Moot Court Competitions Effectively Aid Learning of Legal Practices
The landscape of the twenty-first-century legal industry cannot be defined or labelled by a single artifact or aspect. Today's industry of law is an amalgam of newly emerging legislative trends, high-tech technology, automation, innovation and specialization, globalization, emerging political scenarios, and much more. The next-generation law aspirants require skillsets and dexterity beyond the boundaries of theoretical learning. This is precisely where the significance of moot court competitions comes to the fore. The Concept of Moot Courts Moot courts have been around since the late 1700s. There are law school competitions where law aspirants play a role of counsel in formulating and arguing cases in front of a judge in a mock legal hearing. Generally, two students are teamed up in order to compete against each other as if appearing before the court of appeal or Supreme Court. The purpose of arranging moot court competitions is to arm students with the best skills and prof...