Competitions
The UQLS runs a series of competitions throughout the year that encourage students to develop their practical legal skills, with a focus on oral advocacy and alternative dispute resolution. Participating in the competitions is a great way to get to know your fellow law students, learn about the practical side of the law and to develop your legal research skills.
The winners of each of the senior competitions will represent UQ in their competition at the following ALSA Conference (2010 will be in Adelaide). ALSA representatives are encouraged to take up the opportunity of judging and helping with organisation of their competition in future years.
This year there will be 8 UQLS competitions:
NOTE: To compete in any of the competitions, you must hold an L-Card. L-Cards can be purchased any time throughout the year from the UQLS office.
Latest News
Throughout the year, this page will be updated WEEKLY with essential competitions information including dates of the competitions, dates of how-to seminars, contact details and sign on information.
Friday 3 September
- The Grand Final for the Junior Negotiation will be held this Monday 6th September, in the Moot Court at 7pm. Come along to watch our fantastic first years negotiate in front of Dibbs Barker representatives.
- Congratulations to our 2 Lexis Nexis teams! Thank you to everyone who applied, the responses were overwhelming! It is great to see so much interest in this competition, and we only regret that the competition rules only allow us to register two teams. We encourage everyone to apply in future years for external competitions, as all applicants were outstanding.
Wednesday 25 August
- Congratulations to our Family Law Moot team on their efforts in their moot earlier this evening. Edmund Robinson, Tamara Larkin, Helen Maguire and Ganesh Jegatheesan performed very well tonight and we wish them all the best of luck in the rest of the competition.
- Sign on closes tomorrow (Thursday 26 August) for Trial Advocacy.
- Applications for the Lexis Nexis Constitutional Law Moot have been extended until 5pm Monday 30 August. Please see the External Mooting Program page for further details.
- Sign on for Client Interview closes next Thursday at 5pm. This is an excellent competition for all year levels. Come along to the seminars next week to get an idea of what it is all about. There will be one how-to seminar on Monday 30 August, 2pm, Moot Court and another on Wednesday 1 September, 4pm, Moot Court. Attendance at both is not necessary, but recommended. Material covered in the first seminar will be recapped in the second, and then further information will be discussed.
Resources
There are a number of resources available to help you with your preparation for the UQLS competitions:
- UQLS Competitions Handbook - great place to begin your preparation. It provides an overview of the various competitions and contains many useful tips.
- Other mooting resources - Law School website.
- Competitions Rules
- Mooting Rules
- Student Judging Policy (Mooting)
Quick Links
Contacts
If you have any questions, suggestions or comments please don’t hesitate to contact Tenniele Horton at t.horton @uqls.com (Competitions Director), Thomas Li at t.li @uqls.com(Competitions Convenor) and Trung Tang at t.tang @uqls.com (Competitions Convenor). (*delete the space between the name and @- this is done to prevent spam!)