MOOT CLUB SPOTLIGHT QUTLS MOOT CLUB
Catherine Bugler (Director of Moot Club), Elizabeth Stanley (Lawyer, Ashurst), Rebecca Treston QC (Class of 1989), Giulia Marrama (final year law student) and Courtney Howarth (Moot Club Officer)
The QUTLS Moot Club aims to promote mooting in the Law School, provide educational seminars on mooting and host practice moots to law students in a non-competitive environment. Our practice moots and seminars occur approximately three times per semester in the law library moot courts and are a great opportunity to try mooting, hone your skills and meet people over pizza. Ashurst Welcome to Moot Club Night We started the year with our Ashurst Welcome to Moot Club Night in March. This is a social event in which we had our keynote speech delivered by Rebecca Treston QC, President of the Bar Association of Queensland. Ms Treston is a leading estates barrister and QUT Law Graduate, and she spoke to the students about her top tips for advocacy. We also heard from Elizabeth Stanley, lawyer at Ashurst, about her experience coaching a winning Jessup International Law Moot team and how that assists her in her work at Ashurst today. Expert mooters Giulia Marrama and Teagan Matthews also told the group about their amazing Gibbs Moot achievements in 2019 (they were the runners up of the competition alongside Matthew Hickey). The Director of Moot Club, Catherine Bugler, also provided new mooters with an overview of mooting and mooting opportunities at QUT. Turning Moot Club Digital There were lots of challenges this semester and hosting moot clubs during isolation was one of them! Our first moot club was on the papers so that mooters could practice their written submissions. Martin Bartlett, lawyer from a top tier law firm and QUT Law Graduate, and Matthew Hickey generously offered their time to judge the written submissions and provided law students with invaluable feedback. Our second digital moot club was held over zoom. We had 4 moots in which a range of skill sets were able to practice and get valuable feedback. Elizabeth Stanley, lawyer at Ashurst and former Jessup Coach, kindly judged the practice moot and provided feedback to all participants. Well done to Zane Jhetam who was awarded the Most Dedicated to the Moot Prize!
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