Kedah students make mooting history
2010/11/19By Fatin Saiha Hilaluddin
Despite having only a week to prepare, the Kedah students stood out for their courage and enthusiasm, winning the Spirit of Interpart Award and gaining a spot in competition history.
Organised by the UiTM Moot Club, this year’s 5th Interpart Mooting Competition was the largest ever, with the participation of 12 teams consisting of Asasi
(Foundation) to semester six (final year) degree students.
Taking the top honours was the team comprising Ahmad Zulfikri Ibrahim, Nur Amalina Ghazali, Muhd Nasrul Wajdee Mohd Nasir, Nurul Natrah Mohd Saidi and Muhammad Adib Mohd Khushairi. The team lifted the Dean’s Cup as the advocates for fictional respondent Toopie Aduslalu.
Second place went to the team of Nur Atiqah Razif and Atiqah Anas. Nur Atiqah also picked up the Special Mention Award for being a promising young mooter.
In the case of other individual honours, semester three student Ahmad Zulfikri was crowned the Best Mooter for the final round while part- six student Darren M. Punai was judged the Best Mooter for the preliminary rounds.
Ahmad Zulfikri said he entered the competition because he admired mooters and was inspired by their art.
Another factor that led him to try it out was Benjamin Franklin’s quote: “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
Mooting is a simulated courtroom exercise where one side makes an allegation and the other side defends it. Both parties lay out their cases before a judge or a panel of judges using only legal principles to decide on issues of law and not of fact,” explained Faez Razak, a former Jessup mooter who sat as a judge during the proceedings.
He said: “Interpart helps to identify and nurture hidden talent by exposing students to practices of lawyers as well as instilling a sense of confidence.
They will gain experience to face their future.”
(Note: The above article was published in the first issue of Varsity Voice, a monthly publication jointly produced by the New Straits Times and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) under the newspaper's Journalism on Campus project.)
ok, bangga giler kan..btw I copy bende nie kat NST..well, even I x contribute sgt pown kat moot teams, tpi still bangga jgk..kitorg xtido almost one week (ok sumpah bohong, kiotrg tido lmbt je dalam pukul 3 or 4 pg ) just nak prepare memorial sume2 tu la, dgn nak carik case sume en..sumpah pressure wktu tu..ye la kitorg punye masa seminggu je utk wat sume bnde tu.memula tu dah give up dah kitorg, tpi bile fikir2 balek, dah alang2 stay up smpi pepagi buta baik teruskan je misi nie kan..Alhamdulillah, kitorg managed to do almost everything even agak kelam kabut..yeah, mooters I'm so proud of you guys..much love from me to all of u heroes..
