This is the course to take if students are interested in representing SMU in the best international moot competitions. It will be an intensive course held over half of the first semester, and admission is by approval of the course convenor only. This course exposes students to advanced legal research, writing and appellate advocacy skills. Students will be given a hypothetical moot problem on international law and will have to make oral and written submissions by the end of the course. Those who excel in this course will be selected to participate in moot competitions in the second semester.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1. Learn to size up a complex legal problem with a short runway
2. Develop a research methodology for complex and multi-disciplinary legal domains
3. Communicate arguments pointedly in written and oral form
4. Communicate arguments persuasively in written and oral form
5. Understand the legal processes for international adjudication