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Specialist skills training...at a world class standard5MootingMooting involves delivering oral argumentson legal points and our graduates with mootcourt experience are highly sought after.Top students can participate in internationalcompetitions such as the Phillip C JessupInternational Moot Court Competition in theUnited States. The Monash Law Students’Society also runs a very popular and highlycompetitive mooting program. Practising oralpersuasion skills in an interactive way enhancesgraduate attributes for any kind of career, notsimply to practise at the Bar. In addition, theskills developed should enhance students’ability to present persuasive argumentsduring examinations throughout their degree.Mooting also offers invaluable networking andprofessional development opportunities.Monash Law mooters regularly performextremely well in competitions against teamsfrom other Australian and overseas universities.In 2013 our mooting team were runnersup at the grand final of the Vis InternationalCommercial Arbitration Moot, placing secondout of 294 teams which included universitiessuch as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge andthe Columbia Law School.Negotiation and MediationThe ability to negotiate or mediate in difficultsituations is a useful skill that can be used inmany professional and personal circumstances.Monash Law offers this specialist unit,specialising in negotiation, conflict resolutionand communication. You will gain hands-onexperience in dispute resolution, learn thedifferences between negotiation, mediation andother mainstream dispute resolution processes,and gain awareness of the ethical issuessurrounding mediation.Trial Practice and AdvocacyOne of our more popular elective units is trialpractice and advocacy in which students areintroduced to trail practice, basic advocacyskills and techniques such as opening andclosing addresses, examination of witnesses,cross examination and communication skillsin the court room. You will also participate asopposing counsel in mock trials.World Debating SuccessMonash University law students beat teamsfrom Oxford, Yale and Sydney Universitiesto win the 2013 World Universities DebatingChampionships (WUDC) for the thirdconsecutive year – a hat trick and anachievement, unmatched in thetournament’s 31 year history.Arts/Law graduand Nita Rao, and current Science/Law student James Beavis, took out the grand finalat the World Universities Debating Championshipsin Berlin in January 2013, by arguing for religiousfreedom from state intervention.Current Arts/Law student and 2013President of the Monash Association ofDebaters, Stephen Moore has made thevery most of the University’s excellentdebating opportunities throughouthis time as a law student. Fromrepresenting Monash in the finals of theWorld Championships in Germany andparticipating in the Monash Jessup Mootquarter final team in Canberra in early2013, to managing the publication ofthe Monash Debating Review, Stephenexemplifies the enthusiasm and talentof Monash Law debaters and the manyexciting directions it can take you!“The mooting program provides for one of the most intense researchand advocacy opportunities in any student’s law degree. While certainlychallenging and intimidating, the dedicated focus on one area of lawis truly unique, allowing students to explore individual legal issues toa depth they would not be able to experience in other subjects. Thevariety of competitions cover everything from criminal law to humanrights, and ensure that every student will find something to theirinterest.”Stephen MooreCurrent Arts/Law student16