeting!
“Make me a Mooter” from a Mooting Marvel:
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