First Year Moot
***UPDATE!: The First Year Moot DRAW for Round 2 and PROBLEM for Round 2 are available for download. Please click links***
To all those budding first year barristers.....finally, finally the time of the year has rolled around that you can forget law classes and get stuck into all the action of the courtroom. If you have been waiting all year to address the court then suit up and listen up:
Firstly, what is mooting you may ask?
Mooting is where you pair up with a partner with the option of choosing a third person who will act as your solicitor. You receive a factual scenario in the morning of the day previous to the competition. This will detail the facts of the case, as well as the argument you will be putting forward either as appellants or respondents. You have approximately two days to prepare a memorandum detailing your case, which must be submitted both via email and hard copy (2 copies) by 1pm on the day of the competition. Preparation will consist of legal research into areas of the law which you may have not even studied. Your memorandum (or summary of your legal argument) will be forwarded to the judge presiding over the moot (usually held in a tutorial room), and the moot will commence that night at 7pm. You will be required to dress in business attire on the nights of the competition, and the two barristers on each team will be required to speak for 20 minutes each, whilst responding to questions from the bench. Nights of the competition are expected to conclude around 9pm.
This year's competition will consist of two preliminary rounds, a quarter final, semi-final and a Grand Final. See below for dates.
Entries open Monday 2nd August and close 5pm Thursday 5th August
Competitors, please ensure that you are able to attend all rounds before signing up.
- Round 1: 6.30pm Thursday 12th August
- Round 2: 6.30pm Tuesday 17th August
- Quarter Finals: 6.30pm Thursday 19th August
- Semi Final: 6.30pm Tuesday 24th August
- Grand Final: Tuesday 26th August
Note: The first year Moot Entry form is available here. PLEASE NOTE: Entry forms are DUE BY Monday 9th Aug @ 5pm
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| monash_lss_-_fym_problem_round_1__2_2010.docx | 73 KB |
| fymoot_draw_round_12010.pdf | 50.69 KB |
| fym_competitors_guide_2010.pdf | 4.22 MB |
| fym_draw_round_2_final_2010.pdf | 51.85 KB |
| monash_lss_fym_round_2_problem_2010.pdf | 95.78 KB |