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A Guide to Mooting

By turquhart

The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting is for law students who want a step-by-step guide on how to ready themselves for an international mooting competition. However, the guidance Christopher Kee gives on "the process of developing, presenting and defending a convincing argument" will benefit other students as well. Here's what's covered:

?    what to do when you first get the moot problem
?    how to begin researching the subject matter
?    how to build an argument
?    how to present written and oral submissions
?    the value of practice moots
?    how to handle yourself at the competition

In case the word "mooting" has aroused your curiosity, check here and here.

Posted by Toni Urquhart

Full post as published by FSU College of Law Library Blog on April 25, 2007 (boomark / email).