International moots and the demands of modern legal practice: Relooking the role of firms

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: international moots; Legal Profession; Science and Technology Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3374; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5332/viewcontent/SSRN_id3709280.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

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?