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Department of Law Mooting Society

What is Mooting?

Mooting is a simulated legal proceeding where students are presented with a legal problem that they are required to argue before a judge. Moot problems and competitions are generally focused on a specific area of legal argument, for example, family law, dispute resolution, criminal law, commercial law, and so on.

In a moot court, the process and procedures follows real life court where students will learn about appropriate courtroom decorum and how to prepare for a trial.

At MDX, mooting forms part of the compulsory assessments throughout the LLB programmes.

The Benefits of Mooting

Mooting presents an opportunity to develop legal practice skills and take part in networking opportunities with legal professionals. Mooting enables students to:

  • Gain valuable experience and training in written and oral appellate advocacy
  • Engage with legal issues beyond the scope of the curriculum
  • Network with professionals and the next generation of lawyers
  • Improve negotiation and public speaking skills
  • Become more marketable to legal employers
  • Opportunity to travel and participate in international mooting competitions

MDX Mooting Society

The Faculty of Law at MDX Dubai has an outstanding Mooting Society offering undergraduate and postgraduate law students the opportunity to participate in a range of competitions, both internal and international.

The Mooting Society is essentially a student led society that organises workshops, formative moots and invites prominent guest speakers. Members of the Society are eligible to participate in the Law Firm Project, international and local competitions. The MDX Mooting Society offers its members the rare opportunity to practice their mooting skills and get training and feedback from senior students by way of formative moots.

For any further queries regarding the MDX Mooting Society, please send an email to [email protected]

Law Firm Project

Launched in 2018, our Problem Based Learning project has welcomed a variety of practitioners to support this unique educational opportunity, designed to expose students to real life legal issues and simulate legal practice.

Students who wish to participate in the project are divided into teams who act as ‘law firms’. Third year students with experience of the project are appointed as Heads of Firm and are responsible for coordinating their team. Students have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from each other, with senior students supporting junior students in the development of their legal research and drafting skills.

Practitioners are invited to act as ‘clients’ by devising a fact scenario and question on which legal advice is sought. The legal problem should be based in English law, but the fact scenario should have an international context. The case study is distributed to ‘law firms’ who will assign a small team to meet the client, discuss the case and ask questions. The case may incorporate elements from various areas of law and should require the students to exercise practical legal research skills.

Following the client interview, teams are given one week to draft their advice.

A second meeting will then take place one week later, in which the teams will explain the advice to the client and the clients may ask additional questions regarding the advice.

Practitioners will mark each team based on a mark scheme provided by the law faculty, choosing which law firm they would instruct. They may give oral feedback during the second interview. Teams are awarded points every time they compete based on the quality of their work and at the end of the year, the team achieving the most points will be declared winners!

To take part in the Law Firm Project you must be a registered member of the Mooting Society. 

If you are interested in supporting out students by acting as a ‘client’ please reach out to Ms Navya Chanolien – [email protected]

Mooting Society Committee

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Iqrah Islam

Hi Everyone. My name is Iqrah Islam and I will be the Vice President of the Mooting Society for this academic Year.

I am in my third year at Middlesex University studying LLB Law Hons With Criminology. I always had a passion for writing and designing. I am also a criminal shows enthusiast. Though my major is law, I still have other goals which I am determined to fulfil. Those goals include fashion designing, flying a plane, doing anything related to criminal law, and reading every book in the world. I have launched a blog page of mine (on Instagram) to showcase my writing skills and advertise a variety of brands and will soon be launching my own clothing brand. Furthermore, I have also contributed to law articles to put my opinion forward confidently and have knowledgeable experience in mooting in year 1 and 2 where I advocated my stance and position along with that learned about the mooting speech and court ethics. I have been working on social media platforms for 8 years now and am an expert in photography, videography, vocals, editing all forms of social media work for individuals or businesses, promotion, sharing and writing articles, and much more. I wish to be an inspiration in the world and to be recognised for all the work and effort I put in. Finally, I love meeting new people and knowing about their characters, personalities, and dreams, which allows me to connect to others in not only a professional manner but also as a friend and confidant. 

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Honey Mathew

Hello everyone! I am Honey Mathew, a third-year LLB law student and the President of the Mooting society this year. Being one of the oralists at the William C Vis Moot last year, I was able to develop skills of advocacy, memo writing and most importantly gained self-awareness about my own strengths and weakness. This year, we intend to give law students the ultimate experience by hosting a variety of events, workshops and training for their moots. Looking forward to an exciting year ahead!

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Margery Adricula

Hi! My name is Margery Adricula, a third year LLB student and this year’s Mistress of Moots.

I have been a member of the Mooting Society since my first year at university. Last year, I was a part the UAE National Champion Team for the Jessup Moot Court Competition and won the Second Best Oralist Award. The Mooting Society was instrumental in starting my passion for mooting and improving my research, advocacy, and networking skills.

As part of this year’s Committee, I hope to provide the members with the same, if not, even better experiences. We aim to make the Mooting Society a platform where our members can become well-rounded law students while still having fun!

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Jannatul Ferdous

My name is Jannatul Ferdous and I am the marketing and social media manager of the Mooting society this year. I am in my 3rd year of LLB honours law with International Relations and this is one of the reasons why I am dedicating my time to the Mooting Society. A huge part of International relations involve developing arbitration, advocacy and critical analysis skills. I have had the opportunity to work on just that through the ADR ODR Mediation Competition 2021 and it was one of the most valuable experiences of my life alongside being a volunteer for EXPO 2020 Dubai earlier this year and the reason why I am excited to be part of the committee this year.  Alongside my passion for law, I love travelling, for which I ran to be the 2021-2022 Tourism Club coordinator at Middlesex University Dubai. I love content creation and I have prior experience in being a social media manager for a handful of events and organizations, including running a travel and photography Instagram blog of my own and starting my own student newsletter and magazine club at my high school. Lastly, I believe everything is political and that is why I am also a social activist and I am always speaking out about social injustice and stigmas by exploring further beyond the mainstream media. 

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Mohammed Twayib

I am Mohammed Twayib, a 2nd year LLB with commercial law student. I am the Treasurer for the mooting society. I have been a participant in the mooting society since last year, and this has really helped me to get great grades for my moot and feel confident about my moot. Moreover, I am a very passionate and dedicated law student, who is known for thinking out of the box. I am a very jovial person, who motivates and inspires others to be their selves. I am a highly competitive person, thus I love playing chess and badminton too. I am one of the most helpful people, for both academic and non-academic related issues.

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Friyana Guzder

I am Friyana Guzder, the Secretary of the Mooting Society. My other roles at Middlesex University Dubai for this academic year 2022-23 include being Club Fearless Coordinator (Social Club) and President for The MDX MUN Society.

I am a Penultimate Year LLB Hons. Law student fluent in English, Hindi, & Gujarati, brushing up on spoken/written French and currently learning Korean. Among my many accomplishments to date include being the LLB Honours Law (1st Year) Student Voice Leader at Middlesex University Dubai, a Semi-finalist candidate in the 2nd Edition of Amity University International Client Counselling Competition 2021, Attendee at the Linklaters: Middle East Virtual Insight Programme 2022, Legal Cheek Campus Ambassador 2022/23 and 

Digital Creator @legally_with_me_friyana. 

My current focus is securing legal internships, apprenticeships, and vacation schemes to help me reach my goal of becoming a lawyer. 

I love connecting with new people, so feel free to reach out.

How to Take Part?

The Faculty of Law at MDX Dubai has an outstanding Mooting Society offering undergraduate and postgraduate law students the opportunity to participate in a range of competitions, both internal and international. To avail of these opportunities, you must be a registered member of the Mooting Society.

All future events and competitions will be circulated via email to students of the Law Faculty and through the Mooting Society’s official social media channels. For any other queries, please send an email to [email protected]

Current Moots

  • Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
  • The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
  • ICC Commercial Mediation Competition

Past Moots

Every year MDX Dubai selects and coaches a team of students to participate in the following international moots:

International Moots:

  • Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
  • The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
  • ICC Commercial Mediation Competition
  • Children’s Rights Moot 2021 – Quarter-finalists

Local & Regional Moots:

  • EMAC Regional Moot November 2017
  • Dubai Vis Pre-Moot 2017
  • Internal negotiation competition
  • Internal mediation competition

Newsletter

That’s All, Your Honour – MDX Mooting Society Legal Newsletter

The Middlesex Mooting Society releases a regular newsletter, ‘That’s All, Your Honour’ featuring articles, opinion editorials and analysis on a diverse range of topics related to the field of law and politics. Produced by our students, each newsletter will provide you with their thoughts and analysis on the emerging trends and legal updates that future lawyers need to be informed about. 

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