B.B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Moot Court Exercise and Internship Syllabus - KSLU 2026

COURSE-IV: CLINICAL COURSE-IV:

• MOOT COURT EXERCISE AND INTERNSHIP

Objectives:

• This course is designed to hone advocacy skills in the students. Moot Courts are simulation exercises geared up to endow students with facility in preparation of written submissions and planning, organising and marshalling arguments in the given time so as to convince the presiding officer.
• The students should familiarize themselves with the various stages of trial in civil and criminal cases. They should be exposed to real court experience. Further they should imbibe the skills of client interviewing. This component may be planned to be part of the internship. Each student enrolled in 3 year course shall undergo an internship for minimum 12 weeks (20 weeks for 5 year LL.B. course) during the entire course under NGO, trial and appellate advocates, legal regulatory authorities, legislatures and parliament, other legal functionaries, market institutions, law firms, companies, local self government and other such bodies as the university may stipulate. However, the internship shall not be for a period of more than four weeks continuously in an academic year.

Course contents:

Moot Court (30 marks)

• 1.1 Each student shall participate in at least 3 moot courts. Each Moot court exercise shall carry
• 10 marks, which shall be divided as under:
• - for oral advocacy: 5 marks, and
• - Written submission: 5 marks.
• 1.2 The student shall make written submission on behalf of the party for whom he makes oral advocacy as assigned by the course teacher.
• 1.3 The written submissions for the three moot courts shall be neatly written on one side of the bond size papers and bound together with a certificate signed by the course teacher and the principal to the effect that it is the bonafide work of the concerned student.
• 1.4 The cover shall indicate the name of the examination, subject, seat number and the center code number.

Observation of Trial (30 marks)

• 1.1 Each student shall attend trial in two cases one civil and one criminal in the course of last two or three years.
• 1.2 The student shall maintain a record and enter the various steps observed during their attendance on different days in the Court.
• 1.3 The record shall be neatly written on one side of the bond size paper and bound. It will carry a certificate by the course teacher and principal to the effect that it is the bonafide work of the concerned student.
• 1.4 The record shall be valued for 30 marks.
• 1.5 The cover page shall indicate the name of the examination, subject, seat number and the center code number.

Client Interviewing (30 marks)

• Each student shall observe two session of client interviewing at the Lawyer's Office/Legal Aid Office and record the proceedings in a diary, which shall carry 15 marks.
• Each student shall further observe the preparation of documents and Court papers by the Advocate and the procedure for the filing of the suit/petition. This shall be recorded in a diary, which shall carry 15 marks.
• The Diaries shall be neatly written on one side of bond size papers and bound with a certificate signed by the course teacher and the Principal to the effect that it is the bonafide work of the concerned student.
• The cover page of the diary shall indicate the name of the examination, subject, seat number, and the center code number.

Viva (10 marks)

• At the end of the semester, the student shall appear for a viva voce, which shall carry 10 marks.
• Method of assessment: The submissions of Moot courts shall be valued by the course teacher. The diaries relating to trial observation and client interviewing and pre-trial preparations shall be valued by the professional under whose supervision the student has completed internship and the course teacher if it is so planned. If internship is with an Authority wherein trial observation and client interviewing is not possible, the student shall undertake these exercises separately and it shall be evaluated by the course teacher. The viva shall be conducted by the Principal of the college and the course teacher.