Competitions

Over 60 LTU law students participated in the LSA's inaugural "MOOT BOOT CAMP" last weekend. Led by prominent barristers, lecturers and former students they learnt advocacy and communication skills (and also ate yummy sushi and club sandwiches). Both students and boot camp instructors were raving about the weekend and another camp is being planned for semester one!

La Trobe University will be sending teams to the Inaugural Hon. Michael Kirby Contract Law Moot to be held at Victoria Law School from 28-30 September 2011.
 
This will be an annual competition of teams representing law schools from around Australia and is designed to be an educational program with many facets comprising the competition. 
 
The moot is intended to simulate a dispute resolution proceeding for parties in a contractual law dispute. Students are encouraged to develop and improve their practical legal skills as well as their comprehension and retention of the substantive contract law throughout the mooting period.   
 
The moot problem, rules, registration form and moot administration contact information can all be downloaded from http://www.vu.edu.au/events/inaugural-hon-michael-kirby-contract-law-moot-competition.
 
Please send your expressions of interest with your mooting history to Emily Boutard at competitions@latrobelsa.com.

The LSA is proud to present the IHL Moot.

This is your chance to bring out your inner Kofi Annan and get involved in mooting at La Trobe.

First rounds will be on September 5, 7 & 8. 

Anyone in any year level of LTU Law can enter in teams of two or three. 

The winners of IHL will go to ALSA and represent LTU on the national stage.

"How to moot" guides are available outside the LSA office. 

Sign ups are OUT NOW outside the LSA office (SS 222).

Sign ups will close on Wednesday 31 August.

In the first week of April year, our team competed in the Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot.   This moot is a simulated legal proceeding requiring both written and oral advocacy on the topic of international commercial arbitration.  The Vis is the most prestigious private international law moot in the world.  This year our team competed in a field of 84 law schools including some of the oldest and best known law schools from Europe, US and Asia.

The La Trobe University Law School team reached the Eighth Finals and therefore came equal fifth in the competition. It is the third year in a row that we have made the finals.   La Trobe Law reached the semi-finals in 2009 and the quarter finals in 2010.

Congratulations to our team: Emily Boutard,  Laura Pollack, Nathan Sargent and Timothy Martin.

Particular congratulations go to our two oralists, Emily Boutard and Laura Pollack who were both awarded with honorable mentions for their superior advocacy. It is the second time that our Team Captain Ms. Boutard has participated in a La Trobe Law Mooting Team that has reached the finals of an international mooting competition.

These results consolidate La Trobe's international reputation as a law school which  moots at the highest levels. Our international mooters have developed their written and oral advocacy skills, they have learnt the value of team work and they have networked with lawyers, judges and academics from all around the world.

La Trobe LSA runs a series of competitions throughout the year that encourage students to develop their practical legal skills, with a focus on oral advocacy and alternative dispute resolution.

Participating in competitions is a great way to get to know your fellow law students, learn about the practical side of the law and develop your legal research skills.

Competitions available to La Trobe Law students are as follows;  

Senior Moot

Junior Moot

International Humanitarian Law Moot

Client Interviewing

Negotiation