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How To Moot

A Student Guide to Mooting

Second Edition

John Snape, Gary Watt


How to Moot is essential reading for student mooters at all levels. Written by lecturers with many years' experience of supporting students and judging at internal and national mooting competitions, you can be sure that this book contains everything you need to know about preparing for and participating in moots, plus numerous tips to help you stand out from the crowd.

The book is written in a uniquely user-friendly style: it is divided into 100 Q&As and structured in short, accessible chapters, so you can find what you need quickly and easily. Chapter summaries allow you to check you have covered the key points in each area, and diagrams clearly set out the procedural aspects of mooting. There are example moot problems and an entire transcript of a moot, so you can see exactly what happens at each stage.

The unique Q&A approach provides detailed answers to all your questions, allowing you to access the information you need quickly and easily

Suitable for use by mooters at all levels: those just starting out will find all the basics clearly set out, and there are plenty of advanced tips for the more experienced mooter

The authors are mooting experts, with many years' experience of supporting students and judging at internal and national mooting competitions, so you can be sure you are getting the best advice available

1 Preliminary
1: The nature and attraction of mooting
2: Participants and the parts they play
2 Preparation
3: Producing a persuasive presentation
4: Choice and use of authorities
3 Performance
5: Performance - the basics
6: Professional practice
7: Style
8: Judge and judgment
4 Principles and practice
9: Authorities - advanced considerations
10: Competitions

John Snape , Associate Professor in Law, University of Warwick

Gary Watt , Reader and Associate Professor in Law, University of Warwick

Gary Watt is a Reader and Associate Professor in Law at the University of Warwick. He is an experienced author, writing a number of textbooks in the area of equity and trusts law. He was awarded the Law Teacher of the Year prize for 2009, in recognition of his excellence in teaching. John Snape is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Warwick. He has published in the areas of property law and tax law.

`Review from previous edition This is a splendid book in every way . . . Every law school in the English-speaking world should have at least two copies or, preferably, since there are usually four mooters to a moot, four copies. They will quickly become well thumbed.' Lord Slynn of Hadley