As Canadian law schools continue to expand their mooting programs and increase the emphasis on moot participation, The Essential Guide to Mooting: A Handbook for Law Students will undoubtedly be of great value to their students.

Mooting is an important step in the development of one’s advocacy and communication skills. This thorough “how-to” guide provides students with a road-map to crafting a successful career as a mooter and future advocate in many different arenas. Using this book as a guide, students will be better prepared to step into their “courtrooms” and present credible and persuasive arguments in a manner corresponding to the finest of advocacy skills. The result will be that the calibre of mooting will only improve and continue to reflect the high quality of those behind the arguments: Canada’s law students.

Emir Aly Crowne-Mohammed, B.A. (Western), LL.B. (London), LL.M. (Strathclyde), LL.M. (Osgoode), Ph.D Candidate (Osgoode) is Assistant Professor in the faculty of law at the University of Windsor.
His research interests include all aspects of Intellectual Property (domestic, comparative and international), Information Technology Law (broadly defined), Medical Law, Gaming Law and Contract Drafting / Negotiation. Professor Crowne-Mohammed has worked in-house for several publicly traded IT companies and negotiated and managed several multi-million dollar contracts. He has also drafted and filed several dozen patent and trade-mark applications, in Canada, the US and Europe.
Professor Crowne-Mohammed is also an appointed member of the Justices of the Peace Review Council which has a mandate to receive and investigate complaints against justices of the peace, review and approve standards of conduct, deal with the continuing education plan and decide whether a justice of the peace may engage in other remunerative work.
Professor Crowne-Mohammed received the “Professor of the Year” award in 2008, and again in 2009. He is the Founder of the Canadian Law Student Conference – the only LLB or JD level conference of its kind in Canada. Professor Crowne-Mohammed is also the Founder of the Harold G. Fox Moot, the only competitive, Intellectual Property Moot in Canada.

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Mohamed Hashim is a 2009-10 articling student at Heenan Blaikie LLP in Toronto. In 2010-11 he will be clerk to Mr. Justice Hughes of the Federal Court of Canada. Mohamed is a co-founder of the Harold G. Fox  Intellectual Property Moot.

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Shelley Kierstead, LLB (UNB), LLM (Toronto), PhD (Osgoode), is Assistant Professor and Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program at Osgoode Hall Law School. Her research interests lie in the areas of family law, access to justice, and dispute resolution. Professor Kierstead also coordinates a parent education program for separating parents entitled the "Parent Information Program,” an initiative of Osgoode’s Centre for Public Law and Public Policy.

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"After reading this book and using it as a guide, students will be better prepared to step into their “courtrooms” and present credible and persuasive arguments in a manner corresponding to the finest of advocacy skills. The result, I believe, will be that the calibre of mooting will only improve and continue to reflect the high quality of those behind the arguments: Canada’s law students."

The Honourable Allan Lutfy, Chief Justice of the Federal Court (Canada)