The Taylor’s Moot Society was established in January 2019 to promote the importance of advocacy amongst the undergraduate Law students. The Moot Society is the brainchild of the Law Society and it aims to nurture the growth of an aspiring young lawyer by planting the fundamental skills that would be necessary in the future. Weekly sessions are conducted with different themes each week focusing on a specific area of law or skill. With a membership of 70 students, the Moot Society has a strong and growing representation of members. Each year, teams would be selected from these group of talented individuals to represent Taylor’s University in various Moot Competitions across Malaysia. Auditions are held for each of these competitions to give an equal opportunity for all members to participate. With the guidance of the Club’s Moot Master, Mr. Harcharan Singh, Taylor’s Moot Members are moulded in the best way possible. The club hopes to grow and participate in more competitions in the future to gain valuable exposure in the legal industry.
It all started in 2018 when members of the Law Society were heavily involved in various moot competitions alongside Mr. Harcharan. A team consisting of Amitaesh Theva, Dominic Chou and Chow Chen Yie, represented Taylor’s University and Malaysia at the International Rounds of the LawAsia Mooting Competition. There, they were exposed to all the benefits that mooting has to offer, varying from establishing vital connections in the legal industry, to self - improvement in different aspects of themselves such as communication and presentation skills.
Lucas Isaac (Vice-president of the Law Society) and Amitaesh Theva (President of the Law Society) also participated in Malaysia’s Next Advocate where Amitaesh was named champion. Subsequently, these individuals were all offered legal internships at prestigious law firms such as Shearn Delamore and Thomas Philip. They then realised that participating in moots exposed students to a whole world of new opportunities, and found that the problem lied in the fact that Taylor’s did not have an established society to ensure students could actively participate in moots. This led to the founding of the Taylor’s Moot Society.
Being a fairly new society, there are still many things to work on. However, alongside the support of the Taylors Law School and many dedicated lectures, the Taylor’s Moot Society hopes to nurture and explore the talents of these young individuals in making them true forces to be reckoned with when they finally enter the legal industry.