The MTSA Advocacy Club Moot

The Middle Temple Students’ Association (MTSA) have set up an Advocacy Club for anyone who is interested in developing their own advocacy styles and gaining more experience and confidence with advocacy and public speaking.

The Middle Temple Students’ Association Advocacy Club is hosting its first in-person moot. This moot is an opportunity to hone advocacy skills, and receive individual feedback from judges.

Names and email addresses of those who book will be passed to the Mooting Officer who is organising this event.

Specific details of the preparation required for participants will be made available in advance. The problems will be released two weeks before the event, and the skeleton arguments will be due on 13 March at 19:00.

Once you have booked:

• If you would like to indicate your order of preference for the areas of law to moot in (civil, crime or family - subject to availability), email the Mooting Officer.
• If you know another student who has entered the competition you can pair up and notify the Mooting Officer. Where students enter individually, we will pair them up with others who have done so similarly.

Any queries should be sent via email to mooting-officer@middletemplestudents.com

Student members (including transferring lawyers) must attend all elements of the event in order to be awarded the Qualifying Session. This includes any lecture/talk/moot/reception/dinner/speeches.

Student members, and members under seven years Call

Click here to see details of the QS Requirements and how to be credited with the QS for this session

Learning Aims

After this session, students should be able to:

• Construct legal arguments and present them orally and in written form
• Identify persuasive and effective techniques during personal preparation, and receive constructive feedback on their delivery from practitioners
• Recognise strengths and weaknesses in their own, and opposing, cases

Links to the Professional Statement, wider workings of the Bar, administration of justice or a public interest matter

The QS will align with these elements of the professional statement:

1.9 / 1.12 / 1.14 / 1.15

Click here to view the BSB's Professional Statement

QS Feedback

If you have any feedback on a QS you have attended or have any suggestions for future sessions, please contact the education department on education@middletemple.org.uk

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