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Witness 
 Examination 
 Competition 
 2020

INFORMATION SESSION

OTHER COMPS ON OFFER

Semester 1

• Herbert Smith Freehills First-Year Moot
• King & Wood Mallesons Moot
• Victorian Bar Witness Examination
• Foley’s List First Year Witness Examination
• Clayton Utz Negotiations
• Corrs Chambers Westgarth Client Interview

Semester 2

• Allens Women’s Moot
• International Humanitarian Law Moot
• Baker McKenzie State Party Negotiations
• Gibbs Moot (external)

competitions@mulss.com

WHAT IS WITNESS EXAMINATION?

WHY DO WITNESS EXAMINATION?

• Develop your skills in advocacy + general public speaking skills!
• Learn/develop techniques in persuasion.
• Learn specific court procedures: how to speak to a judge; how to

address your fellow colleagues in a courtroom setting; how to present yourself in court; etc.

• An opportunity to meet legal professionals from Foley’s List and

the Victorian Bar!

PROCEDURE

• 1. Factual scenario – emailed to you 48 hours prior to

your scheduled trial time.

• 2. Appearances
• 3. Opening Statement by Prosecution Counsel (2 mins)
• 4. Opening Statement by Defence Counsel (2 mins)

PROCEDURE

• 5. Examination in Chief (by Prosecution) (10mins)
• 6. Cross Examination (by Defence) (FY:11 min; OP:12

mins)

• 7. Examination in Chief (by Defence) (10 mins)
• 8. Cross Examination (by Prosecution) (FY: 11 min; OP:

12 mins)

PROCEDURE

• 9. Closing Statement (by Prosecution) (FY: 4 mins; OP:

5 mins)

• 10. Closing Statement (by Defence) (FY: 4 mins; OP: 5

mins)

• 11. Judge deliberation and outcome announcement

BRIEF DEMONSTRATION

The defendant, Celeste Kane, has been charged under s 319(1)

• f the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic) with the offence of dangerous driving

causing death. The Prosecution witness is Richard CASABLANCAS. The Defence witness is Celeste KANE.

Judge: Jeremy Waite Counsel for Prosecution: Katie Nikolaou Counsel for Defence: Bill Cai Prosecution Witness: Phil Geoghegan (aka. Richard Casablancas)

BRIEF TIMELINE OF FIRST YEAR COMP

Registration

• 5:30pm
• Tuesday 3 March 2020

Workshop

• 1.00 pm
• Monday, 9 March 2020
• Room 104 (TBC)

Round 1
 Round 2
 Round 3
 Round 4

• Semester 1, Week 3
• Semester 1, Week 5


Semester 1, Week 7
 Semester 1, Week 10 Quarter, Semi & Grand Finals

• Semester 2

Jeremy Waite & Phil Geoghegan firstyearwitness@mulss.com

BRIEF TIMELINE OF OPEN WITNESS COMP

Registration

• 5:30pm
• Tuesday 3 March 2020

Workshop

• 1.00 pm
• Monday, 9 March 2020
• Room 104 (TBC)

Round 1
 Round 2
 Round 3
 Round 4

• Semester 1, Week 4
• Semester 1, Week 6
• Semester 1, Week 8
• Semester 1, Week 10

Quarter, Semi & Grand Finals

• Semester 2:
• QF: Week 2
• SF: Week 5
• GF: Week 7

Bill Cai & Katie Nikolaou witnessexamination@mulss.com

FORMALITIES

• Dress Code: Business Attire
• Teams of 2.
• Both team members for the First Year Competition must be in

first year.

• Open Witness Competition open to ALL year levels!

HOW TO SIGN UP

• www.mulss.com
• Only 1 person from the team has to submit the sign up form for the team
• Information required:

–A team name –Student numbers –Emails –Phone numbers –Which day/time your team would like to compete

– First year comp: Wednesday or Thursday – Open comp: Monday or Tuesday

Internal Competitions Accomodation Form

• This form will be used to inform competition judges how to best accommodate

individual students' disability or impairment (i.e. a judge will be informed to not use facial expressions to convey dissatisfaction with an answer if a student is vision impaired, a student may be able to make seated submissions if they suffer chronic pain, etc.,).

• The student does not have to put down their name, just what team they're in to

protect their anonymity if they wish whilst allowing the judge to accomodate them appropriately.

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Questions?