Student Law Societies

Below is a brief description of the student Law Society, the Mooting Society, and other student societies at the School of Law and the University. Some of these societies maintain their own web sites. Enquiries about the current activities of any student society should be addresseed to the head of that society.

The Law Society

Students have their own Law Society, with an elected committee, responsible for organising a busy and varied programme of social and educational events. The calendar usually includes a trip to the Court of Session in Edinburgh, a tour of Luxembourg and Brussels to see the EC institutions at work, together with inter-university sports competitions, wine-and-cheese parties, discos, and - probably the best attended event of all - the Law Ball.

The Law Society also organises a system of families whereby new students (if they wish) are introduced to a family of senior law students who can be contacted to give advice and information on aspects of University life generally and the study of law particularly.

The Mooting Society

A moot is a student debate on particular points of law. The Students' Mooting Society arranges moots throughout the year to enable students to develop forensic skills through debating legal questions in a simulated courtroom. Judges in the past have included local sheriffs and High Court judges visiting Aberdeen on circuit. An internal mooting competition is generously sponsored by legal associations. At the national level a team from Aberdeen participates each year in the Alexander Stone Scottish Intervarsities Mooting Competition. The Society also organises a light-hearted and popular Mock Trial each year in Aberdeen Sheriff Court with staff and students as participants.

Law students who are keen on mooting may if they wish take the Competititive Mooting courses, which are optional subjects offered within the LLB curriculum.

The law school Competitive Mooting coordinator is Catherine Ng.

Other Societies

The LLM Society operates its own web service.