Students have the opportunity to develop their written and oral advocacy skills through mooting. The International Mooting and Legal Methods Research and Writing courses provide formal opportunities for this training. Additionally, the Mona Law Society, with the encouragement and support of the Faculty, organizes a programme of mooting each year. The Faculty of Law at Mona has participated in a number of international moot court competitions including the Caribbean Court of Justice Moot Court, the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court, the Inter-American Human Rights Moot Court, the International Criminal Court Moot, the Phillip C Jessup International Law Moot Court and the Price Media Moot Court Competition.
The Faculty of Law at The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (‘MonaLaw’) was named ‘Best Academic Institution’ at the 10th Annual Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) International Law Moot Competition on Friday, March 9, 2018. The team included veteran mooters Ms Shani Bennett and Ms Christine Brooks along with newcomer Ms Nassalie Foster-Brown. They were coached by Dr Emir Crowne.
MonaLaw Team with Judge Geoffrey Henderson of the Trial Division of the ICC (centre), after the International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot Court Competition held from May 27, 2018 to June 1, 2018 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The team, from left to right, is Mrs Kamille Adair-Morgan (coach), Ms Samantha Grant, Ms Danielle Watson and Mr Tahir Thompson.
The MonaLaw team with other competing teams on the final day of the Moot.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Moot Court Competition
MonaLaw participated in the Annual Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Moot Court Competition held at the Washington College of Law in March 2018. The team found the experience instrumental in enhancing their research and public speaking skills. It also helped to expand their knowledge on gender-based violence.
The MonaLaw Team of Ms Analiese Minott, Mr Shani Bennett and Mr Jermaine Case (Coach)
The Sixth Annual Americas Regional Round of the Price Media Law Moot Programme was hosted in partnership with the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania. This took place on February 1 to 4, 2018 at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. Of the 44 teams representing schools from the Americas, MonaLaw was ranked in the top 6 schools to advance to the International rounds at Oxford, England in April 2018.
The MonaLaw Team comprised Mr Dominic Bristol-Samson, Ms Simone Townsend, Ms Kimberley Brown, Mr Rojae Brown and Ms Gabrielle Elliot-Williams (coach).
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
