The Hon. Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot Competition is a three/four day competition for teams representing law schools in Australia. The competition is organised by the Victoria University.
The moot simulates an arbitration for parties in a contractual law dispute. It consists of the preparation of a written memorandum by the claimant, a memorandum by the respondent and oral hearings.
Moot court provides a stimulating and challenging avenue for students to improve their research skills, ability to conduct legal analysis, persuasive writing techniques and oral advocacy skills. These are the very skills required of an advocate in law practice.
In 2019 the Moot competition was suspended, however the competition will be back in 2020.
The National Intervarsity Women’s Mooting Tournament was first introduced in 2011 by the Sydney University Law Society (“SULS”) in conjunction with the NSW Young Lawyers Special Committee of Law Students’ Societies (“SCLSS”). It is aimed at addressing the equity issues facing women at the bar and is the only national moot in which all competitors must be female.
Although the traditional barriers facing women at law school and within the legal profession have generally improved such that our generation may benefit from a more equitable professional environment, the same developments are arguably yet to characterise the bar.
See details regarding the 2019 Competition here.
The Gibbs Moot is an annual mooting competition organised by the Isaacs Law Society in conjunction with the Australian Association of Constitutional Law.
The Gibbs Moot attracts some of the highest quality mooters from around Australia and New Zealand, with the finalists having the rare opportunity to moot in front of the Honourable Chief Justice Robert French AC at the High Court of Australia.
See details regarding the 2019 competition here.
Since 1915 and with 13,000 members worldwide, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators exists for the global promotion, facilitation and development of all forms of private dispute resolution.
In 2019 the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators offered a different competition to students. "In keeping with our policy in promoting and contributing to global arbitration scholarship, CIArb Australia is pleased to announce the launch of the 2019 CIArb Australia Essay Competition." See more details here.
The Voiceless Australian-New Zealand Intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL) is the first and only animal law moot in Australia and New Zealand. Held at Bond University in 2014, this knockout style moot competition will explore and consider the legal issues within the emerging area of animal law.
Since inception the Australia New Zealand intervarsity Moot on Animal Law (ANIMAL) is now one of Australia's largest mooting competitions.
Find out the details of the 2019 competition here.
Who is Voiceless?
Voiceless is led by father-daughter team Brian and Ondine Sherman, supported by patrons Michael Kirby, J. M. Coetzee and Jane Goodall. Established in 2004, Voiceless is a community of informed and passionate animal advocates working together to make a difference.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal Mooting competition is conducted over five rounds at both State and National levels, and involves fact scenarios drawn from a variety of administrative law areas including immigration and citizenship, social security, veterans' affairs, workers' compensation and taxation.
Each round of the competition concerns a different area of jurisdiction and is adjudicated by Members of the Tribunal.
The objectives of the competition are two-fold:
to expose law students to the unique merits review jurisdiction of the Tribunal thereby highlighting the differences between Tribunal practice and procedure and that of the courts; and
to encourage law students to have an interest in pursuing administrative law practice upon completion of their legal studies.
See details on the 2019 competition.
The Australian Red Cross, ALSA and the International Committee of the Red Cross host the International Humanitarian Law (IHL) Mooting Competition each year.
The IHL Moot's purpose is to raise awareness of international humanitarian law issues within the Australian university community.
It is envisaged that the Moot will assist students in understanding and appreciating the growing importance of international humanitarian law, its nature as a system of protection during times of armed conflict and its role as fundamental part of international law.
See details on the 2019 competition and a video.
The Australian Environmental Law Moot launched in 2012 at the Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne. This is a nation-wide mooting contest, open to all Law Schools across Australia.
This is more than just a moot about the environment; it encapsulates all the areas of practice in the law we associate with the environment – natural resources, energy, water, climate change and planning laws, conservation and sustainability.
We invite Law Schools and law students with interests in climate change, environment, energy, resources, water and planning laws to compete in the Australian Environmental Law Moot, in the hope that we may proactively contribute to the thinking and further the jurisprudence in these areas of law.
This Mooting competition appears to be no longer operating in 2019.
