The National Speed Mooting Competition is the largest single day mooting competition nationwide. Read below for information about this year’s competition and on how to sign up.
This year’s materials have been prepared by a barrister and mooting expert from our sponsors, BPP University Law School, who will also be awarding the prizes.
About the competition
The National Speed Mooting Competition was initially founded by criminal lawyer, John Dove, in the 2012/2013 academic year. There have now been 8 annual competitions.
The National Speed Mooting Competition 2021 will consist of 2 separate competitions on two dates. The first competition is open to any law undergraduate or GDL student nationwide. The second is open to Bar Course, LPC and Master’s students and those that have graduated from such courses. Participants enter as individuals rather than teams and represent themselves and not their university. There is therefore no limit on the number of students that can enter from any given institution. You can only enter on one date though.
The moot problem will be based on a simple point of law. Submissions will be limited to 7 minutes per mooter (hence the name Speed Mooting). This will include the time for intervention. Judges are encouraged to ask only one question, unless there is a specific need for more questioning. The bundle will be sent to participants on Saturday 24th April 2021. This means that if you are in the first competition, you have a week to prepare. If you are in the second competition, you will have 5 weeks to prepare. The bundle will include all case law and legislation. Pre drafted skeleton arguments will be included in the bundle. This means that the competition will not involve any drafting or legal research and mooters will be tested on their oral advocacy alone. The competition is judged by practising barristers and solicitors.
How it Works
There are two separate competitions. Each will take place on Zoom. The dates are:
Saturday 1st May 2021 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (law undergrad/GDL students)
Saturday 31st May 2021 9:00 am to 6:00 pm (BPTC/LPC/Master’s students and graduates)
Competition format
The target size for each competition is 80 mooters. Everyone that signs up will moot in the competition. The competition will take place over the course of a single day. We will therefore go from having 80 competitors all the way to having a winner in a single day. This will work out as 6 knockout rounds plus some preliminary moots.
Prize
The winner of each competition will receive an iPad and the runner up of each competition will receive a £75.00 Amazon gift voucher.
Cost
The fee for entry to the competition is £30.00.
Sign Up
All places have now been filled for the 2021 National Speed Mooting Competition. To join our mailing list and be notified as soon as we launch future competitions, click here.
Founder of the National Speed Mooting Competition