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All costs associated with the competition will be covered by the University of Exeter Law School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an excellent opportunity to gain mooting experience at a point in the year when there is generally less pressure from teaching and assessments. As all participants will be first-year students, it also offers a great chance to build confidence, develop advocacy skills, and meet students from other universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested, or would like a bit more detail before deciding, please get in touch with <strong>Adam Nichols, Mooting Director <\/strong>at <a href=\"mailto:a.nicholls5@exeter.ac.uk\">a.nicholls5@exeter.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first round is in late June<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Take part in the National First Year Moot Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/04\/07\/take-part-in-the-national-first-year-moot-competition-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Take part in the National First Year Moot Competition 2026 - 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