1. MOOT COURT @ UJ THURSDAY 19 APRIL 2018 Mr. S Jijita
MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS
THURSDAY 19 APRIL Mr. S Jijita

2. COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Thursday (26 April 2018) – follows a Friday timetable.
Last assignment of the semester will be on Module 4 & 5 (The Constitution & Human Rights). I t will be placed on Blackboard on Monday 23 April 2018.
Module 5 online quiz – will also be placed on Blackboard on Monday 23 April Instructions on the assignment will be on Blackboard.
Module 6 online quiz will be placed on Blackboard after your Introduction to Legal Studies lecture on Wednesday 25 April 2018.
Late assignments – tutors will leave the lecture venue at 3pm every Thursday, after which a 15% mark deduction will be applicable.
Sick test – details will be made available on Blackboard.
Test marks will be available next week.

3. MOOT COURT @ UJ LECTURE OUTLINE:
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
TIME ALLOCATION.
QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE ASKED DURING MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
MOOT COURT ASSESSMENT.
SPECTATORS.
PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE DURING PROCEEDINGS.HEADS OF ARGUMENT.
HEADS OF ARGUMENT.
A LOOK AT THE SET OF FACTS.

4. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
TIME ALLOCATION.
1 HOUR FOR THE SPEAKERS TO DELIVER ARGUMENTS…THIS INCLUDES REBUTTAL AND SURREBUTTAL.
30 MINUTES FOR DELIBERATION AND FEEDBACK FROM BOTH THE STUDENTS AND PRESIDING OFFICERS.
IT IS UP TO THE PRESIDING OFFICERS TO KEEP TRACK OF TIME FOR EACH SPEAKER AND WHERE THEY SEE THAT A SPEAKER IS SPEAKING FOR TOO LONG, THE SENIOR PRESIDING OFFICER CAN SAY…

5. TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR EACH SPEAKER.
MOOT UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
TIME CONSTRAINTS FOR EACH SPEAKER.
6 speakers (3 Plaintiffs/ 3 Defendants) = minutes per speaker.
5 speakers (for example, 2 Plaintiffs/ 3 Defendants) = minutes per speaker.
4 speakers (2 Plaintiffs/ 2 Defendants) = minutes per speaker.
2 speakers (2 Plaintiffs/ no Defendants) = the presiding officers have a discretion as to time allocation for each speaker, but to be fair to other students, 12 minutes per speaker will suffice. This will also help in keeping sessions on time on a particular day.

6. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ASKED DURING
MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
At any time during proceedings, presiding officers may ask students questions. Such questions can take the following format (with no specific reference to the current moot facts):
On court etiquette…
On the facts…
On the law…

7. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
THE PRESCRIBED ASSESSMENT FORM.
YOU WILL BE GRADED ON 5 ASPECTS:
Legal analysis and argument
Organisation and style of heads of argument
Research and attention to detail
Oral advocacy and presentation
Court etiquette T I

8. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
SPECTATORS.
Family members of the speakers: may sit in in the actual session but may not be in court during deliberation on marks and giving feedback. Also with family members, no young children or babies are allowed in the moot court.
Members of staff (law): may sit in actual proceedings, deliberation and giving of feedback. To some degree, non- law members of staff who have been permitted to watch moot court proceedings by invitation or otherwise may also sit in in this regard.
Non – law students who are friends of the speakers: may sit in actual proceedings but may not sit in for deliberation and feedback.
First year law students: may only sit in if they have done their moot court session already or they are international studies/PPE students. Otherwise, they may not sit in at all. If first year law students want to sit in as spectators, the senior presiding officer must enquire of them if they have done their moot court session before and check for a mark next to their names on the class list. If no such mark appears or if the students have not done their moot court, the senior presiding officer must ask these students to leave. If first year law students have done their moot court, they may be spectators for the actual session, but must leave the court when deliberation and feedback take place.

9. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
SPECTATORS.
Senior law students: usually do not sit in but if you know a senior law student who would like to sit in, they must see the Mentor for permission first, unless they are friendly with or family to any of the speakers in the given session.
“Randoms”: this is a term used for students or people passing by the moot court and they “just want to see what it is all about” or “they have never seen how moot court works but they have heard so much about it”. Please tell them to see the Mentor if they want to see a session. Only spectators with some link to the speakers in that particular session and the other persons listed above will be admitted into the moot court based on certain conditions. People passing by with no link to the speakers cannot be permitted as it may make them very nervous.

10. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE BEFORE/ DURING/ AFTER MOOT PROCEEDINGS.
WHERE A TEAM MEMBER IS SICK.
WHERE A MEMBER OF A TEAM IS ABSENT FOR SOME OR OTHER REASON.
COMING LATE FOR MOOT COURT SESSIONS.
PRINTING PROBLEMS WILL NEVER BE ACCEPTED AS A VALID EXCUSE FOR DEFERRING A SESSION, HOWEVER…

11. MOOT COURT @ UJ: ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES RELATED TO MOOT COURT PROCEEDINGS.
FINAL WORD ON ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES…
Bring something to drink (no liquor allowed) …you may have sweets in the venue but you may not eat in the moot court during proceedings.
Ensure that you have adequate stationery…
Phones may not be used during proceedings.
You may not use the internet to search for answers to questions presented to you.