Aberdeen University Law Mooting Society

Any good lawyer must be able to construct an argument and then present and, where appropriate, defend it. That holds true whether you are in court, negotiating commercial transactions or simply rendering advice to a client. Mooting is all about the art of persuading. So we would argue that it is an essential part of any good law school career.

In a moot, two pairs of students argue a fictitious legal case in front of a judge. To win, you do not necessarily have to win the legal case, but must make the best presentation of your legal arguments. But don't worry, we teach you how to do all that.

So that's mooting. But we also pursue certain broader aims. We try to help our members to secure employment by organising talks, networking events and a number of ‘legal-themed' trips.

Please visit our webpage to find out more.

Aberdeen University Law Mooting Society - A Guide to Mooting

From here, you can access an electronic version of the Mooting

Society's Guide to Mooting handbook.

Paper copies are available in the Heavy Demand section of the Taylor Library.

Click here to enter the Handbook

Click here to read to the foreword to the first edition by Lord Mackay of Clashfern, then Lord Chancellor.

Authorship note: The first edition of the handbook was written by Alistair Carmichael and Michael Anderson in 1991, and the second by Michael Anderson with Euan Miller in 1993. The current web version is based on an earlier electronic version of the second edition, prepared by Vicki Stewart.

Click here to go to the Society's external web page