Moot Court Exercise and Internship Notes | B.B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Semester 10 | SPPU | munotes

Contents

Module 01 to 04 Part A: Moot Court Exercises, Observance of Trials and Pre-trial Preparations Activities

1. SPPU's Moot Court Course: The Four Moots and How They Are Assessed 1
2. What a Moot Court Is: The Bench, the Counsel, the Memorial and the Marks 4
3. Reading a Moot Problem: Facts, Dates, Parties and the Questions Set 9
4. The Running Moot Problem: The Sagarnagar Street Vendors' Case 13
5. Finding the Issues: Maintainability, Rights and the Statute 24
6. The Courts a Moot Is Argued In: Original, Appellate and Writ Jurisdiction 29
7. The Parts of a Memorial, in Order 35
8. Writing an Argument: Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion 39
9. Citing Statutes and Cases in a Memorial 43
10. A Complete Memorial for the Petitioners 47
11. A Complete Memorial for the Respondents 55
12. Checking and Submitting a Memorial, and Its Entry in Your Record 62
13. Finding the Law: Acts, Rules, Notifications and Amendments 66
14. Finding Case Law: Law Reports, Court Websites and Neutral Citations 70
15. Reading a Judgment: Ratio, Obiter and the Weight of a Precedent 73
16. The Research Log: Keeping the Research Honest 78
17. Court Manners and Forms of Address 81
18. Building the Oral Argument: Roadmap, Time and Prayer 85
19. Answering the Bench, and Rebuttal 88
20. A Complete Oral Submission for the Petitioners 92
21. A Complete Oral Submission for the Respondents, With Rebuttal and Sur-Rebuttal 97
22. Your Moot Court Record: Three Moots, Written and Oral 101
23. Verification, Affidavit and Vakalatnama: The Three Pages Behind Every Petition 105

Module 05 & 06 Internship - Observance of Trials

1. Observing Two Trials: What SPPU Asks You to Record 113
2. Going to Court: Which Court, Which Matter, and How to Conduct Yourself 116
3. The Stages of a Civil Suit, From Plaint to Decree 121
4. Observing a Civil Trial: Procedure and the Record for Your Journal 126
5. The Stages of a Criminal Trial Under the BNSS 130
6. Observing a Criminal Trial: Procedure and the Record for Your Journal 135
7. Witnesses in Court: Examination-in-Chief, Cross-Examination and Re-Examination 139
8. Watching Court Proceedings Online: Live Streaming and Video Conferencing 143
9. Writing a Brief Report on Proceedings Attended 148

Module 07 & 08 Internship - Pre-trial Preparations

1. Observing Two Client Interviews: Pre-trial Preparation for SPPU 152
2. The Internship: What the Rules Require and How to Find One 154
3. Conduct and Confidentiality in a Lawyer's Office 158
4. Interviewing a Client: Technique and the Record of Two Interviews 162
5. Client Interviewing at a Legal Aid Office: Who Is Entitled, and What the Interview Must Find Out 166
6. Pre-Trial Preparation: From the First Meeting to the Filing of a Suit 172

Module B Contents of Written Submissions (Journal)

1. The Journal: Contents of the Written Submissions 177
2. The Internship Diary, Court Attendance and the Internship Certificate 180
3. The Viva Voce: What Is Asked and How to Answer 184