VIS International Commercial Arbitration Moot
cyali@gsu.edu.tr
bschramm@gsu.edu.tr
Content
Objective
Improving the mooting skills of students
Learning how to present a case
Improving the oral presentation skills of students
Course Content
The course aims at preparing students for moot court competitions. In order to achieve this purpose, students will be asked to defend mock cases, prepare legal briefs and make oral presentations.
Course Learning Outcomes
Improving the mooting skills of students
Learning how to present a case
Improving the oral presentation skills of students
Teaching and Learning Methods
Discussions and prepatory presentations
References
David Pope / Dan Hill, A Practical Guide to Mooting, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ISBN 0230220681.
David Pope / Dan Hill, Mooting and Advocacy Skills, Thomson, 2007, ISBN 0421924705.
Christopher Kee, The Art of Argument: A Guide to Mooting, Cambridge University Press, April 2007, ISBN 0521685133.
John Snape / Gary Watt, How to Moot: A Student Guide to Mooting, Oxford University Press, October 2004, ISBN 0406 979510.
Weekly Contents
| Week | Weekly Contents |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introductory Issues |
| 2 | An Introduction to Mooting |
| 3 | Knowledge of Key Aspects of the Legal System |
| 4 | The Assessment of Moots |
| 5 | Style and Presentation |
| 6 | Structure and Content of Legal Argument |
| 7 | Responding to your Opponent's Submissions |
| 8 | Dealing With the Judges in a Moot |
| 9 | Use of Authorities |
| 10 | Analysis |
| 11 | Miscellaneous Issues |
| 12 | The Provision of Feedback |
| 13 | Written Moots/Skeleton Arguments |
| 14 | International Mooting Competitions |
Assessment System
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Contribution of in-term studies to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Contribution of final exam to overall grade | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 2 | 100 |
| Activities | Number | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 1 | 50 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 50 |
Relation of Proficiency
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Recognizing fundamental legal concepts, defining, interpreting and using them. | X | ||||
| 2 | Recognizing fundamental disciplines of law and their content, including legislation, case-law and the doctrine in the relevant discipline. | X | ||||
| 3 | Recognizing positive norms in the legislation and being able to define and explain the principals of methodology. | X | ||||
| 4 | Being able to determine, identify and restate legal problems. | X | ||||
| 5 | Being able to use legal interpretation principals in an efficient manner in order to analyse and resolve a legal problem and in order to develop a strategy. | X | ||||
| 6 | Being able to conduct academic researches on legal problems and to propose solutions. | X | ||||
| 7 | Assuming responsibility individually or collectively for resolving complicated legal problems. | X | ||||
| 8 | Being able to criticise positive norms of the law system. | X | ||||
| 9 | Being able to explain technical legal knowledge in Turkish, French and English verbally or in writing, being able to report personal opinion concerning a legal problem verbally or in writing in a persuasive manner. | X | ||||
| 10 | Being able to follow up the local and international legal literature, to update technical legal knowledge permanently, to use information technology in an efficient manner in order to achieve these goals. | X | ||||
| 11 | Being able to conduct comparative academic researches between different law systems. | X | ||||
| 12 | Respecting human rights and universal principals and notions of law. | X | ||||
| 13 | Respecting the ethical standarts, good faith, fairness and equity principals. | X | ||||
| 14 | Being sensitive to social problems, democracy, laicism and rule of law principal. | X | ||||
ECTS
| Activities | Number | Period | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Hours | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Working Hours out of Class | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterm Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Applications | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final Examinations (including preparation) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Term Paper/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portfolio Study | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reports | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Learning Diary | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thesis/ Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Workload | 43 | ||
| Total Workload / 25 | 1.72 | ||
| Credits ECTS | 2 | ||