EXTERNAL MOOTING

Our Programme:

How to Qualify as an External Mooter

Typically, mooters that perform well in the internal competitions (i.e. semi-finalists and above) may be selected by the Directors of Mooting and offered the opportunity to join the External Mooting Team. Please note: first-year students will not be eligible for the external team.

external mooting co-ordinator

Applications for the role of external mooting co-ordinator 23/24 will open this summer.

History and Activity

This university has a long and rich history with competing externally including winning the ESU competition 6 times and very recently having finalists and semi finalists in OUP and ESU. In 2016, we won the Herbert Smith Freehills National Corporate Law Moot. More recently, we came second in the ESU Moot 2018/19 out of 64 teams. Additionally, in 2019/20 the LULS team came second in the regional heats of the BPP Advocate of the Year Competition, and one Leicester student made it the grand finals in the Old Bailey, London.

We, typically, enter into the following external competitions each year:

  • The English-Speaking Union National Mooting Competition (ESU) - which is the largest and oldest of its kind in the country, sponsored by One Essex Court Chambers. We have won this competition a total of 6 times since it began and Leicester came 2nd out of 64 teams in the 2018/19 competition.

  • The OUP & ICCA National Mooting Competition- Founded in1998. This is one of the most popular and prestigious competitions in the country, now in collaboration with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.

  • UK Law Students Association Moot Competition (UKLSA) - An inter-university mooting competition, to promote advocacy, seek out the best mooters in the UK, as well as to provide valuable networking opportunities between students from different institutions.

  • Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Moot - over ten years old and offers the chance for competitors to exercise their skill in legal argument in the picturesque surroundings of the Inn. Over the course of a day, 27 hours of mooting take place throughout the rooms of Inner Temple, the Final being held in Parliament Chamber.

  • Landmark Chambers Property Moot- This competition has been running for the best part of a decade and consists of challenging moots hosted by property specialists, Landmark Chambers. The rounds consist of networking opportunities and workshops, as well as mooting. The grand final takes place in the Royal Courts of Justice.

  • Landmark Chambers Judicial Review Moot- Sister competition to the Property Moot; the Judicial Review competition is relatively new and focuses on the use of Public Law in regard to planning and environmental development. The competition runs in the same format, and the grand final is also in the Royal Courts of Justice.

  • Michael Corkery QC Criminal Law Moot- This is a relatively new competition, created in memory of Michael Corkery QC. It is sponsored and hosted by the criminal law set, 5 Paper Buildings Chambers. It serves as both a competition and networking event. The Grand Final is held at the Old Bailey in London.

  • Medical Law Mooting Competition- Organised by Tracy Elliot and hosted at the University of Leicester, this mooting competition takes place all in one day. One pair of mooters from several different universities across the country take part in this competition.And many more!

The Midlands Mooting League

A new mooting competition organised by mooting societies at a variety of different universities across the midlands. Each round of this competition is hosted at a different university in the midlands. The finals will be held, here, at the University of Leicester in our council chambers!