Mooting at LSE
Broadly, there are two kinds of mooting that you can get involved in at the LSE, 'internal' and 'external'.
1. Internal moots
The internal mooting competition is internal to the LSE — it involves only LSE law students competing against one another. It is open to all undergraduate law students, and is designed for those with little or no experience of mooting, and those who wish to develop their mooting skills is a relatively relaxed and less competitive setting. Students with no experience will be taught about what mooting is, and to learn how to moot through low-stress practice moots.
A timetable of events will be provided at the mooting training run by the LSESU Law Society. Competitions will then be advertised throughout the year by the Bar Society and Law Society.
If you are interested in participating in this program, or
finding out more about it, please send an email to the Law Society (Internal)
Mooting Officer (lsemootingofficer@gmail.com).
The staff member who assists the Law Society with internal moots is Chris Thomas
(c.a.thomas@lse.ac.uk).
2. External moots
External mooting refers to mooting competitions in which the LSE sends representative teams to compete against other universities. This is typically for those with some prior mooting experience — it is usually the case, for example, that students have a year in the internal mooting competition and then move on to representative mooting.
Information on the external moots the LSE enters can be found on the right hand side of this page. In addition, there will be announcements made in some classes about these moots.
These external moots can themselves be broken down into two groups. In the first group, there are a number of prestigious UK-based competitions, such as the Essex Court moot and the new London University Mooting Shield. These are for undergraduates only, and the moot problems can cover a wide range of the core legal courses (contract, tort, property, EU law, etc.). LSE teams in these competitions will be competing against other UK universities. If you are interested in participating in these moots, or finding out more about them, please email lsemootingofficer@gmail.com.
In the second group are a series of subject-specific moots, which are often
international - ie, LSE teams may end up competing against the teams from the
top world universities. These competitions are open to both grads and
undergrads. They include the Jessup International Law competition, the Price
Media Law moot, the European Law Moot Competition and others to be found in the
list to the right. If you are interested in participating in any of these moots,
please email Stephen Humphreys (s.j.humphreys@lse.ac.uk)
before Oct 12 with your name, best contact email address, and a list of the
moots you are interested in doing in order of preference.
These external moots can themselves be broken down into two
groups. In the first group, there are a number of prestigious UK-based
competitions, such as the Essex Court moot and the new London University Mooting
Shield. These are for undergraduates only, and the moot problems can cover a
wide range of the core legal courses (contract, tort, property, EU law, etc.).
LSE teams in these competitions will be competing against other UK universities.
If you are interested in participating in these moots, or finding out more about
them, please email lsemooting@gmail.com.
