Cancelled Moot Court Competition
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From 2021 all students enrolled on the Bachelors International
Law course will enjoy the unique opportunity of joining the
International Law Moot Court Team.
Mooting is a form of legal advocacy, modelled on genuine court
proceedings, where teams compete against each other to present the
most persuasive legal arguments before a judge. As a member of the
Moot Court Team, students will benefit from the experience of
arguing contentious legal issues before accomplished legal
practitioners and judges. This is a unique opportunity for
international law students to sharpen their legal reasoning and
court presentation skills in a real-life setting, allowing students
to access the benefits of advice and training from experienced
lawyers in a friendly and supportive setting. It also provides the
opportunity to interact with the legal community whilst allowing
students to add notable skills and experience to their résumé.
All students who join the team will enjoy the benefits of training
and competition in a practice round and internal competition. And
for those dedicated members who wish to expand their skillset,
there is now the opportunity to compete at the highest levels, in
either the ILSA Jessup International Law Moot (final rounds in
Washington DC), or the International Criminal Court Moot (final
rounds in The Hague, Netherlands).
This is a unique opportunity for dedicated International Law
students to prove their team skills in legal research and both
written and oral argument, before judges in the highest
international courts. It is also a unique way to meet fellow
International Law students from around the world. Further details
will be announced by the course leader during the introductory
International Law lecture.
Participation in the moot court competitions will allow students
to improve their legal research skills, specifically the ability to
identify relevant legal sources and to use inferential and
analogical logic to present these in a coherent and rhetorically
sound manner in support of a clinet case.
hus the students will enhance their skills in legal argumentation -
both orally and in written form - as well as deepening their
knowledge of international law adjudication and, in the case of the
ICC moot, international criminal law, and ICC proceedings. Such
engagement will deepen students’ knowledge of the topic.
Participating students will also have the benefit of meeting
likeminded students, practitioners, and experts in international
law from around the world.
This will provide added career benefits to students, whilst
allowing the faculty to demonstrate the quality of KU International
Law teaching, and student abilities, in a global
forum.
The students will work in teams of two, preparing for moot
competition through a series of trial events which follow the
standard conduct of a moot. A moot is a fictitious legal case
usually set in an appeal court.
One team of advocates acts for the appellants and one for the
respondents.
Each team usually has two advocates, a Junior Counsel and a Senior
Counsel.
Each team presents arguments to the court either supporting or
opposing the appeal. These are usually termed arguments for the
appellant and the respondent.
The moot problem will usually be based around two grounds of
appeal. One ground of appeal will be allocated to the Junior and
one to the Senior as they decide, though the more difficult ground
will generally be allocated to the Senior.
Each Junior usually has 10 minutes to present submissions. Each
Senior usually has 15 minutes. This includes the time fielding
interventions from the moot Judge.
The main aim is to be logical and persuasive, since the Judge
determines which team of advocates have succeeded based upon the
quality of their arguments, their skills in advocacy, and their
teamwork.
The students will be required to analyse a serious of moot problems and cases totaling 400 pages of material.
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Completion of the Bachelors level course in International Law.
Students should have the ability to communicate fluently in oral and written English.
- Students enrolled at Faculty of Law: Self Service at KUnet
- Professionals: Single subject application form (tuition fee apply)
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Oral examination, 20 min
- Type of assessment details
- Oral exam based on a synopsis, 20 minutes
- Exam registration requirements
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In order to attend the oral examination, it is a prerequisite to hand in the synopsis before the specified deadline. The deadline will be stated in the Digital exam.
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 171,25
- Seminar
- 35
- English
- 206,25
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- JJUB55184U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Bachelor
Bachelor choice
- Duration
-
1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Price
-
- Students enrolled at Faculty of Law: No tuition fee
- Professionals: Please visit our website
- Schedulegroup
-
Please see timetable for teaching time
- Studyboard
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Law
Course Coordinator
- Karen McGregor Richmond (14-6d6374677030746b656a6f717066426c7774306d7730666d)
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