The University of Wollongong Law Students’ Society send participants to many external competitions around the country. Here students can use their skills to compete against other Universities in a variety of competitions. Interested? Check out the information below and on our other pages in this section.
REGISTRATION OF INTEREST FORMS COMING SOON!
ALSA Conference
The largest external competitions that UOW participate in are held at the ALSA conference in July.
External Mooting Program
Last year UOW School of Law ran a subject dedicated to students’ participation in a number of external comps.
National Women's Moot
The Baker McKenzie National Women’s Moot is hosted by the University of Sydney in second semester.
The LSS has not had a history of participating in more niche external competitions such as moots dedicated to quite particular areas of law or the Hackathon due to limited interest in theses areas. If you have a thirst for a particular area of law or competition type and think you would make an excellent representative for UOW, then please contact Emily at competitions@uowlss.net and Samantha at intervarsity@uowlss.net to discuss how the LSS can support you in pursuing such competitions!
Please use the forms to register your interest for the below external moots. (Click the link on the right)
The AAT Moot is held at the AAT in Sydney and covers a range of areas in administrative law, including immigration, social security and freedom of information. Moots are run in the style of AAT hearings, as opposed to court proceedings. Every round of the competition has a new problem question. Some moots are completed over video link to facilitate interstate moots. This is an excellent opportunity to learn the procedural and substantive aspects of merits review.
Applicants: We are seeking students with an intellectual interest in public law. While the content relates to Administrative law, concepts of merits review are accessible to those in all year levels.
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Teams of 3-4 compete over general and final rounds in a moot modelled on a commercial arbitration.
Applicants: We are seeking students with proficiency in obligations, contracts, and concepts of equity and remedies. This moot is accessible to all year levels though will require knowledge of 2nd year content to be learned.
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This competition sees teams of 2-3 compete over both general and final rounds in the area of constitutional law. The competition is presided over by current and former High Court justices and draws an extremely high level of competition.
Applicants: We are seeking students with extensive mooting and legal research experience and engagement with public law. We will be sending 1 team.
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This new competition focusses on the Convention of the Internatonal Sale of Goods (CISG) and a procedural arbitrarion question. The competition is new, and intends to provide an insight into the kinds of topics discussed in the Vis Moot (a great opportunity as MLS does not participate in the Vis Moot).
Applicants: We are seeking students with mooting/public speaking experience, academic proficiency in commercial law subjects, and an interest in the CISG or international commercial disputes more generally. We will be sending 1 team of 2-3.
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This competition allows teams to engage with the Victorian Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities a rare opportunity to research and develop creative arguments not provided in the core curriculum.
Applicants: We are seeking students with an intellectual interest in human rights and public law. As the content of this moot is not within the core curriculum, this moot is accessible to all year levels.
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