Unit 1 of Practical Training – III: Moot Court Exercise and Internship (syllabus: Module I — analysing a moot problem and its issues, drafting memorials and written arguments, and researching the laws, rules and case law). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What is a moot, and how does it differ from a mock trial?
- How should a moot problem be read before any law is looked up?
- How are the issues in a moot problem framed, and in what order?
- What is the theory of the case, and how does it differ from the theme?
- What is the difference between primary and secondary legal research materials, and how should each be used?
- What three checks must an authority pass before it goes into a memorial?
- What are the parts of a memorial, and what goes in each?
- What is the difference between assertion and argument in the arguments advanced?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Provisions
- The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. Order XIV Rule 1