INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION MOOT

LAW3IAM

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Upon completion of this subject, students will (1) have an exposure to aspects of international sale of goods, private international law, international investment regulations and treaties and comparative law; (2) develop a familiarity with and practice in arbitration; (3) develop oral skills of presentation of legal material before a panel of experts from different legal systems; (4) gain an appreciation of their own legal system, its limitations, and an appreciation of other legal systems and their limitations; (5) experience the thorough preparation of a particular case and the opportunity to match their preparation with that of other equally prepared students. Students may incur expenses if they are selected to represent Latrobe Law School in competitions conducted abroad.

School: La Trobe Law School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Magda Karagiannakis

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: LAW1LIM and LAW1CRL and LAW2TOT and admission to the subject is by application only

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: Merit based quota management

Quota-conditions or rules: By the order of application to subject coordinator

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Be able to explain aspects of international sale of goods, private international law, international investment regulations and treaties and comparative law.
02. Be able to apply core aspects of international sale of goods, private international law, international investment regulations and treaties and comparative law in context of fact based problem solving.
03. Be able to explain the principles of effective advocacy.
04. Be able to apply oral advocacy techniques effectively in a moot arbitration based on fact based problem solving

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Week 03-21, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: 12

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Magda Karagiannakis

Class requirements

Lecture/PracticalWeek: 3 - 17
One 6.00 hours lecture/practical per week on weekdays during the day from week 3 to week 17 and delivered via face-to-face.

SeminarWeek: 3 - 17
One 14.00 days seminar per study period on weekdays during the day from week 3 to week 17 and delivered via face-to-face.
2 intensive mooting

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

MootingThe students are assessed on their oral submissions for 6 Moots conducted during the mooting intensive and the competition. Each moot is worth 17% out 100% of the assessment for the subject.

N/AN/AN/ANo100SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4