The Mooters' Page



Mooting Arrangements, 2008


***TO BE ANNOUNCED***
Target dates for oral argument: November 14-28, 2008

BEWARE of DEADLINES – they are listed here


Mooting Rules

The rules for the moots are found here. Make sure you follow them!
 

The Mooting Problems (click on the link to see the problem):


*** TO BE ANNOUNCED ***



Resource Material 
 

Factums and legal writing

Some Factum Suggestions

Factum Strategy - An annotated factum for your consideration

Some Tips on Legal Writing... and an online guide to style (Strunk, The Elements of Style)

Some Tips on Legal Citation...  and here are some more

Forget the Wind Up and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums by the Honourable Justice John I. Laskin

A good article on argumentation: "The Top Seven Arguments of the First Year of Law School and Their Counterarguments" by Julie Hilden, an attorney in Manhattan

Oral Advocacy

An excellent speech on oral advocacy by the Honourable Justice Marshall Rothstein (then of the Federal Court of Appeal)

An article on oral advocacy in the S.C.C. by the Honourable Ian Binnie of the Supreme Court of Canada

Excerpts from the Queen's Mooting Manual on oral advocacy

Stratas' comments on oral advocacy
 

 

 


 

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E-mail David Stratas

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