LAWS6097Competitive Mooting

Course handbook

Description

Competitive Mooting will enable students who are eligible and willing to participate in national and international legal skills competitions, to have their skills assessed and acknowledged. This course promotes and develops students' advocacy, mooting and associated communication skills through preparation in a recognised mooting competition. Students are eligible for the subject by application and section only, as student places in this course are limited. However, selection for participation in this course does not automatically qualify a student for participation as a member of a team in external competition. Available competitions will be determined at the discretion of the course coordinator in conjunction with the Dean and Head of School.

Availability2024 Course Timetables

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate advanced and specialised oral and written communication skills in preparing written and oral submissions for one or more mooting competitions

2. Demonstrate advanced and specialised skills in substantive and procedural legal research in preparing the moot written submissions

3. Demonstrate advanced and effective skills in advocacy and mooting including the capacity to apply lateral thinking to solve complex legal problems

4. Demonstrate and advanced capacity to work in collaboration with others as well as independently in managing of a large legal research and writing project

5. Demonstrate an advanced capacity to reflect critically on their own learning experiences and demonstrate a recognition that law is a dynamic discipline requiring a lifelong learning approach to skill development and expertise

Content

The topics in this course include:

1. Preparation for one of the selected mooting competitions.
2. Presentation of submissions in practice sessions for the relevant skills competition(s).
3. Coaching sessions as determined by coach for the particular competition team, including analysis of material form previous competitions.

Requisite

If you have successfully completed LAWS5028 you cannot enrol in this course.

This course is only available to students enrolled in one of:

[12334] Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (JD)

[12340] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12341] Bachelor of Social Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12342] Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12343] Bachelor of Aboriginal Professional Practice/Bachelor of Laws(Honours)

[12346] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12347] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Diploma of Legal Practice

[12348] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[12348] Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40036] Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40037] Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40129] Bachelor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40130] Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40150] Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40188] Bachelor of Global Indigenous Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40189] Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40272] Bachelor of Criminology/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40279] Bachelor of Coastal and Marine Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40280] Bachelor of Biomedicine/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[40290] Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50005] Bachelor of Media and Communication/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

[50016] Juris Doctor

Assumed knowledge

LAWS6000 Legal System and Method I, and LAWS6001 Legal System and Method IILAWS6002A Torts Part A, or LAWS6120 Torts ILAWS6002B Torts Part B, or LAWS6121 Torts IILAWS6003A & LAWS6003B Criminal Law & Procedure Part A & B, or LAWS6130 Criminal Law & ProcedureLAWS6004A Contracts Part A, or LAWS6140 Contracts ILAWS6004B Contracts Part B, or LAWS6141 Contracts II

Assessment items

Participation: Competition participation

Portfolio: Competition Preparation Portfolio

Role Play: Simulated Clinical Exercise and Reflection

Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct

Semester 2 - 2024 - Newcastle City Precinct

Course outline

Course outline not yet available.