What is mooting?
Mooting is the verbal presentation of a legal issue or problem. It’s an exercise designed to give students the closest experience to appearing in court.
The Queen Mary Student Mooting Society
The Queen Mary Student Mooting Society plays an active part of undergraduate life at Queen Mary. Under the auspices of the Student Moot Master and Student Mooting Committee, students have the opportunity to become involved in both internal and external mooting competitions.
Mooting is an excellent chance to meet other students in the School of Law, to talk over interesting legal points, and to test your knowledge in front of the moot judge. Whether you plan a career in the Bar and wish to develop advocacy skills, or simply want to get involved in another activity within the department, mooting provides both social opportunities and educational value, and is highly recommended.
Internal Moot Competitions
The Queen Mary ‘George Hinde Mooting Competition’ has been established for approximately forty years with academic staff playing an important role in judging and coaching our students. With qualified practicing barristers supporting our students, the department has a strong and successful mooting body. In 2009 more than 180 students entered the internal moot competition.
in 2010 the final was judged by Court of Appeal Judge, Lord Justice Pitchford, in 2009 by the Court of Appeal, consisting of Lord Justice Hooper, Mr Justice Sweeny and HHJ David Radford and in 2008 by Lord Neuberger.
The audience of such House of Lords judges is indicative of the esteem held for our law school and its mooting tradition.
External Moot Competitions
The main external moot, the ESU-Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition, has been won four times by Queen Mary (most recently 2006) and we are the joint highest winner of this national tournament.
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