{"id":7023,"date":"2026-09-25T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:25:05","slug":"bail-application-competition-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Bail Application Competition 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday 12 December, online via Zoom, 9am to 4pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fancy entering this competition which consists of five minute rounds where you need to persuade a judge to grant your client bail? The winner will receive an iPad and there is a \u00a3100 voucher for the runner-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a great way to get into advocacy competitions as no prior experience is needed. There is no research and no drafting, and you are judged on your oral advocacy alone. The bundle is released by <strong>18:00 on Friday 11 December,<\/strong> the evening before, so the whole thing takes under 24 hours of your time. You compete as an individual, so there is no team to join and no trials to get through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who it suits<\/strong><br>Anyone curious about advocacy, and particularly anyone thinking about criminal law, whether you are aiming for the Bar or for a career as a solicitor. Bail applications are daily work in the magistrates&#8217; and Crown Courts, and having done one in front of a practitioner gives you something concrete to talk about at pupillage and training contract interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Support from the Law School<\/strong><br>I will be running sessions in the weeks beforehand on how a bail application works, how to structure your five minutes, and how to handle questions from the bench. There will also be a chance to practise before the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to take part<\/strong><br>You are welcome to register yourself directly at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/speedmooting.com\/bail-app-2026\">https:\/\/speedmooting.com\/bail-app-2026<\/a>.<\/strong> <br>The entry fee is \u00a336 and places are limited to 200.<br>We will also be funding a number of students to compete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to be considered, email me with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>your name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>your student ID number<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>your year of study<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>explain in 400 words or less, why you want to take part<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Send this to <a href=\"mailto:mooting@exeter.ac.uk\">mooting@exeter.ac.uk <\/a>by 16:00 Wednesday 30th September.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take part on Saturday 12 December, online via Zoom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":7025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[815,53],"class_list":["post-7023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities","tag-event","tag-moot"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bail Application 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\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bail Application Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Take part on Saturday 12 December, online via Zoom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Exeter Law School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-25T15:19:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-25T15:25:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1158\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"371\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Law School\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Law School\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/\",\"name\":\"Bail Application Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-25T15:19:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-25T15:25:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/ae1bed489f384f447748a4eff91e78b9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png\",\"width\":1158,\"height\":371,\"caption\":\"logo for a speed mooting competition. with the scales of justice on the image\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bail Application Competition 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/\",\"name\":\"Exeter Law School\",\"description\":\"We celebrated 100 years: 1923-2023\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/ae1bed489f384f447748a4eff91e78b9\",\"name\":\"The Law School\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80bcdc8791326f0e9478caad438a5d05ff109341beef842fa970e3362298ff70?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80bcdc8791326f0e9478caad438a5d05ff109341beef842fa970e3362298ff70?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Law School\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/author\/sm1156\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bail Application Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bail Application Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School","og_description":"Take part on Saturday 12 December, online via Zoom","og_url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/","og_site_name":"Exeter Law School","article_published_time":"2026-09-25T15:19:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-25T15:25:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1158,"height":371,"url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"The Law School","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Law School","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/","name":"Bail Application Competition 2026 - Exeter Law School","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png","datePublished":"2026-09-25T15:19:54+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-25T15:25:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/ae1bed489f384f447748a4eff91e78b9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png","width":1158,"height":371,"caption":"logo for a speed mooting competition. with the scales of justice on the image"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2026\/09\/25\/bail-application-competition-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bail Application Competition 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/","name":"Exeter Law School","description":"We celebrated 100 years: 1923-2023","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/ae1bed489f384f447748a4eff91e78b9","name":"The Law School","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80bcdc8791326f0e9478caad438a5d05ff109341beef842fa970e3362298ff70?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/80bcdc8791326f0e9478caad438a5d05ff109341beef842fa970e3362298ff70?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Law School"},"url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/author\/sm1156\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/09\/bail-moot.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7031,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions\/7031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}