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National mooting champions decided
Canterbury University law students have again won the right to represent New Zealand on the international mooting competition stage.
The team of Justin Wall and Colin Fyfe beat Waikato's Mandy Rusk and Keakaokawai Hemi to win the Bell Gully-sponsored national law school mooting competition at the annual New Zealand Law Students' Association annual conference at Waikato earlier this month. Their win secures them the right to compete for the Jessup Cup, the prize awarded to the winning mooting team from law schools worldwide.
Justin and Colin were also part of the Canterbury team which contested the Jessup Cup, an intense week-long competition between 110 teams held in Washington DC earlier this year.
Mooting is a centuries-old way of training law students to present an argument in a court setting. Using a fictitious legal case, students - usually in pairs - present their side of the argument before a judge. They are questioned by the judge and are assessed on style and the content of their argument.
Students compete within their university law faculties before a university final is held usually at their city's High Court before a panel of judges.
At the national finals at the High Court in Hamilton, Bell Gully litigation partner Ian Gault joined Philip Morgan QC to judge the moot. Ian also presented the trophy to the winners at the NZ Law Students' Association conference dinner.
As well as backing the regional and national competition, Bell Gully also assists the winning team to compete at mooting competitions overseas.
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