Aimed at developing essential lawyering skills for students, this course explores fundamental traits vital for various forms of adversarial legal process. Focusing on mooting, mock trails and arbitration, the course provides practical orientation on advocacy skills needed at various stages. Dividing into written and oral stages, the course covers reviewing moot problems, assessment of claims and defences, identification of potential legal submissions, conducting legal research, drafting of written memorials, structuring oral arguments, responding to bench interventions, mastering persuasion, rebuttal and sur-rebuttal. It covers skills for advocacy in arbitration, effective examination and cross-examination in mock trails and preparation for moot competitions.

CILO-1: Students will be able to distinguish mooting and determine the essential traits of advocacy. CILO-2: Students will be able to assess moot problems and frame potential legal arguments in support of the claims. CILO-3: Students will be able to demonstrate specific research method to investigate legal sources and draft written pleadings and submissions. CILO-4: Students will be able to design specific structure for effective oral argument, devise techniques of persuasion, and reply to the bench as well as strategies for rebuttal and sur-rebuttal. CILO-5: Students will be able to identify and implement specific advocacy skills needed in the context of arbitration, mock trails and participation in international mooting competitions.