Law students in the five New Zealand law schools have been mooting, negotiating, interviewing and examining witnesses over the past couple of months in a series of competitions organised by the NZ Law Students’ Association

Top law student competitors found

STUDENTS in the five New Zealand law schools have been mooting, negotiating, interviewing and examining witnesses recently to decide the top performers at each university.

The four streams of the competition are client interviewing, sponsored by Russell McVeagh, mooting, by Bell Gully, negotiation, by Buddle Findlay, and witness examination, by Minter Ellison Rudd Watts.

The 2008 regional winners are:

Auckland University

Client Interviewing, Tonia Mortell and Wayne Hofer; Mooting, Sally Trafford and Jennifer Devlin; Negotiation, Nick Frith and Matthew Graham; Witness Examination, David Tong.

Waikato University

Client Interviewing, Ben Cain and Jill Thomson; Mooting, Jeni Fountain and Daniel Robinson; Negotiation, Jeni Fountain and Kevin Badcock; Witness Examination, Jeni Fountain.

Victoria University

Client Interviewing, Henry Clayton and Adam Edwards; Mooting, Jamie Eng and Oliver Searle; Negotiation, Adriaan Barnard and Shane Swinerd; Witness Examination, Charlotte Hollingsworth.

Canterbury University

Client Interviewing, Sarah Keast and Julia Whitehead; Mooting, David Turner and Christine Frampton; Negotiation, Jason Cooper and Tim Haines; Witness Examination, Steve Jukes.

Otago University

Client Interviewing, James Kevany and Tom Clark; Mooting, Kate Muirhead and Alice Irving; Negotiation, Natasha Garvan and Simon Waalkens; Witness Examination: Adam de Hamel.

These regional winners have qualified to compete in the annual Australian Law Students’ Association Conference in Hobart on 7-13 July and the New Zealand competition finals in Auckland on 2-6 September, held in conjunction with the New Zealand Law Students’ Association Conference.