2nd Edition

Mooting The Definitive Guide to a Key Legal Skill

By Eric Baskind Copyright 2025
322 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

322 Pages 32 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Mooting offers a comprehensive examination of mooting and advocacy, combining both theoretical and practical aspects. This definitive guide will equip you with a complete grasp of mooting from the initial preparatory stages through to advocacy in the moot itself. The second edition has been comprehensively revised and updated, reflecting changes brought about by the evolving digital... Read more

1. Introduction to mooting 2. Key aspects of the English legal system 3. Legal research and case preparation 4. The skeleton argument and good legal writing 5. The bundle 6. Lawyers’ skills: preparation, presentation and personal skills 7. Oral submissions 8. Participating in the moot 9. Organising a moot or mooting competition 10. Sample moot problems 11. Interactive videos: analysis of a live moot 12. Useful resources

Biography

Eric Baskind is a Visiting Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University and was Senior Lecturer in Law at Liverpool John Moores University (2000-2022). He served as National Adjudicator to the English-Speaking Union–Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition in 2008–2009, and again in 2013–2015, and is currently the Chair of the Advisory Board to the Competition.