Mooting to Win (How to Succeed in International Moot Court Competitions)

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Description
Mooting to Win is a guide for every participant of moot court competitions. It provides a full overview of the process, from why one should participate in a moot court competition, team selection and planning at the outset, to a detailed overview of the written memoranda that need to be drafted all the way to the most important phase, the oral pleadings. The Appendix to the book deals with what one should do after participating in a moot court competition to ensure that it is not just a one-time experience but proves to be something lasting This book contains several thousand hours of direct experience of the authors in moot court competitions (participating, coaching and sitting as judges), as well as more than 10,000 hours of indirect experience, such as acting as lawyers in "real" cases (predominantly international arbitration), teaching and practising negotiation, and researching on the most important fields that one needs to master in order to do well in a moot court competiton.

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Contents
Introduction 
Part I : Before the Moot
1.    Participating in a Moot Court Competition will make you a Winner
2.    Participating in a Disregard the many Myths about Moot court Competitions
3.    Get Started to Win
4.    Master the Planning of your Moot Court Competition
5.    Work Smart and do not work yourself to Death
Part II : From Receiving the Case to Handling in your Memoranda
6.    Undertake these Three Steps when you Get Access to the Moot Court Problem
7.    Be the Master of your Case File
8.    Manage Teamwork Efficiently
9.    Research systematically
10.  Follow these Ten Tips when Developing your Arguments
11.  Follow these Three Steps to Write a Winning Cliamant's Memorandum
12.  Follow these Additional Steps to write a Winning Respondent's Memorandum
Part III : How to succeed during the Oral Stage
13.  Start with a Script and Speak Freely Soon
14.  Adopt these Winning Habits during Oral Matches
15.  Practice your pleadings According to this Plan
16.  Squeeze the most out of your Practice Rounds
17.  Focus on the Other Side's Arguments to Counter Them
18.  Impress your Judges
19.  Squeeze the most out of your pre-Moots
20.  Your Big Day-Star at the Pleadings
Appendix
After the Competition - How to make the most out of your mooting Experience
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Author Details
Harald Sippel has been working with moot court teams for over a decade. Having acted as a judge in moot court competitions more than 60 times, including in several finals, Harald has advised and assisted in the coaching of teams from Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. He has also lectured extensively at universities on how to succeed at moot court competitions. When Harald is not working with moot court competition participants, he acts as the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center's Academic Director, where he, among others, has implemented a moot court training programme. He also acts as counsel and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.
Marc Ohrendorf has coached moot court teams for the last eight years, with the teams repeatedly achieving top positions. He has acted as a judge in dozens of moot court competitions and pre-moots. Marc is a co-founder of a skills development provider for young professionals and of a preparation event for participants of the Willem C. Vis Moot Court in cooperation with a Scandinavian arbitration institute. He works as a dispute resolution lawyer and negotiation consultant. Participants of his workshops work in leading law firms and international companies from various sectors. Marc studied in Bonn, Prague and London. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation.
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