St Joseph's Nudgee College

May 15, 2010

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Three St Joseph's Nudgee College Year 12 students recently found themselves involved in heavy legal argument at the Commonwealth Law Courts in the city.

Head of Legal Studies/Economics Mr Dave Fraser reports on the students visit:

Recently Francis Dela Cruz (Senior Counsel), Ben Casey (Junior Counsel) and Ben McLoughlin (Solicitor) participated in the Bond University Faculty of Law High Schools Mooting Competition.

Nudgee College has a history of strong performance in this competition and in 2008 the team made the final, from about 120 schools.

A moot is a legal argument based on a prescribed set of facts. Although similar to debating, a moot has a different format. It looks like a case in a Court of Appeal.

Mooting lends itself to students of Legal Studies, but is open to students who do not do this subject.

In a moot the content of an argument and the ability to answer questions are more important than fluent verbal presentation.

“I really enjoyed the challenge of preparing for an argument, then having to think on my feet during questioning by the judges,” Ben Casey said.

Fellow student Francis Dela Cruz said, “I would encourage students to seize the opportunity to become involved in activities like this. The judges provided excellent feedback that enabled me to gain from the experience.”