see you in court!

BSC Mooting

Jay Mason

Mooting Cocurricular Program

Rosalie Fourniotis 

Teacher - Humanities

Early in September, the BSC Mooting CCP participated in Latrobe University’s annual Secondary School Mooting Competition.

The event is designed to build students skills in research and advocacy and to provide some  legal research training as well as  some insight into the legal profession.  The competition is open to Year 11 legal studies students in Melbourne, Bendigo and surrounding areas. La Trobe Law School has had outstanding success in national and international mooting competitions and has a strong contingent of law staff experienced in criminal law who support the competition.

Joyee Goh

Year 11

Initially, I felt hesitant, sceptical and yet inexplicitly excited about partaking in a fake legal court trial! The thought of speaking in front of a ‘judge’ and an audience unnerved me a little. However, the professors at Latrobe University gave us so much help – from teaching us how to search cases through legal databases, to answering each query we posed so this helped with my confidence.

Our team spent at least 3 to 4 hours every week working on our case - extracting evidence from the Moot problem itself, as well as piecing together all the other relevant legislation and related case details to form our submissions. Despite missing out on finals this year, the ride has been incredible due to the dedication of our fabulous team!

On behalf of all the BSC Mooters, I extend our thanks to Ms Mason and Ms Fourniotis for their guidance and support.