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 landscape, as well as addressing how mooting can benefit SQE students. Changes and updates include new ‘thinking tips’ throughout the book, end-of-chapter questions to reinforce learning and understanding, a new section on how to read the book, additional material for students participating in European and International moots, new material on electronic bundles, and an expanded section on lawyers’ skills including more on building confidence and countering nerves.
Online video footage of an actual moot brings the practical nature of mooting alive and will give you expert advice and analysis of successful mooting technique as well as tips for improvement. Mooting is essential reading for Law students at all levels.
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.
