Introduction
A moot is a role-play exercise, in which two pairs of advocates (or sometimes two single advocates) conduct legal argument, based on an imaginary factual scenario, in front of a judge (or sometimes a bench of two or more judges).
For the sake of simplicity, the rest of this section is written on the basis that there are two pairs of advocates and one judge, since this is by far the most common situation. At the end of a moot the judge will decide not only which side has won on the law, but also – and for the participants much more importantly – which side has won in terms of being the better mooters.Most law schools offer at least some opportunity to moot, while many go further and incorporate mooting into your programme of assessment. In addition to any internal provision, there are also several inter-institutional mooting competitions. Either your law school or the promoters of inter-institutional mooting competitions will lay down the specific rules for the moots which they cover (for example, there will always be a time limit – typically 30 or 40 minutes for each side); but the advice contained in the rest of this section is offered by way of more general guidance to mooting.
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