LLB460 Competition Moots A
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| Unit code: | LLB460 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | LLH201 or LWB146 |
| Antirequisite(s): | LWB418 |
| Other requisite(s): | Students must have been selected to represent QUT in a national or international level mooting competition. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | LLB460 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | LLH201 or LWB146 |
| Other Requisite: | Students must have been selected to represent QUT in a national or international level mooting competition. |
| Anti-requisite: | LWB418 |
| Coordinator: | James Duffy | james.duffy@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Mooting is a fundamental element of legal education. As a student mooter at QUT, you have the opportunity, because of the number of national and international competitions that the QUT Law School is invited to participate in, to take your skills to the national and international arena and experience mooting at the highest level. Each international and national moot that you participate in requires significant preparation and attention to detail.
This unit is one of a number of work integrated learning units designed to provide you with the experience of using and developing your legal knowledge and skills. Mooting will provide you with an authentic learning experience with direct application in real world legal environments. Through this experience you should be better placed for a smooth transition to the workplace.
In order to enrol in this unit, you must have been selected to represent QUT in a moot competition which attracts academic credit.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the necessary skills for successful competition mooting, including research, analysis, application of legal principles and oral and written legal argument in a complicated legal problem (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2)
- Work productively and co-operatively as part of a team (CLO 4.3)
- Evaluate the policy considerations implicit in law and legal argument in competition mooting (CLO 2.3)
- Create connections between diverse areas of legal knowledge and apply knowledge and skills in an adversarial environment (CLOs 1.1, 1.5, 2.3)
- For oralists, present and refute detailed legal argument, utilise relevant procedural moot rules and respond to intense questioning (CLO 4.2)
- For oralists, apply appropriate courtroom etiquette, interpersonal attitudes and ethical behaviour, and (CLO 5.1)
- Work independently, manage and prioritise time effectively to achieve goals (CLO 5.1)
Content
The substantive law content of the unit will depend on the particular moot competition and problem.
The unit consists of the following components:
- preparation for the moot competition, including analysing and researching the moot problem
- completion of written submissions
- participation in team practice sessions as required, including (where appropriate) as the team's dedicated researcher
- participation in the moot competition, including (where appropriate) as the team's dedicated researcher.
Students need only participate in one competition moot to be entitled to a grade for this unit.
Skills
In this unit the following skills will be developed (explicitly and implicitly):
1. problem solving and reasoning
2. oral and written communication
3. ethical attitude
4. advocacy
5. time management
6. responsibility for independent learning.
Graduate Capabilities
Understanding of this content and the attainment of these skills will develop the following Law Graduate Capabilities:
1. Discipline Knowledge
2. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Research
3. Effective Communication
4. Life Long Learning
5. Work Independently and Collaboratively
6. Professional, Social and Ethical Responsibility
Learning Approaches
This unit applies a student directed approach to learning. As you must produce your own work for the competition moots, the 'teaching' will be student-generated.
Your participation in the unit will include:
- Within the limits prescribed by the Moot rules for each of the competitions, instruction includes time for discussion between your team and the responsible academic to identify the issues raised by the problem, suggest avenues of research, discuss the legal arguments for the memorials and (where a memorial for one side only is required) for the opposite party. The responsible academic will also advise on the legal content and technical requirements of the memorials within the scope allowed by the competition rules.
- Participation in sessions critically reviewing practice moots. Advocacy skills will be discussed in these sessions. Practice moots are formal, in that the presentation will be made according to the Moot Rules requirements before a bench comprising the responsible academic, other Law School members and invited judges.
- Average contact time of two hours a week over the period of preparation for the moot.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Within the scope allowed by the competition rules, formative feedback will be provided on your performance and understanding during the classes conducted by the responsible academic. You will also receive feedback from judges in the moot competition.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Moot participation
Your participation in the moot competition will be assessed according to your teamwork and organisation, preparation of written outline of argument, and contribution to the writing and editing of the written memorial. Oralists will also be assessed on the basis of their presentation during the competition.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2027, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | LLB460 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | LLH201 or LWB146 |
| Other Requisite: | Students must have been selected to represent QUT in a national or international level mooting competition. |
| Anti-requisite: | LWB418 |
| Coordinator: | James Duffy | james.duffy@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Mooting is a fundamental element of legal education. As a student mooter at QUT, you have the opportunity, because of the number of national and international competitions that the QUT Law School is invited to participate in, to take your skills to the national and international arena and experience mooting at the highest level. Each international and national moot that you participate in requires significant preparation and attention to detail.
This unit is one of a number of work integrated learning units designed to provide you with the experience of using and developing your legal knowledge and skills. Mooting will provide you with an authentic learning experience with direct application in real world legal environments. Through this experience you should be better placed for a smooth transition to the workplace.
In order to enrol in this unit, you must have been selected to represent QUT in a moot competition which attracts academic credit.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply the necessary skills for successful competition mooting, including research, analysis, application of legal principles and oral and written legal argument in a complicated legal problem (CLOs 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2)
- Work productively and co-operatively as part of a team (CLO 4.3)
- Evaluate the policy considerations implicit in law and legal argument in competition mooting (CLO 2.3)
- Create connections between diverse areas of legal knowledge and apply knowledge and skills in an adversarial environment (CLOs 1.1, 1.5, 2.3)
- For oralists, present and refute detailed legal argument, utilise relevant procedural moot rules and respond to intense questioning (CLO 4.2)
- For oralists, apply appropriate courtroom etiquette, interpersonal attitudes and ethical behaviour, and (CLO 5.1)
- Work independently, manage and prioritise time effectively to achieve goals (CLO 5.1)
Content
The substantive law content of the unit will depend on the particular moot competition and problem.
The unit consists of the following components:
- preparation for the moot competition, including analysing and researching the moot problem
- completion of written submissions
- participation in team practice sessions as required, including (where appropriate) as the team's dedicated researcher
- participation in the moot competition, including (where appropriate) as the team's dedicated researcher.
Students need only participate in one competition moot to be entitled to a grade for this unit.
Skills
In this unit the following skills will be developed (explicitly and implicitly):
1. problem solving and reasoning
2. oral and written communication
3. ethical attitude
4. advocacy
5. time management
6. responsibility for independent learning.
Graduate Capabilities
Understanding of this content and the attainment of these skills will develop the following Law Graduate Capabilities:
1. Discipline Knowledge
2. Problem Solving, Reasoning and Research
3. Effective Communication
4. Life Long Learning
5. Work Independently and Collaboratively
6. Professional, Social and Ethical Responsibility
Learning Approaches
This unit applies a student directed approach to learning. As you must produce your own work for the competition moots, the 'teaching' will be student-generated.
Your participation in the unit will include:
- Within the limits prescribed by the Moot rules for each of the competitions, instruction includes time for discussion between your team and the responsible academic to identify the issues raised by the problem, suggest avenues of research, discuss the legal arguments for the memorials and (where a memorial for one side only is required) for the opposite party. The responsible academic will also advise on the legal content and technical requirements of the memorials within the scope allowed by the competition rules.
- Participation in sessions critically reviewing practice moots. Advocacy skills will be discussed in these sessions. Practice moots are formal, in that the presentation will be made according to the Moot Rules requirements before a bench comprising the responsible academic, other Law School members and invited judges.
- Average contact time of two hours a week over the period of preparation for the moot.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Within the scope allowed by the competition rules, formative feedback will be provided on your performance and understanding during the classes conducted by the responsible academic. You will also receive feedback from judges in the moot competition.
Assessment
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Moot participation
Your participation in the moot competition will be assessed according to your teamwork and organisation, preparation of written outline of argument, and contribution to the writing and editing of the written memorial. Oralists will also be assessed on the basis of their presentation during the competition.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit.