ABSTRACT

Mooting offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills in an enjoyable, interactive and challenging way. Participation in mooting can lead to improved academic performance, enhancing your knowledge and your ability to handle complex legal materials as well as improving the power of your persuasive argument and vital skills, which will enhance your profile for prospective employers. In this book, Eric Baskind provides a seamless and comprehensive examination of the various areas involved in mooting and advocacy, combining both theoretical and practical aspects as well as the organisation of and participation in mooting competitions.

Online video footage of an actual moot brings the practical nature of mooting alive and will give you expert advice and analysis of successful mooting technique as well as tips for improvement. Each moot video is highlighted at various points of interest to provide expert commentary and analysis of the mooters’ presentation, identifying the mooters’ strengths and weaknesses and how successfully they use cases and other materials to support their argument. These sections will then be re-enacted, incorporating the suggestions for improvements to help you to see how the overall performance could have been improved.

This definitive guide will equip you with a complete grasp of mooting from the initial preparatory stages through to advocacy in the moot itself.

chapter 1|13 pages

Introduction to mooting

chapter 2|43 pages

Key aspects of the English legal system

chapter 3|52 pages

Legal research and case preparation

chapter 5|5 pages

The bundle

chapter 6|29 pages

Lawyers’ skills

Preparation, presentation and personal skills

chapter 7|29 pages

Oral submissions

chapter 8|11 pages

Participating in the moot

chapter 9|25 pages

Organising a moot or mooting competition

chapter 10|22 pages

Sample moot problems

chapter 11|3 pages

Interactive videos

Analysis of a live moot

chapter 12|7 pages

Useful resources