IHL Moot
The Monash Law Students' Society International Humanitarian Moot Competition is a specific Moot competition targeting Humanitarian Law issues such as war crimes and humanitarian crisis. This competition is relatively new however offers a great opportunity for students to investigate legal issues in a specific and intriguing field.
This competition tests both students' research, formulation of legal argument and public presentation skills.
Teams consist of two or three law students - two students act as barristers and an optional third student can act as a solicitor. Once a team receives the legal problem (typically 2-3 days beforehand) they must research their legal arguments and possible opposition arguments and prepare a legal memorandum of argument. These memorandum will be exchanged between teams on the morning of each competition round, so as teams can prepare to rebut their oppositions arguments. The evening then brings about the actual moot, where teams vocalise their legal arguments in front of an adjudicator in a courtroom scenario.
The teams are awarded a score for their performance based on the strength of their legal memorandum, their legal arguments and their presentation skills. Monash Law students with a specific interest in this field of law are encouraged to enter, and it is open to all year levels.
The winning team will have the opportunity to represent Monash University at the 2012 ALSA Conference (held in the 2012 mid-year break).
Competition dates for 2012 are as follows:
- Registration for competition opens: Monday 2 April 2012
- Registration for competition closes: Wednesday 18 April 2012 at 5pm
- Round 1 (all teams): Monday 23 April 2012
- Quarter Final: Wednesday 25 April 2012
- Semi Final: Monday 30 April 2012 (held at the sponsoring firm)
- Grand Final: Wednesday 2 May 2012 (held at the Federal Court of Australia)
Stay tuned for more information regarding this competition.
For any further questions please contact the Competitions Team by email at competitions@monashlss.com.