2015 National Schools Moot Court Competition for Grade10 and 11′s Opportunity

The first annual National Schools Moot Court Competition took place at the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on National Human Rights Day, 21 March 2011. Teams from four schools in each of the nine provinces – a total of 72 learners – were selected to participate in this groundbreaking event. The second annual National Schools Moot Court Competition took place in April 2012. The third annual National Schools Moot Court Competition took place in August 2013 and the fourth in October 2014.

The Competition aims to create greater awareness in schools and communities in South Africa about the Constitution and the values that it embodies through active participation. The aim is also to encourage talented young people to consider pursuing a law career.

This Competition provides a unique opportunity for learners to develop their research, writing and oral advocacy skills as they endeavour to come to grips with some of the constitutional issues that are presently facing our country. Participants will be allowed to argue their case in any of the 11 official languages in the oral rounds before judges in an actual court scenario.

The ideal will be to work towards a Competition organised by a different grouping of law faculties each year. All law faculties in the country will be requested to make some of their capacity available to support the individual learners in preparing for the Competition. The collaboration of the organised legal profession will also be sought to assist learners.

All secondary schools in South Africa are invited to enter a team of two learners. The first round will be in written form. Learners will be expected to write two short essays (two to four pages for each essay) setting out the opposing sides of the case.

The registration forms must be received by the organisers by 1 May 2015 and the essays must be received by the organisers by 1 July 2015. Moderate extension will be given to schools who contact us in this regard.

All Secondary Schools in South Africa (grade 10 and 11 learners in 2015) are invited to participate in the 5th National Moot Competition.

The participants are requested to write two short essays, defending the opposing sides of the case, using the South African Constitution.

The teams with the highest scores for their essays from each province will be selected to argue the case in the oral rounds.

The purpose of the Competition is to promote the Constitution and its values.

• The essays should be submitted by 11 July 2015.

• The provincial rounds will take place as from the 1st August – 20 September 2015.

• The pre-liminary rounds will take place on the 9th – 10th October 2015 at the University of Pretoria.

For more detailed information visit: www.schoolsmoot.co.za

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