Guides
Guides
Handouts you can read online, download and mark up. They were written for a contract law moot workshop, but nothing in them is specific to one unit.
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Preparing and delivering an oral argument in an arbitration moot, where you address a Tribunal rather than a court. Written for the contract law moot workshop.
- Starting from the order you are asking for, and building a theory of the case
- The 75-word test for a core submission
- {"Structure of an address"=>"appearance, roadmap, submissions, conclusion"}
- Forms of address for an arbitral Tribunal
- Handling questions, timing, handovers and a pre-hearing checklist
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Word document · 32 KB · updated September 2026
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The same approach, adapted for a moot heard by a judge in court: the courtesies, the forms of address and the more formal register that courtroom advocacy uses.
- Everything in the arbitration guide, in its court form
- Announcing your appearance, and addressing one judge or a bench
- Bowing, rising and conduct at the bar table
- Staying inside the pleadings or the grounds of appeal
- Taking the bench to the appeal book and to authority
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Web page · 6 · updated September 2026
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Moot Preparation Worksheets
Fill-in worksheets for a moot group to work through together, turning the guide into a written plan before the hearing.
- The finding you want, and your fallback position
- Core submission in 75 words, and sorting the helpful and harmful facts
- Oral plan with a time budget for each speaker
- Anticipated questions and prepared answers
- Practice-run debrief
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Word document · 28 KB · updated September 2026
These handouts are study aids, not legal advice or a marking guide. Your unit’s own instructions
always come first. You’re welcome to use and adapt them for your own study or teaching, with credit.