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Second Semester

LLB Paper Code: LLB 114


Subject: Legal Research and Moot Court L4 PSDA3 C5

Objectives: The course on Legal Research and Moot Court aims to (i) hone students’ written and oral
advocacy skills (ii) enable them to conduct proper research to prepare written submissions and present
briefs, (iii) give guidance and practical training about the court practices and etiquettes (iv) familiarize
students with the working of an actual court

Course Outcome: The course is designed to (i) train students in identification of issues in legal
problems, research method, framing and advancing arguments convincingly; (ii) make them confident
enough to argue in actual courts; (iii) equip students with the attributes of an effective and successful
professional lawyer; and (iv) prepare them in legal research techniques.

Unit-I:Introduction (Lectures-08)

a. Meaning of Mooting
b. Relevance of Mooting in law School
c. Difference between Moot Court & Court
d. Judicial System in India
e. Hierarchy of Courts
f. Jurisdiction of the Courts

Unit-II:Structure of Moot Court (Lectures-12)

a. Moot Problem
b. The Team
c. Memorial
i. How to approach a problem.
ii. Identifying the issues using different resource authorities to substantiate the arguments framed
for both sides.
iii. How to quote cases and other authorities in the memorial.
iv. Bibliography.
d. Oral Pleadings
i. Qualities of good mooter
ii. Language
iii. Court Manners
iv. Appearance & Presentation
v. Emphasis on the Law

Unit III: Techniques of Legal Research (Lectures-12)

a. Scientific Research in Law: The nature of scientific research, applicability of scientific research in
social science and law
b. Research Approach: Historical, Comparative, Social Surveys and case Study
c. Formulation of a Research Problem and preparing a Hypothesis
d. Tools of Data Collection: Document and Content Analysis, Questionnaire, preparing for field
interviews and guidelines for interviews, nature and types of interviews
e. Research Ethics

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f. Processing of Data and Research Findings

Unit IV: Tools of Legal Research (Lectures-08)

a. Use of Law Library


b. Reading Legal Materials: Statutes, Reports, Journals, Manuals, Bill, Act, Books, Law Reports,
Law Commission Reports, Legislative and Constitutional Assembly Reports
c. Computer and Internet
d. Case Analysis
e. Legal Writing and Drafting Skills:Avoid repetitions, Avoide legalese in writing, Passive voice
minimalization, removing unnecessary words, use of parallel constructions, fixing remote
relative pronouns, use of symbols and abbrevations, sexist language, dashes, quotation marks,
spelling out numbers one to ten

PSDA (Professional SkillDevelopment Activities) 1 Hr/Week

❖ Statutes and Judgment Analysis


❖ Reading of Case Laws, Case Presentation and Analyses
❖ Dissertation/Thesis Writing
❖ Mock Moot Court exercises
❖ Access to Legal Resources: Library and Online Data Base
❖ Debate/Seminar/Symposium/Group Discussion

Text Books:

1. N.R. Madhava Menon, Clinical Legal Education, Reprinted, EBC India, 2019 (1st Edn.)
2. Bryan A. Garner, The Winning Brief: 100 Tips for Persuasive Briefing in Trial and Appellate
Court, OUP (USA), 2014 (Hardcover)
3. Kailash Rai, Moot Court, Pre-Trial Preparations & Participation in Trial Proceedings, Central
Law Publications, Allahabad, 2019 (5th Edn.)
4. NomitaAggarwal& Mukesh Anand, “Beginners Path to Moot Court”, Universal Law Publishing
Co. Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, 2008 (2nd Edn.)

References:

1. David Pope & Dan Hill, Mooting and Advocacy Skills, Sweet & Maxwell,London, 2015 (Paperback)
2. Kailash Rai, Legal Ethics – Accountancy for Lawyers and Bench and Bar Relations, Central
Law Publications, 2020 (11th Edn.)
3. R. E.Riggio, Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology,New Jersey: Prentice-Hall,
2003 (4th Edn.)

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