Current External Competitions
The Sir John Peden Moot 2012
Gadens Intervarsity Women Moot 2012
Listen up ladies! This competition is just for you! Sponsored by Gadens Lawyers, this tournament is a unique opportunity for law schools to promote awareness of the inequality facing women at the senior levels of the profession while providing female law students with advocacy experience.
This newly created tournament held its inaugural competition last year to much success and will be held again this year in semester two. Each team consists of three members, however each team may have no more than one international mooter (ie, a student who has competed at an international level, eg at Jessup).
Venue: Last year the preliminary rounds were held at USYD and UTS, with the semi-final at the offices of Gadens Lawyers and the grand final in Federal Court of Australia.
For further information or registration, please email Pishoy at competitions@muls.org.
Administrative Appeals Tribunal National Mooting Competition
The AAT (Administrative Appeals Tribunal) National Mooting Competition is open to students from a variety of universities across Australia and affords them opportunity to put their advocacy and research skills to the test through participation in a series of simulated appeal cases.
Participants will be required to demonstrate their understanding of administrative law and utilise their oral and written communication skills when appearing before a panel of judges, largely composed of members of the AAT. Participants, working in teams of up to three engage with a number of fact scenarios drawn from various areas of administrative law such as worker's compensation, immigration and citizenship, social security, taxation, veteran's affairs and civil aviation. Through the practical application of their knowledge of the law, students gain invaluable insight into the nature of Tribunal work and greater depth of understanding of Tribunal practise and procedure.
For more information please visit http://www.aat.gov.au/AboutTheAAT/MootingCompetition.htm or email Pishoy at competitions@muls.org.
DETAILS REGARDING THE 2012 COMPETITION ARE YET TO BE FINALISED
International Client Consultation Competition
The Brown-Mosten ICCC (International Client Consulting Competition is hosted by the Law Society of Ireland. The annual event affords students the opportunity to practise their interviewing and counselling skills in the context of simulated law office interviews.
Law students work in teams of two to conduct a mock interview with a client and will have to draw upon their interpersonal and reasoning skills to determine the nature of the problem facing the client. The competition aims to foster greater co-operation in and refine the necessary skills needed to maintain a successful working lawyer-client relationship. Through participation, students develop more effective interviewing, planning and analytical skills.
The 2012 Topic is: Employers and Employees.
For more information please visit http://www.brownmosten.com/ or email Pishoy at
competitions@muls.org.
Commonwealth Moot
The Commonwealth Moot is an international competition that is contested by teams representing the various regions of the Commonwealth. The Moot is one of the most prestigious mooting competitions, being open only to teams who have won either their respective continental, regional or national competitions. The Final Round of the Moots are typically adjudicated by Chief Justices from the many different countries, provinces and states that make up the Commonwealth, which is what sets this competition apart from other international moots.
Participants gain greater confidence from engaging in high level advocacy and exchange knowledge and skills with one another. Competing in such a highly regarded moot being presided by some of the most eminent figures in the legal profession presents students with an immensely rewarding, enriching and lifelong learning experience.
DETAILS REGARDING THE 2012 COMPETITION ARE YET TO BE FINALISED
The Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot
This is Australia's leading constitutional law moot, beginning in late September. Supported by Clayton Utz and the Australian Association of Constitutional Law this competition is an excellent avenue for practicing written and oral advocacy skills. As Australian and New Zealand law schools may send two teams of three, the competition is an especially good opportunity for networking.
Last year the grand final was held in the High Court of Australia and presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice French. Considering this year will mark the competition's tenth anniversary since inauguration it will undoubtedly be adjudicated by an equally prestigious figure.
For more information email Pishoy at competitions@muls.org
The Shine Lawyers Torts moot
One of Australia's foremost tort law moots, this competition is generously sponsored by Shine Lawyers. Open to teams of four from Australian, New Zealand and other South Pacific law schools, this competition is again an excellent opportunity for networking.
Taking place in August, the moot is held in Queensland, the grand final being situated in the Supreme Court of Queensland and presided over by eminent barristers, judges and Shine Lawyers staff. Accordingly the competition is great for improving participant's appreciation of court proceedings – as well as affording an improved insight into tort law and practice in written and oral advocacy.
For more information, please visit http://www.shine.com.au/pages/
shinelawyerstortsmootcompetition.aspx or email Pishoy at competitions@muls.org
The NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Moot
This competitive moot focuses exclusively on complex civil law issues. The moot itself is a bit different from others; NSW Young Lawyers actually selects competitors and allocates them into teams with students from other universities. Accordingly it affords perhaps the best opportunity of all competitions for quality networking. Competing can also evidence to prospective employers that you are able to work well in teams whose members you don't know well - as well as exhibiting good advocacy skills.
Each team is allocated a coach by NSW Young Lawyers and moots are presided over by three judges. The whole competition is aimed at producing better litigators, and personal improvement in this area is the main reason people compete.
For more information email Pishoy at competitions@muls.org.
Animal Law Essay Competitions
Annual competition held with the view of fostering interest and scholarship in the field of Animal Law. The submitted essays are judged by a panel of Animal Law experts. The top three essay submissions are awarded a monetary prize and the winning entry is published in the Alternative Law Journal.
Past winning submissions may be found at: http://www.lawsociety.com.au/about/
YoungLawyers/Committees/AnimalLaw/AnimalLawEssayCompetition/index.htm/
DETAILS REGARDING THE 2012 COMPETITION ARE YET TO BE FINALISED
External Competition Reflections
Please find below reflection statements from comptitors who have represented Macquarie University at external competitions:
Reflections_on_the_2011_International_Client_Consultation_Competition
