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The School of Law holds an annual Mooting Competition which is organised and run by Senior Lecturer Sandra Warfield and the Student Law Society.
The winning mooting team goes forward to represent the School of Law in national mooting competitions.
The best mooter in the final moot is offered up to three weeks work experience with expenses with a local firm of solicitors, Knowles Benning and Co.
In a moot two people argue a fictitious legal appeal case in front of a ‘judge’ – (usually a lecturer or postgraduate student).
The winner is not necessarily the winner of the legal case, but whoever makes the best presentation of the legal argument.
Mooting develops legal skills of analysis and interpretation, and also useful personal skills of conducting an argument and public speaking.
A moot consists of two teams of two. Each team has a leading and a junior counsel.
One team will argue for the appellants and the other team will argue for the respondents.
The lead counsel will normally have 20 minutes to present the case, and junior counsel 15 minutes.
Mooting is a useful supplement to a law degree, but it is possible for non lawyers to moot, as little knowledge of the law is required – but it is useful to know legal principles.
Further information on mooting can be found at the Oxford University Press
