Mooting and mock trials

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Mooting and mock trial skills are essential for students wishing to be admitted to the bar at some stage in their careers. They teach students the art of courtroom procedure and debate and how theory is applied.

Each year we conduct internal moots, compete in 10 interstate and international competitions, and host a competition that attracts national entries from universities around the country.

QUT students generally enter these competitions:

• QUT Shine Torts Moot
• The Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
• The Law Council of Australia's ALSA Moot Competition
• The International Maritime Arbitration Moot Competition
• Oxford IP Moot
• The Family Law Moot Competition
• The Pan-Pacific Moot Competition
• QUOTALS Senior and Junior Moots
• AAT Moot
• Lexis-Nexis Gibbs Constitutional LawMoot

History

QUT Mooting Teams have long had a reputation for being strong competitors in mooting competitions. Our students have won prestigious titles including:

• stetson University College of Law International Environmental Moot
• the Australian champions of the Law Council of Australia's ALSA Moot Competition
• best orator at ALSA
• represented Australia in the Trans-Tasman Family Law Moot
• first place in the Pan- Pacific Moot Competition
• first at the break at the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
• first place in the Oxford IP Moot
• best Mooter in the Oxford IP Moot

Most recently, QUT completed in the International Criminal Court Trial Competition at The Hague, the Netherlands. QUT's prosecution counsel received the Best Trial Lawyer Award across the whole competition.

Getting involved

Each year teams will be selected to represent QUT at the external mooting competitions. There will be try-outs in first semester in April so that teams can be finalized by May in time for the start of the competitions. There may also be a need to ask for expressions of interest in second semester in October for other competitions.

Solicitors, barristers, judges, former students and mooters can be involved by judging moots, helping with practice moots and coaching teams. If you have an enquiry about mooting, or how to get involved, please contact:

Mooting Coordinator
Email: mooting@qut.edu.au