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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 learning and teaching tool. The FAQs: Why mooting? What are the advant…
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 the first year, but concerns must be raised as to whether this is necessarily the…
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 including mooting within the curriculum. In 1995 only 20% of institutions used mooti…
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 have spent a considerable amount of money creating a mock courtroom. Whilst this ad…
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 criticism, but it need not be – there are ways of taking mooting outside the box.…
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 mooting within the undergraduate curriculum, although it is recognised as a use…
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 academic staff. Óne of the most significant findings of the 2006 survey for the Moo…
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 II of the project. Phase I results Phase I comprised an overview of undergra…
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 comparison, practice is often regarded as a provider of advocacy training, focusi…
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 an external examiner. The two principal concerns that are normally raised here a…
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 the College of Law mooting competition. Mooting is a valuable tool for stude…
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 curriculum assessed it, meaning that mooting is assessed in just over 50% of all institu…
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 instead to provide their own thoughts, which were then collated and an analysis…
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 what can be assessed will differ according to which type is used. If one thin…
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 two. To an extent this would be even more realistic, since two grounds of appeal…
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 knowledge and skills required to undertake a moot. A mini-moot can help ease students…
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 legal education on 22 September 2004. In tackling plagiarism at Sheffield Hallam t…
'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, teaches graphic design at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth. She is keen to de…
Teaching resource notes
education (2004) Discussion boards (2003) Mooting (2009) Multiple choice question (MCQ) tests (2003) Plagiarism (2003) Portfolio-based learning and assessment (2002) Small group learning and teaching (2009) Virtual learning environments (2003) See the TRN autho…
General transferable skills: Staffordshire University
commercial law students participate in mooting and in discrimination law they get the opportunity to practice their presentation skills. Learning support Legal study and critique module offers advice on what to do in lectures, tutorials, assignments and study technique…
General transferable skills: University of Liverpool
programme. There will also be a specific mooting option for students in the second and third years. Learning support The skills module to be introduced next year will deal specifically with problem-solving skills among other things. Presently students who have specific p…
General transferable skills: Southampton Institute
throughout the degree. There is voluntary mooting and students are coached and entered into national competitions in client interviewing, mooting and negotiating. The institute has excellent IT facilities and students are encouraged to use these as a source of research mat…
Are your students bore-ing?
includes links to information on careers, mooting and pro bono. Forum – a chatroom offering different threads – Law Chat, Escape Law, For Sale/Wanted, Prospective Students, Mentoring and City Only. Sees the most traffic during revision time when everyone compares n…
General transferable skills: Nottingham Trent University
programme throughout the course and a compulsory mooting module, with various other skills integrated into the substantive law courses. The legal skills programme is compulsory for all students, so that they come into contact with certain skills. Throughout specific courses …
General transferable skills: University of Bristol
skills are also developed through optional mooting and client counseling sessions. Simulated exercises including disputes are discussed in tutorials. The Department is working with University of the West of England and Southampton Institute of Higher Education to develop se…
General transferable skills: De Montfort University
skills including communication skills (mooting, interviewing, negotiation) and library and other research skills, as well as IT activities (Lexis and Iolis). Learning support Personal tutors see their tutees (6-8 for each tutor) at the end of each semester and review p…
General transferable skills: University of Huddersfield
the context of the work of the courts mooting client counseling negotiation …
General transferable skills: University of Leeds
library, participation in seminar groups). Mooting is typically a voluntary activity, though there is a new module in competition mooting at level 3. Learning support There are tutorial sessions connected with the legal skills module. Students must complete a review …
General transferable skills: Bournemouth University
primary sources Year 2: legal research, mooting, negotiation, interviewing, document recognition …
Doing diagnostics: accounting for progress in student communications and advocacy
anyone involved in oral presentations or mooting. I found this session very helpful – I will change the first few sessions that I spend with our mooting students to allow them to discover their own weaknesses in a non-threatening environment as encouraged in the sessio…
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