Senior Status Law student Matthew Thomson has been presented with a cheque for \u00a3100 and a trophy after winning the Boys & Maughan Advocacy Competition at Kent Law School.<\/p>\n
Matthew beat fellow law student Peteche Bethell in the final of the annual moot competition held on Thursday. Both students mooted before a mock Court of Appeal comprising: Matt Champ, a non-practising barrister and Chartered Litigator and Advocate at Boys & Maughan; Per Laleng, personal injury barrister and Kent Law School\u2019s Director of Mooting; and Emma Sole, a Barrister at Stour Chambers.<\/p>\n
The competition, sponsored by Boys & Maughan Solicitors<\/a>, was held in the Moot Court on the top floor of the Wigoder Law Building on Kent\u2019s Canterbury campus. It was followed by a talk, delivered by Kent alumna, Her Honour Judge Sarah Davies, and an evening of networking with practitioners which included barristers from both Stour Chambers<\/a> and Becket Chambers<\/a>.<\/p>\n Matthew and Peteche secured their place in the final after winning the first two rounds of the competition held in November. Last year’s Boys & Maughan Advocacy Competition was won by Ebun Adeniran.<\/p>\n Mooting is the practice of legal argumentation about points of law in a simulated courtroom setting. It is another way of learning about law and enhances legal knowledge and analysis; advocacy and research skills; oral and written presentation skills; teamwork; and time-keeping.<\/p>\n Kent Law School\u2019s intensive and wide-ranging mooting programme benefits from substantial input from academic staff, practicing lawyers, members of the judiciary and alumni. The current Director of Mooting is Per Laleng, a faculty member with extensive experience at the Bar.<\/p>\n In recent years the Law School has entered teams in the: OUP\/BPP Moot; English Speaking Union Moot; Jessup International Law Moot; Inner Temple inter-varsity moot; Landmark Chambers moot (property law); inter-varsity medical law moot at Leicester University; Southern Varsity Shield; and inter-varsity Mackay Cup (Canadian Law).<\/p>\n The Law School\u2019s senior internal mooting programme \u00a0will begin at 6pm on Thursday in the Moot Court \u2013 for more details (and photos), follow Kent Law School Mooting<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n Image credit: Ian Priston, Boys & Maughan Solicitors<\/em><\/p>\n