Client Interviewing

The Client Interviewing Competition is open to all students! Recommended for second Years and above due to the focus on interpersonal skills.

The Client Interview competition is a simulated interview between a team of two students acting as lawyers, and a client seeking an initial legal consultation.

The competition focuses more on interviewing skills, as such, is the perfect competition for students in lower year levels. Please note that competitors are still expected to have a basic grasp of the law.

External Competitions

To be updated

Criminal Law Moot

The Criminal Law Moot is available to all students. It is greatly recommended that students complete LAW 2599 - Criminal Law before competing in this moot.

Ran in Semester 2, the Criminal Law Moot allows students the opportunity to practice within a jurisdiction often not utilized in our Open and Novice Moots.  Students prepare written submissions over a week and then make oral arguments before judges. The judges will question students on the law and fact surrounding their submissions.

Teams are made up of two people (senior counsel and junior counsel).

First Year Moot

The First Year Moot is open to all students in their first year of a Bachelor of Laws.

Run in semester 2, this competition provides students with vital experience to develop their research, legal writing and advocacy skills. This competition uses a more limited range of problem questions suitable to the knowledge first year students. Students prepared their submissions over a week-long period before presenting their oral arguments in front of a judge. Both a senior and junior counsel present for each side (applicant and respondent); however, each competitor is scored individually.  

After competing in the First Year Moot competition, having gained valuable experience and feedback as to their legal research and presentation skills students commonly progress to the Open Moot competition in later years.

Kain Lawyers Mergers and Acquisitions

Recommended for second years and above.

Mergers and Acquisitions is a fundamental part of corporate law and this competition is a fantastic way for students to learn the relevant law and skills.

This competition runs over a shorter season, only three weeks and involves first preparing written advice to your client before having a meeting with them in which you interview them and present your advice orally. Successful competitors from this first stage then move into a negotiations round in which teams must attempt to come to a successful resolution for the merger/acquisition.

Novice Moot

The Novice Moot is open to all students who have not reached the finals stage of any other moot. However, because the competition features a broader array of practice areas than the First Year Moot, we recommend the Novice Moot for second-year students and above.

If you are beyond your first year but not quite confident enough for the Open Moot, the Novice Moot is a great place to start! Mooting is one of the best ways to improving your legal reasoning and public speaking skills. In the Novice Moot, competitors argue appellate cases by preparing their written submissions over a week-long period and then arguing their case before a judge.

Teams are made up of two people (senior and junior counsel) but competitors are judged on their individual performance!

Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot

This Moot is coordinated primarily by Dr. Stacey Henderson as part of the ‘International Law Moot: Topic – International Humanitarian Law’ course.

There will be calls for applications to compete in this competition not for course credit. Students with an interest in International Law are encouraged to participate.

Inter-Varsity Competitions