Annual Kirby Moot Competition 2015
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Students from laws schools around Australia will be participating in the 5th Annual Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot Court Competition. Hosted by Victoria University’s Law School, the competition is now the largest Moot Court Competition in Australia.
The grand final will be presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Honourable Nicola Roxon, Simon Marks QC and Michael D Wyles QC.
In 2014 there were a total of 26 teams from 17 Australian universities and a total of 94 student participants.
Visit the Kirby Moot website for more information.
Benefits of participating in the moot
The moot problem is designed to closely resemble a real-life dispute to ensure it's authentic and relevant to students’ learning. The moot judges are mainly practitioners.
Students are provided with feedback to help them reflect on their performance and develop the relevant advocacy skills and their overall delivery of arguments.
Those participating will have the opportunity to further develop fundamental lawyering skills including:
- problem-solving
- legal analysis and reasoning
- legal research
- factual investigation
- communication (oral and written)
- organisation
- management
- teamwork.
These skills will better equip all law graduates for further study and for their future careers.
Attend as an observer or volunteer
Current VU students and secondary school students are invited to attend the four-day event as observers or volunteers.
To observe, simply attend any of the Rounds as outlined in the General Rounds Draw. Registrations not required.
Important dates
Monday 28 September: Official welcome and general rounds begin
Tuesday 29 September: General rounds
Wednesday 30 September: General rounds and announcement of top 8 teams
Thursday 1 October: Grand final
Schedule & rounds
Sponsors
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