The Sunshine Coast Schools Mooting Competition is a joint initiative between UniSC and Sunshine Coast Grammar School. The competition is the first of its kind for the region, inviting all Sunshine Coast secondary schools to register a mooting team to compete.
Students are eligible to participate if they are studying Year 11 or 12 Legal Studies at a Sunshine Coast high school. Students are required to have a basic understanding of the Australian Legal System.
What is Mooting?
A moot is a simulated court hearing which imitates procedures followed in real courts. It is an opportunity for students to consider a legal problem, prepare written submissions and then use their oral presentation skills to present arguments before a judge or judges.
Mooting allows competitors to engage with interesting and topical legal issues, enhance advocacy and writing skills and collaborate with peers.
How will the competition work?
A mooting team can be made up of 3-5 senior legal studies students.
All registered teams will compete in Round 1, with the winning teams going on to the next round and so on. There will be up to four rounds in total, held over 4 days between May and June, including the Grand Final for the two teams that win their respective rounds.
The semi finals and grand finals of the Mooting Competition will be held at the UniSC Moot Court.
All Rounds will take place from 4.30pm on their respective days (see information booklet for key dates).
2024 Key Dates
- Registrations Open - Monday, 4 March
- Registrations Close - Friday, 22 March
- Mooting Problem Release - Friday, 22 March
- Preliminary Round 1 - Monday, 13 May (Sunshine Coast Grammar School or Unity College TBC)
- Preliminary Round 2 - Monday, 27 May (Sunshine Coast Grammar School or Unity College TBC)
- Semi Finals - Monday, 3 June (UniSC Moot Court)
- Grand Finals - Monday, 10 June (UniSC Moot Court)
Written Submissions Due for Round 1 - Monday 6 May
Opposing Team's Submissions Emailed - Tuesday 7 May
Preliminary Round 1 - Monday 13 May
Feedback for Round 1 Submissions - Tuesday 14 May
Written Submissions Due for Round 2 - Monday 20 May
Opposing Team's Submissions Emailed - Tuesday 21 May
Preliminary Round 2 - Monday 27 May
Feedback for Round 2 - Tuesday 28 May
Written Submissions Due - Thursday 30 May
Opposing Team's Submissions Emailed - Friday 31 May
Semi Finals - Monday 3 June
Written Submissions Due for Grand Final - Thursday 6 June
Opposing Team's Submissions Emailed - Friday 7 June
Grand Final - Monday 10 June
Key Documents and Resources
- Sunshine Coast Schools Mooting Competition Information Booklet 2024
- High School Mooting Competition Rules 2024
- Talent Consent Release Form
- Information Session 2024 - Slides
- How to Moot - instructional video
Mooting Competition Checklist
- Review the competition resources including the Information Booklet, and Competition Rules.
- Register your team
- Download, sign and send the talent consent release forms to highschoolmooting@usc.edu.au
- Participate in the Mooting Competition!
More information
Moot Convenors:
Leon Harris
Clinical Legal Educator, UniSC
E: lharris@usc.edu.au
P: +61 7 5456 3464
School Coordinators:
Ben Princehorn
Coordinator of Community Services
Sunshine Coast Grammar School
E: bprincehorn@scgs.qld.edu.au
P: +61 7 5445 4444
Caitlin Brown
School Coordinator
Sunshine Coast Grammar School
E: cbrown@scgs.qld.edu.au
P: +61 7 5445 4444