Posted by The Law School
22 October 2025👥 Teams of 2
📅 First round begins: Week of Monday 10 November
🕔 Register by: 5pm, Wednesday 5 November
📧 Email: mooting@exeter.ac.uk with the subject title ‘Negotiation Competition’
The Law School is pleased to announce a school-wide negotiation competition to take place this term. This competition will be open to all undergraduate and post-graduate taught students. The first round of the competition will take place in the week commencing Monday 10th November.
To participate in the competition, you will need to be in a team of 2 students. It is up to you who you pair with and so please only register your interest once you have formed your team. Each team will compete against another team in a scenario-based negotiation. The ability to negotiate effectively is a key legal skill utilised daily by barristers and solicitors alike.
Teams in the competition will be scored on
Teams will be provided with the scenarios ahead of time and so each team will have an opportunity to prepare before their allocated slot. Each team will compete against another randomly assigned team. Teams will be marked according to a scoring matrix. The four highest scoring teams from the first round will progress to the final. The final will be held on a further date to be confirmed.
The highest scoring team from the final will be the winners. The winners and second-place team will then be eligible to go on and represent the University and Law School at CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition 2026. Details of previous CEDR competitions can be found here – www.cedr.com/foundation/currentprojects/negotiatorcompetition/
The winners of the CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition have the opportunity to represent England in the International Student Negotiation Competition. We have some excellent history with negotiation competitions – the team from Exeter won the National competition in 2022 and came second in the international finals the same year.
This is a fantastic opportunity for all students to get involved and to develop a key legal skill in the form of negotiation.
Please note that the deadline for registration of the teams of 2 students is by 5pm on Wednesday 5 November 2025. Please register your team by emailing mooting@exeter.ac.uk with the name and email address of both students in each team. The subject heading of your email should state ‘Negotiation Competition’. Once this deadline has passed, the draft competition timetable will be circulated to participating teams. Scenarios will be released one week before the competition, along with further information.
If you have any further questions, please email mooting@exeter.ac.uk