Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

12-2020

Abstract

The demands of modern legal practice are such that the young law graduate is expected to be as practice-prepared as possible right off the bat: able to analyse, research, draft, write, advise, and even advocate on complex issues that do not always present clear demarcations in doctrines, jurisdictions, and cultures – and this is without mentioning other important soft skills required to thrive in practice. International moot competitions used to be the main means to bridge the school-versus-practice and theory-versus-application divides, but that landscape has transformed radically in the past decade. Considering too the competitiveness of the legal market today and Singapore’s aspiration to be a leading dispute resolution hub, how can law firms and universities work even closer together in ensuring that the craft of advocacy is effectively transmitted across generations from an early stage?

Keywords

international moots

Discipline

Legal Profession | Science and Technology Law

Research Areas

Innovation, Technology and the Law

First Page

1

Last Page

13

Identifier

10.2139/ssrn.3709280

Publisher

SSRN

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