Advance Your Advocacy.
Elevate Your Commercial Awareness.
At the Advocacy Club, Build real courtroom confidence with practical mooting and advocacy exercises in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Strengthen your legal analysis, presentation skills, and CV with training designed to prepare you for real practice.
With the Commercial Awareness Club, stay commercially sharp with monthly insights, case studies, and discussions that help you understand the business world behind legal practice. Stand out in training contract and pupillage applications with the skills top firms and chambers look for.
Master the Art
of Advocacy
Develop essential advocacy skills with practical mooting and advocacy exercises in a low-pressure environment. Build confidence in legal analysis and courtroom presentation while strengthening your CV and legal career prospects.
Boost your Commercial Awareness
Stay commercially aware with monthly insights, case studies, and discussions designed for law students and aspiring lawyers. Understand the business world behind legal practice and stand out in training contract and pupillage applications.
Why Join the Speed Mooting Community?
Learn from the Best
Our programmes are led by experienced barristers and solicitors with years of practical knowledge.
Challenge Yourself
Test your skills in the UK’s largest single-day mooting and advocacy competitions.
Flexible Memberships
Choose from a range of different club memberships options to fit your goals.
Build Connections
Join a supportive community of peers and professionals, expanding your network and career prospects.
Practical Experience
Gain hands-on practice that directly translates to success in courtrooms and beyond.
Why Join Speed Mooting?
Learn from the Best
Our programmes are led by experienced barristers and solicitors with years of practical knowledge.
Challenge Yourself
Test your skills in the UK’s largest single-day mooting competition.
Flexible Memberships
Choose from tailored memberships to fit your goals.
Build Connections
Join a supportive community of peers and professionals, expanding your network and career prospects.
Practical Experience
Gain hands-on practice that directly translates to success in courtrooms and beyond.
Join Online
Join interactive sessions from anywhere.
Build Confidence
Practice advocacy in a supportive setting and grow your skills.
Make Friends
Network and bond with peers who share your passion for law.
Have Fun
Learn, compete, and have fun in a friendly environment!
Meet Our Founder
Meet Our Founder
John Dove, a seasoned criminal barrister with over a decade of legal experience, founded Speed Mooting in 2012 to help aspiring lawyers develop oral advocacy skills. Under his leadership, it has become the UK’s leading provider of mooting competitions and advocacy training.
Respected for his practical insights and approachable teaching style, John envisions Speed Mooting as a space for building confidence, skills, and connections. Alongside coaching, he continues to practice law, bringing real-world expertise to every session.
John Dove’s work inspires the next generation of legal professionals to excel.
John Dove, a seasoned criminal barrister with over a decade of legal experience, founded Speed Mooting in 2012 to help aspiring lawyers develop oral advocacy skills. Under his leadership, it has become the UK’s leading provider of mooting competitions and advocacy training.
Respected for his practical insights and approachable teaching style, John envisions Speed Mooting as a space for building confidence, skills, and connections. Alongside coaching, he continues to practice law, bringing real-world expertise to every session.
John Dove’s work inspires the next generation of legal professionals to excel.
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Reviews
Joe Pursehouse
Future Pupil & Advocacy Club Member
"I'm writing to share some good news: I have received an offer of pupillage. This is an amazing opportunity for me, and I wanted to extend my thanks to you and the team at Advocacy Club for all that you have done to support my development as an advocate over the last two years. As a non-student career changer, I simply would not have had the opportunities to practice and compete without the existence of your Club. The AC is one of a kind and I know I will be recommending it to any aspiring barristers I come across for many years to come."
Amelia Thomas-Wilson
Law Student
“I wanted to take the time to say I am, as well as many others I’m sure, grateful that this event (the Northern Pupillage Fair) has been established. Many aspiring barristers cannot attend the London pupillage fairs due to financial constraints and caring responsibilities so this event will open up invaluable networking opportunities for those based in the North. Thank you, Speed Mooting for levelling up the playing field and I look forward to attending in September.”
Jo Anne Pugh
Dean of BPP Law School
“There are relatively few pupillage fairs, and most are either delivered online or are hosted in London. So, we didn’t need to think twice when we were asked to support this much needed event”.
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At Speed Mooting, we’re passionate about helping you grow as an advocate and professional. Our competitions and training sessions are designed to challenge you, inspire confidence, and refine your skills in a supportive environment.
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