Competitions
The QILC rules will be published soon.
NEGOTIATION
Dispute Resolution
Negotiation is a crucial activity in the legal profession, as lawyers can negotiate anything from yearly salaries to multinational mergers. It is clear that negotiation is a transferable skill, and this statewide competition provides the perfect opportunity for students to practice. To succeed in this competition, students must be on the same page as their negotiation partner so that they can tactically and flexibly negotiate through a multitude of scenarios. Students develop an understanding of legal ethics as the problem scenarios test their knowledge of professional conduct. In the face of difficult legal and non-legal issues, negotiation competitors focus on achieving realistic goals understanding their own and their oppositions’ objectives and needs.
WITNESS EXAMINATION
Trial advocacy
Witness Examination puts students in the position of counsel in either a civil or criminal trial. The competitors hone their speaking skills by delivering opening statements, examination in chief, cross examination and closing arguments. This competition fosters flexible and dynamic thinkers, and reinforces important procedural and evidentiary knowledge. As a competition that requires a working understanding evidence and procedure, and with only an hour to prepare, Witness Examination attracts students who want to improve their legal knowledge and oral advocacy skills.
CLIENT INTERVIEWING
Every day advocacy
Client interviewing involves teams of two competitors acting as Solicitors in a 30-minute consultation with a prospective client. Teams must address the formalities of an interview, ascertain the prospective client’s details, and engage and empathise with their client. Teams will need to ask insightful questions of their prospective client to uncover their story, and discover what relevant details the client might be withholding. From here teams provide preliminary legal advice and possible courses of action the client could undertake to resolve their matter. Client interviewing tests competitors ability to interact professionally with a prospective client, explain legal concepts to those who do not have a legal background, and to think on their feet.
MOOT
Court room advocacy
Our moot competition simulates a courtroom hearing. Students develop their advocacy skills and advance their legal research and drafting skills. To excel, students must work together, approach complex legal questions from multiple perspectives and hone their oral submissions
QILC Connect
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