The Sunshine Coast Schools Mooting Competition is a joint initiative between UniSC and Sunshine Coast Grammar School. The competition is the first of its kind for the region, inviting all Sunshine Coast secondary schools to register a mooting team to compete.
Students are eligible to participate if they are studying Year 11 or 12 Legal Studies at a Sunshine Coast high school. Students are required to have a basic understanding of the Australian Legal System.
What is mooting?
A moot is a simulated court hearing which imitates procedures followed in real courts. It is an opportunity for students to consider a legal problem, prepare written submissions and then use their oral presentation skills to present arguments before a judge or judges.
Mooting allows competitors to engage with interesting and topical legal issues, enhance advocacy and writing skills and collaborate with peers.
How the competition works
A mooting team can be made up of three to five senior legal studies students.
All registered teams will compete in round one, with the winning teams going on to the next round and so on.
There will be up to four rounds in total, held over four days between May and June, including the grand final for the two teams that win their respective rounds.
The semi finals and grand finals of the mooting competition will be held at the UniSC Sunshine Coast Moot Court.
All rounds will take place from 4.30pm on their respective days.
Key dates
Registrations open: Monday, 9 March 2026
Registrations close: Thursday, 2 April 2026
Mooting problem release: Monday, 16 March 2026
Preliminary round one: Monday, 18 May 2026
Location: Sunshine Coast Grammar School or Unity College (to be confirmed)
Preliminary round two: Monday, 1 June 2026
Location: Sunshine Coast Grammar School or Unity College (to be confirmed)
Semi finals: Monday, 8 June 2026
Location: UniSC Sunshine Coast Moot Court, JG15
Grand finals: Monday, 15 June 2026
Location: UniSC Sunshine Coast Moot Court, JG15
Written submissions due for round one: Monday 11 May 2026
Opposing team's submissions emailed: Tuesday 12 May 2026
Preliminary round one: Monday 18 May 2026
Feedback for round one submissions: Tuesday 19 May 2026
Written submissions due for round two: Monday 25 May 2026
Opposing team's submissions emailed: Tuesday 26 May 2026
Preliminary round two: Monday 1 June 2026
Feedback for round two submissions: Tuesday 2 June 2026
Written submission due for semi finals: Thursday 4 June 2026
(If submitting updated version)
Opposing team's submissions emailed: Friday 5 June 2026
Semi finals: Monday 8 June 2026
Written submissions due for grand finals: Thursday 11 June 2026
(If submitting updated version)
Opposing team's submissions emailed for grand finals: Friday 12 June 2026
Grand finals: Monday 15 June 2026
Mooting competition checklist
- Review the mooting competition information booklet 2026 (Word 60KB)
- Review mooting competition rules 2026 (Word 132KB).
- Register your team
- Download, sign and send consent release form for audio, video and photographic (PDF 202KB) by email to highschoolmooting@usc.edu.au
- Participate in the mooting competition!
More information
General enquiries
- Email: highschoolmooting@usc.edu.au
Moot convenors
Quinn Edwards
Teaching Fellow in Law
University of the Sunshine Coast
Email: qedwards@usc.edu.au
School coordinators
Ben Princehorn
Coordinator of Community Services, Sunshine Coast Grammar School
Email: bprincehorn@scgs.qld.edu.au
Phone: +61 7 5445 4444