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Corallee Collins-Annan *
The New Zealand Bar Association Ngā Ahorangi Motuhake o te Ture Court Advocacy Training Programme was a 12-week programme aimed at teaching AUT students the basics of courtroom advocacy.
The programme consisted of eight lectures and workshops, two court visits (the Auckland District and High Court) and a moot to finalise. The students learnt everything from how to write a statement of claim, lead evidence and cross-examine to the process of how to bring a judicial review and how to deal with clients.
The students heard lectures from leading advocates the Hon. Justice Moore, the Hon. Justice Harvey, Simon Jefferson KC, Frances Joychild KC, Ron Mansfield KC, Jan McCartney KC, Bar Association President Paul Radich KC, Brian Dickey, Justin Graham and Steph Roughton.
The winners of the Advocacy Moot Cup are Emily McCullough and Andrew McCauley. The cup is given to the team that has the, overall, best advocacy skills. The very close runners-up were Marcus Mackenzie and Jessica Grobbelaar.
The winners of the Advocacy Shield are Emily McCullough and Jessica Grobbelaar. The shield is awarded to the students that embody the programme and its objectives. Both these student’s came to every lecture, workshop and court visit and made it to the final of the moot.
The programme is set to run in 2023.
Winners of the Advocacy Shield Jessica Grobbleaar and Emily McCullough with The Honourable Sir Hugh Williams and Simon Mount QC (left) and Associate Professor Khylee Quince (right)
Winners of the AUT Advocacy Moot Cup Emily McCullough and Andrew McCauley
