From Mooting to Witness, Client Interview to Negotiation (not to mention International Humanitarian Law Mooting, Letter of Advice, and Paper and Oral), competitions are intrinsic to the law school experience. They teach you practical skills and get you to speak the law, rather than just write about it. You also get the chance to find out who among your friends really is the next Denny Crane. Most importantly, it is heaps of fun!
As your Competitions Directors for 2012, we will be overseeing the running of competitions in the law school. The competitions portfolio has two main roles. Firstly, we run the internal competitions, where students compete against one another in a friendly tournament, sometimes running across both semesters. The finalists get the opportunity to compete in front of Federal Court justices, or senior partners of major law firms. Secondly, we manage external competitions, which give Melbourne Law Students the opportunity to compete against other universities. These can sometimes be interstate or overseas. There are a diverse mix of external competitions on offer, ranging from International Law to Space Law.
Please send us an email at lss-competitions@unimelb.edu.au if you have any questions, and get involved!
Henry Hedinger and Jonathan Hoe