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MOOTING AT OXFORD
The Faculty of Law at Oxford boasts an outstanding mooting programme, offering undergraduate and postgraduate students the opportunity to participate in an extensive range of competitions, both internal and external. These pages contain information on the following competitions:
Shearman & Sterling
University of Oxford Moot Competition
Maitland Chambers University of Oxford Undergraduate Inter-collegiate (Cuppers) Mooting Competition
ESU-Essex
Court Chambers National Mooting Competition
OUP
and BPP National Mooting Competition
Weekly
Law Reports Annual Mooting Competition
Philip
C Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
International
Roman Law Moot Court Competition
Oxford
v Cambridge Clifford Chance Roman Law Moot Court Competition
Monroe
E Price International Media Law Moot Court Competition
Oxford
International Intellectual Property Moot
Oxford
Law Society Mooting Competitions
See also: Forthcoming
moots | Past
moots | Mooting news
The Faculty Mooting Officer is Professor James Edelman. In 2008, the Faculty appointed two postgraduate students as Mooting Coordinators to assist in the administration and expansion of the mooting programme in Oxford. A number of new internal competitions are contemplated, and the Faculty will consider entering teams in additional external competitions in which there is sufficient interest. For any queries or suggestions about mooting, please email Paschalis Paschalidis or Benjamin Spagnolo at mooting@law.ox.ac.uk .
What is mooting?
A moot court competition simulates an appeal hearing, in which participants analyse a problem, research the relevant law, prepare brief written submissions, and present oral argument. Mooting problems are typically designed to promote argument in areas of the law that are unsettled or subject to recent developments. Mooting competitions require competitors to engage with legal issues, and to enhance their skills of legal research and analysis, as well as their skills of persuasive argument, in the formal context of an appellate court. Mooting afford participants the opportunity to develop an understanding of substantive legal principles, to construct and defend legal argument, to collaborate closely with teammates, and to interact with academic staff, practitioners and judges in an environment that is both rewarding and enjoyable.
The short video below includes footage taken at the 2009 Shearman and Sterling LLP University of Oxford Moot Competition and features brief interviews with participants, who explain what mooting is and talk about their experiences mooting in Oxford. (A longer video filmed during the actual competition can be seen on the Shearman & Sterling University of Oxford Moot Competition page.)
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The attached notes from a Mooting Master Class held at St Hilda 's College in November 2008 provide a brief introduction to mooting, a crash course in preparing for a moot, together with some tips about court etiquette and presenting oral argument and links to further mooting resources.
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Mooting Master Class notes (PDF file)
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