Moot Court Competition in Domestic Laws
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The foundation of the national justice system is the School of Law that provides legal education to make good justice actors, including judges, prosecutors, lawyers, legal advisors, etc. To be relevant, legal education must be balanced in terms of theoretical knowledge and practical skills that are offered to students in order to get them ready to effectively address citizens’ legal problems.
Moot court competition is one of the best ways to enhance students' pleading skills. But generally, much attention is given to international law only. This is also what Initiatives for Peace and Human Rights (iPeace) has been doing in the last years by organizing regional moot court competition in international humanitarian law and human rights. However, it was found that focus should be more on domestic laws which will be the main area of practice of the majority of law graduate who will end up working as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, etc. It is within this framework that iPeace launched the project Improved Legal Education for Access to Dependable Justice in Rwanda (iLEAD-Justice Project) of which one of the activities include the organization of moot court competition on domestic laws in order to support law schools’ work. The moot court competition will offer to laws students an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and pleading skills on selected domestic laws outside the classroom settings. |
Past Moot Competition
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