Current Committee 2024-2025
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President: Dina Hingorani
Vice-President: Ujjaini Halder Treasurer: Avika Bajaj Secretary: Ellie Jones Social Media Coordinator: Klaudia Mazur Social Events Coordinator: Constance Nicholson Denis Senior External Moot Coordinator: Beth Doherty Senior Internal Moot Coordinator: Mekhla Amberkar Junior External Moot Coordinator: Laura-Joy Gborjoh Junior Internal Moot Coordinator: Mustafa Chughtai Master of Moots (non-voting): Dr Jonathan Ainslie |
Where To Find Us
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Old Senate Room on Campus.
The Old Senate Room belongs to the University of Aberdeen Law School and was recently refurbished to include a mock court |
President's Address
Welcome,
Kind regards,
President
The University of Aberdeen Mooting Society was founded in 1987 to address the growing demand amongst the students of the Faculty of Law to learn and develop written and spoken advocacy skills and to put them to the test in a moot court setting. The very first Main Faculty Mooting Competition consisting of eight teams, took place in 1987-1988. The next year the competition expanded to accommodate double that number of mooters, culminating in the first win by first year law students. In the same year, the Society established an annual competition exclusively for new law students, the First Year Moot, which has encouraged many new students to participate and has been a great source of new mooting talent. Today, the Society has expanded to holding friendly moots, participating in external competitions, having public speaking and employment seminars, all of which have contributed to the effort to cater to the strong demands of law students.
The ability to persuade is an integral part of the legal profession - from succeeding in interviews to standing up in court. A moot is a legal debate in a courtroom setting, and is intended to develop law students' advocacy skills. In a moot two teams of two mooters each, representing the appellant and respondent respectively, attempt to convince a judge of the strength of their case with reference to legal authorities. A moot problem is a factual situation in which points of law are in dispute, with each team representing their side of the argument. This is done with reference to legal authority such as case law, statutes, institutional writings and legal principles. If you would like more information on how to moot, see our Guide to Mooting handbook page on this website - additionally ever semester we hold a How to Moot Seminar to which everyone interested is cordially invited!
The ability to persuade is an integral part of the legal profession - from succeeding in interviews to standing up in court. A moot is a legal debate in a courtroom setting, and is intended to develop law students' advocacy skills. In a moot two teams of two mooters each, representing the appellant and respondent respectively, attempt to convince a judge of the strength of their case with reference to legal authorities. A moot problem is a factual situation in which points of law are in dispute, with each team representing their side of the argument. This is done with reference to legal authority such as case law, statutes, institutional writings and legal principles. If you would like more information on how to moot, see our Guide to Mooting handbook page on this website - additionally ever semester we hold a How to Moot Seminar to which everyone interested is cordially invited!
