Important Links 重要連結：

The Hong Kong Schools Mooting and Mock Trial Association (“the Association”) will be hosting the eighth rendition of its flagship competition – the “Hong Kong Schools Mooting and Mock Trial Competition 2023/24” (“the Competition”) from October 2023 to April 2024. All undergraduate law students are invited to join the Association as Tutors for the Competition.

The Competition

The Competition is an interschool co-curricular competition that aims to provide local secondary students with opportunities to experience legal education and advocacy.

Details of the Competition are as follows:-

  • Participants:  Secondary students across all forms
  • Content Covered: Criminal & Civil law topics
  • Competition Divisions: English and Chinese

In the past 7 years, over 1,000 secondary students have participated in the Competition and obtained practical trial skills and legal knowledge. Our alumni have returned as trainee practitioners, and more importantly, tutors of the Association.

The Role of Tutors

Through training workshops held by practitioners, Tutors are expected to learn together with participants during their journey. No prior knowledge in relation to mock trial and mooting skills and legal topics is required.

Eligibility and Duties of Tutors

You are eligible to apply as a Tutor if you are enrolled in a local undergraduate law programme during the 2023-2024 Academic Year.

As a Tutor, you are required to:-

  • attend required training and competition briefing sessions; and
  • assist and guide assigned competing team(s) to advance in the Competition.

The tentative dates of the Competition are as follows (subject to pandemic and other circumstances):-

Tutor’s Interview 30 Sep 2023
Tutor’s Briefing 7 Oct 2023
Competition Briefing 14 Oct 2023
Preliminaries I 4 Nov 2023
Preliminaries II 18 Nov 2023
Quarter-finals: 3 Feb 2024
Semi-finals 2 Mar 2024
Finals 13 & 20 Apr 2024

1. Internal Training

The Association will organise a training session to Tutors on 7 October 2023 (subject to confirmation). The training provided will include but is not limited to:-

  1. Basic mocktrialskills;
  2. Basic skills in drafting skeleton for mooting；
  3. Mock trial and mooting demonstration;
  4. Introduction to the topics which will be covered in the Competition questions.

 

2. Tutors’ Benefits

Tutors may receive:-

  • Certificates of Appreciation;
  • Certificates of Hours of Non-remunerated Charitable/Volunteering Work;
  • Priority for applications to Association events, e.g. legal vocational workshops, practitioners networking sessions, university law student immersion camps; etc.

Please note that Tutors will not be remunerated.

 

3. Enrolment

If you are interested in joining us as a Tutor, click here, or scan the QR code in the attached poster for the application link and fill in the application form . Upon receiving your application, we would contact you for a short interview.

Further Information

To find out what our Tutors have shared about the Competition, please refer to our latest Annual Booklet: https://www.hkmoot.org/past/competition-2021-22/publication-特刊/. You can learn more about us on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/hkmoot) and Instagram pages (https://www.instagram.com/hk_moot/), and find further details on our promotional poster.

Should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us through e-mail at info@hkmoot.org, or through Facebook, or Instagram.

 

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About the Association

The Hong Kong Schools Mooting and Mock Trial Association was founded by legal practitioners and law students in 2015, with the mission to promote legal literacy and the rule of law through academic exchanges and legal educational programmes. With an emphasis on advocacy and practical hands-on experience, the Association is a non-profit organisation that holds various mock trial and mooting competitions, as well as law summits and camps for secondary and university students alike.

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