Details
- The unique Q&A approach provides detailed answers to all your questions, allowing you to access the information you need quickly and easily
- Suitable for use by mooters at all levels: those just starting out will find all the basics clearly set out, and there are plenty of advanced tips for the more experienced mooter
- The authors are mooting experts, with many years' experience of supporting students and judging at internal and national mooting competitions, so you can be sure you are getting the best advice available
New to this edition
- Now divided into ten short, accessible chapters, so you can navigate around the book with ease
- Chapter summaries allow you to check you have covered all the key points
- Diagrams clearly set out the procedural aspects of mooting
- A new, spacious text design makes using the book even easier
How to Moot is essential reading for student mooters at all levels. Written by lecturers with many years' experience of supporting students and judging at internal and national mooting competitions, you can be sure that this book contains everything you need to know about preparing for and participating in moots, plus numerous tips to help you stand out from the crowd.
The book is written in a uniquely user-friendly style: it is divided into 100 Q&As and structured in short, accessible chapters, so you can find what you need quickly and easily. Chapter summaries allow you to check you have covered the key points in each area, and diagrams clearly set out the procedural aspects of mooting. There are example moot problems and an entire transcript of a moot, so you can see exactly what happens at each stage.
Online Resource Centre
An Online Resource Centre accompanies the book, providing video clips of mooting, additional moot problems, useful web links, and details of inter-university mooting competitions.
Readership: Students taking part in mooting, as an extra-curricular activity and/or as part of a law degree.
1 Preliminary1: The nature and attraction of mooting2: Participants and the parts they play2 Preparation3: Producing a persuasive presentation4: Choice and use of authorities3 Performance5: Performance - the basics6: Professional practice7: Style8: Judge and judgment4 Principles and practice9: Authorities - advanced considerations10: Competitions
John Snape, Associate Professor in Law, University of Warwick, and Gary Watt, Reader and Associate Professor in Law, University of Warwick
Review(s) from previous edition
"This is a splendid book in every way . . . Every law school in the English-speaking world should have at least two copies or, preferably, since there are usually four mooters to a moot, four copies. They will quickly become well thumbed. - Lord Slynn of Hadley
"Whether read from cover to cover or used as a work of reference, this book will be indispensable for those coming new to mooting. It also contains much information and ideas from which more experienced mooters will benefit " - The Law Teacher
"Full of practical guidance and pointers towards all aspects of successful mooting ... of value to both the inexperienced mooter and the experienced mooter or moot organiser" - Graham Wright, Senior Lecturer in Law, Birmingham City University
"A really great book which has detailed and comprehensive content, covering all the relevant points" - Chris Ashford, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Sunderland
