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What quality assurance issues does the use of mooting as an assessment component pose?
Mooting, like any oral presentation, raises some issues in terms of quality assurance, especially when it is being used in levels 2 and 3 where a sample of work will usually need to be placed before …
Why do you want to assess a moot?
The 2006 survey for the Mooting for learning project showed that summatively assessing mooting is becoming increasingly common – 84% of those institutions that used mooting within the curricul…
Is mooting not resource intensive?
Mooting, in its most basic form, is a very cheap form of teaching. It does not require any special resources, although a number of embellishments may be thought desirable – some law schools hav…
Can mooting be staged throughout a course?
I personally believe that mooting is not being used particularly effectively. The 2006 survey for the Mooting for learning project showed that a majority of intra-curricular mooting takes place in t…
Where does mooting take place?
answer is it depends on why you are using mooting. Intra or extra-curricular? The 2006 survey for the Mooting for learning project noted that over a ten year period there was a shift towards incl…
How many students are required in a moot?
amicus curiae could also be developed within mooting. There is however no reason why each moot requires two counsel. A single student could undertake the role on each side, reducing the numbers to …
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using moots?
disadvantages to its use. The 2006 survey for the Mooting for learning project looked at the advantages and disadvantages of mooting. Respondents were not asked to consider a pre-conceived list but…
'On trial': tutor as silent witness
In this article from the Autumn 2007 issue of Directions Kirsten Hardie describes the use of mock trials to develop creative learning experiences in a new context. Kirsten, a National Teaching Fellow…
Mooting for learning: interim report
Interim report from the UKCLE funded Mooting for learning project led by Alisdair Gillespie (De Montfort University) and Gary Watt (University of Warwick), presenting the findings from phases I and I…
What forms of moot can be used?
a mini-moot is to introduce students to mooting. Significant questions can be raised as to how some institutions use mooting and the level of preparation involved in equipping students with the knowl…
Mooting
builds on the findings of the UKCLE funded Mooting for learning project, undertaken by Alisdair and Gary Watt (University of Warwick), with eleven frequently asked questions (FAQs) about mooting as a…
What can be assessed in a moot?
Mooting, in its widest meaning, provides lots of opportunities for assessment beyond oral presentations. It has already been noted that there are different types of mooting (see FAQ 3), and obviously…
Does mooting not simply reinforce black letter approaches to law?
One of the criticisms levelled at mooting is that it can reinforce the idea that black letter approaches are central to the study of law. Depending how a moot is being used this may be a fair critici…
Why mooting?
important step in deciding whether to use mooting in the curriculum is to ask yourself why? Mooting is commonly considered to be a fun activity enjoyed by (at least) some students and members of acad…
Mooting for learning
gary.watt@warwick.ac.uk) Project summary: study of the use of mooting within the academic stage of legal education Completion date: 2007 UKCLE funding: £750 Little has been written on the place of…
Tackling plagiarism at Sheffield Hallam University
Case study from Lesley Lomax of Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) on efforts to tackle the growth in plagiarism (featuring a compusory moot), presented at UKCLE’s seminar on plagiarism and lega…
Practice makes perfect: use of practitioner led mooting to develop and enhanced student centred learning experience
for the involvement of practitioners in mooting. Dan would like to acknowledge the invaluable help of David Pope, Director of Advocacy at Denton Wilde Sapte, for his help in establishing and running …
Are we MAD? Introducing mooting and debating at a law firm
legal argument skills in a law firm. Mooting and debating groups form a key role in the extracurricular activities of law students and are being increasingly incorporated into LLB programmes. By c…
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