On Wednesday April 2nd 2025, the Swansea Law School Internal Senior Mooting Competition (for students in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year) came to a dramatic close with the Final 4 students competing. The drama came from both the venue of the final, in Court 1 of the Supreme Court, and the judge, with Lord Lloyd-Jones presiding.
On Wednesday April 2nd 2025, the Swansea Law School Internal Senior Mooting Competition (for students in their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year) came to a dramatic close with the Final 4 students competing. The drama came from both the venue of the final, in Court 1 of the Supreme Court, and the judge, with Lord Lloyd-Jones presiding.
Every year the Supreme Court generously opens up this opportunity to twelve law schools, and this year Swansea were one of the law schools chosen to have our moot final in this incredible venue.
The four competing students, Maren Julian, Tegan Bennett, Amelia Triaca (all 3rd years), and Cara di Teodoro (2nd year), had all won their way through to this event by scoring highly in four preliminary rounds to qualify for the semi finals before battling through an intense semi-final judged by members of Angel Chambers, the supporters of the Senior Moot and of the Communication Skills Programme.
After a very interesting tour of the court, and the opportunity to meet Lord Lloyd Jones, the four mooters settled down to argue a Human Rights point involving a public/private hybrid body. Each had fifteen minutes to present their submissions, peppered with judicial interventions from Lord Lloyd-Jones that caused all of them to think carefully about their answers.
The standard was exceptional, and all four students coped superbly with the challenge. After a very close moot, third year Amelia Triaca was announced as the winner, going one better than 23/24 when she finished second. All of the mooters, and the Swansea students who had travelled to watch the event expressed gratitude to Lord Lloyd-Jones and all of the organisers at the court who did a fantastic job of putting the event together. A huge thank you to everyone at the Supreme Court.
For anyone interested in learning more about the Swansea Law School Communication Skills Programme, contact Matthew Parry (m.j.parry@swansea.ac.uk) or go to our Instagram account- swan_law_skills