Mooting
Moot Court
The Department of Law and Business has a dedicated Moot Court comprising judges' chambers, a courtroom with a bench for three judges, a court associate bench, counsel benches and an audience with more than 30 seats. The court has a comprehensive audio-visual system for training and teaching purposes, including audio and video recording and playback devices.
The design and construction of the Moot Court closely resembles the setup of the High Court of Hong Kong. It provides a formal venue for the training of advocacy skills and mooting techniques to prepare students for their annual mooting exercises.
The Moot Court is the ideal arena for our mooting teams to practice their advocacy skills and enhance their confidence in participating in local and regional mooting competitions.
External Mooting
The Department also encourages students to participate in external moot court competitions against teams from other universities and institutions both within and outside Hong Kong. Participation in such competitions provides opportunities for students to further develop and refine their oral and written advocacy, their problem-solving skills as well as their confidence in performing in court-like settings.
In recent years, students of the Department have respresented the University at regional and national competitions with some notable successes:
The 20th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2023). Preliminary Rounds.
The 19th Willem C. Vis East International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2022). Preliminary Rounds.
The 15th LAWASIA International Moot Competition (held on zoom). One of the moot team members won the Second Runner-up Best Mooter award.
The 14th LAWASIA International Moot Competition (2019) – Our team participated and advanced to the Semi-finals.
ICC Commercial Mediation Competition – Hong Kong (2018) – Our team participated and advanced to the Quarter Finals.
The International ADR Mooting Competition (2016) – 3rd ranking and “Best Oralist” in General Rounds.
Inter University Basic Law Moot Competition (2016) – First Runner-up Team for the competition.
Internal Mooting
The Department places strong emphasis on the organization of mooting for all students. Mooting is included in the curriculum of the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Law and Business and students are required to participate in one internal moot activity in the second semester of each year of study.
Four internal moots, covering Contract Law, Criminal Law, Equity and Company Law are organised annually. With the exception of the Contract Law Moot, these compulsory moots are held at the High Court with serving legal practitioners acting as judges. These annual internal moots are among the most challenging and important activities in the Department each year.