The Rose Heilbron mooting Cup 2018

The Rose Heilbron Mooting Cup is now in its second year as SOAS's official internal mooting competition, sponsored by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple and the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting (ICLR).

The mooting competition was named in recognition of the pioneering legacy of Dame Rose Heilbron DBE QC, the first woman to be appointed silk, to sit at the Old Bailey, to win a scholarship at Gray's Inn, and to lead a murder case.

The 2018 competition will take a standard knock-out format, with three rounds on the following dates:

Round 1: Monday 22nd January 
Round 2: Monday 29th January 
Round 3: Monday 5th February
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Participants will be given 1 week to prepare for each round. Each round will take place in the early evening. 

We are honoured to have the daughter of Dame Rose Heilbron in whose honour the competition was named, Hilary Heilbron QC (Brick Court Chambers), to judge the final round of the moot, a leading commercial law barrister herself. The first two rounds will be judged by Samantha Jones (7 Bedford Row) and Mizan Abdulrouf (Church Court Chambers).

Prizes
Winning Team: Rose Heilbron Cup + £100 each
Runners Up: £50 each
Best Advocacy Award: for best performance by an individual competitor (to be granted at the discretion of the judge at any stage of the competition)

Mooting & Advocacy

The SOAS Bar Society offers its members various opportunities to participate in mooting, a valuable experience and the closest a student can get to partaking in a real-life court case. Law can be a dry subject at times, with many hours invested in the library. Mooting is an avenue by which students can live the law that one sees on the screens -- of table thumping advocacy.
What is a Moot?
Essentially, a moot is a simulation of a court trial.
Unlike real-life trials, a moot assumes all evidence is already established. Thus, the judging criteria weights the advocacy element of the delivery more strongly than the substantive argument.
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How to Moot:
Mooting consists of two teams, comprised of two people each, a lead and a junior. Each team represents either in favour of the appeal (the appellants) or against it (the respondents). 
Why Moot?
Partaking in moots is vital for anyone considering a career at the Bar. The experience is highly regarded by all employers for exercising skills such as public speaking, research abilities, and problem solving, as well as time management and organisation.