The La Trobe Law School has a long history of mooting success. Over the School’s 30-year history, our students have received numerous awards and have ranked highly at domestic and international mooting competitions.
Recently, three La Trobe Law School students were selected, based on their written memoranda, to compete at the oral rounds of the 2023 Nuremberg Moot Court competition in Germany and the team finished in the top 16 law schools in the world.
The secret to the success of the La Trobe Law School’s mooting program can be attributed to the partnership between the School, the Law Students’ Association (LSA), and alumni.
“Each year, the LSA runs a comprehensive competitions program that includes traditional moots, client interviews, negotiations, and witness examination competitions,” says Poojitha Ravikumar, Director of Competitions for the Law Students’ Association.
“Our competitions program aims to complement the School’s dispute resolution and mooting curriculum, providing students with the opportunity to develop their advocacy skills from the first year of their degree.”
Professor Fiona Kelly, Dean of the La Trobe Law School, says that the success of the School's program is also the product of many volunteer hours on the part of the School's alumni.
“Our alumni, many of whom did mooting as students, play a key role in preparing teams for mooting competitions by coaching students, sharing their expertise, offering generous feedback and advice, and serving as judges in practice moots.”
Barrister Gorjan Nikolovski is one such alumnus who served as a judge for the Grand Final of the Criminal Law Moot held at the Melbourne registry of the Federal Court of Australia earlier this month.
“It was an extremely rewarding experience due to the exceptionally high calibre of advocacy by all speakers,” says Gorjan.
“As an alumnus, I believe it is important to give back to the La Trobe Law School by contributing to the development of the next generation of advocates.”
