Paper & Oral Presentation
Overview
The paper and oral presentation competition aims to promote legal scholarship, oratory skills and the chance to present controversial issues in an interesting and informative manner. It is a great opportunity for law students to express themselves beyond the traditional formulaic writing required in class. The competition is run in two stages.
The first stage is the submission of a piece of work (maximum length 5,000 words) that you have undertaken as part of your undergraduate degree. Competitors must submit a piece of research or legal writing with a minimum grading of either first or second grade honours. The actual mark received for the paper is irrelevant, as the mark will not be released to the judges. This minimum grading standard is only used as an elimination benchmark. A panel of academics will judge the paper based on the assessment criteria below.
The second stage of the presentation is the oral component, which consists of a fifteen-minute presentation followed by up to ten minutes of questions from the judges and the audience. The submitted piece of work will obviously form the basis of the presentation. Visual aids are encouraged during the presentation. Any technological requirements must be submitted to the competition coordinator alongside a copy of the written work. If you have any further questions, please feel to contact your Paper and Oral Presentation Competition Co-ordinator, David Park on lss-paper@unimelb.edu.au.
Assessment Criteria
Written Paper (40 Marks)
· Thought & content (5 Marks)
· Structure & organization (10 Marks)
· Research skills (5 Marks)
· Expression & style (10 Marks)
· Effectiveness of paper (10 Marks)
Oral Presentation (60 Marks)
· Organisation (10 Marks)
· Delivery (15 Marks)
· Body language (5 Marks)
· Audience awareness (5 Marks)
· Presentation effectiveness (15 Marks)
· Question answering (10 Marks)