DOPVPM02 Moot court - assistance with coaching of the students participating in international competition

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Klára Drličková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Klára Drličková, Ph.D.
Department of International and European Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites
None
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to learn the basics of the specific method of teaching of law students. Moot courts represent the unique opportunity for students how to get practical skills necessary for the legal practice. This experience is however not possible without proper coaching. The course will be realised within the context of Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students should be able:
to coach the team of law students in moot court competition; to teach the students the rules of legal writing; to give the students feedback to drafts of legal documents; to discuss with the students legal arguments.
Syllabus
  • Purpose of the moot court competitions.
  • Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot - history, purpose, content.
  • Role of the coach in moot court competition.
  • Rules of legal writing with the focus on writing memoranda.
  • Rules of giving feedback to students' written memoranda.
Literature
    required literature
  • NEUMANN, Richard K. and Kristen Konrad TISCIONE. Legal reasoning and legal writing. Seventh edition. New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2013. xxviii, 46. ISBN 9781454826972. info
  • GARNER, Bryan A. Legal writing in plain English : a text with exercises. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. xv, 268. ISBN 9780226283937. info
  • The Vis book : a participant's guide to the Willem C. Vis international commercial arbitration moot. Edited by Janet Walker. New York: Juris publishing, 2008. xiii, 132. ISBN 9781933833132. info
Teaching methods
Class discussion, written and oral evaluations of the students
Assessment methods
Participation in the classes with the students, quality of the written and oral feedback given to the students
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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