Intervarsity Competitions

SULS works with many other law societies from across the country to organise bilateral and multilateral competitions, ranging from moots to skills competitions. If you’ve already succeeded in several internal competitions,we strongly recommend you try out an intervarsity competition. 

Most are run during Semester 1 or 2, whilst others are run in the Winter Break. Team selections open throughout the year, so make sure you’re up to date with our Facebook and Instagram page.

Opportunities in 2024

Sir John Peden Contract Law Moot

In this annual moot, Sydney University Law School takes on Macquarie University on a question of Contract Law. The moot has attracted a number of eminent judges in the past, including The Honourable Chief Justice French of the High Court of Australia. This is an annual intermediate bilateral competition with Macquarie University which focuses on a question of contract law. The moot is named after Sir John Peden, who was a barrister and professor of law who declined offers to several judicial roles.

2023 - Winners: Isabella Monardo, Thomas Martyn (Counsel) and Noam Antonir (Solicitor). Coach: Olivia Donovan

2022 - Winners: Matthew Joyce, Olivia Donovan (Counsel), Peter Taurian (Solicitor). Coach: Tate Lindsay

2021 - Winners: Monica Jones, Sophia Bleakley, Nicole Leong. Coach: Nicholas Chivers

2020 - Winners: Rachael Li, Nicholas Chivers (Counsel) and Caroline Xu (solicitor)(coached by Alexandra Touw)

2019 - Winners: Giacomo Rotolo-Ross, Isabella Fahmy (Counsel) and Peter Dougherty (solicitor)

2018 - Winners: Declan Noble, Haiqiu Zhu (Counsel), Nick Yuen (solicitor)

2017 - Winners: Ruben Robertson and Henry Lim (Counsel), Alice Yang (Solicitor)

2016 - Runners Up: Jeremy Chan and Patrick Hall (Counsel), Tiffany Wu (Solicitor)

2015 - Runners Up: Elizabeth Pearson and Christopher Walsh (Counsel), Eric Shi (Solicitor)

2014 - Winners: Sarah Bradbury and Millie Dale (Counsel), India O’Neill (Solicitor)

2013 - Joint Winners: Angus Nicholas and Miles Lee (Counsel), Millie Dale (Solicitor)

2012 - Winners: Louise Coleman and Robert Pietriche (Counsel),  Sarah Bradbury (Solicitor)

2011 - Winners: Christine Ernst and Daniel Ward (Counsel), Robert Pietriche (Solicitor)

2010 - Winners: Domenico Cucinotta and David Robertson (Counsel), Daniel Ward (Solicitor)

SULS v MULS Skills Competition

Each year, SULS hosts a skills competition against Macquarie University, providing skills competitors with intervarsity opportunities. This was adapted to an ADR format in 2020, before returning to a rotating skills competition in 2024.

2023 (ADR) - Winners: Amy Duong and Sophie Tarr. Coach: Niveditha Sethumadhavan and Alice Huang.

2022 (ADR) - Winners: Christian Holman and Michelle Chen

2021 (ADR) - Winners: Nell Kim and Thalia Park

2020 (Client Interviewing) - Winners: Sarah Purvis and Harry Ly

2019 (Witness Examination) - Winner: Robert Deppeler 

2018 (Client Interviewing) - Winners: Ying Yi Lim and Callum Vittali-Smith

2017 (Client Interviewing) - Winner: Lara Baker and Rebecca Matthews

2016 (Witness Examination) - Winner: Sundar Odgers

2015 (Witness Examination) - Winner: Sam Murray

2014 (Negotiations) - Runners Up: Kate and Sam Farrell

2013 (Witness Examination) - Winner: Peter Fu

SULS v UNLSA Novice Moot

This competition was introduced in 2020 against Newcastle University, and is only open to novice competitors who have not previously competed in intervarsity competitions.

2023 - Winners: Alice Shan, Sophie Tarr (Best Speaker), Salma Lakehal. Coach: Jason Zhu He.

2022 - Winners: Rowan Silcock, Bella Monardo, Nora Takriti. Coach: Felix Wood.

2020 - Winners: Grace Wong, Carol Lin and Eden McSheffrey. Coached: Caroline Xu.

Moot of Origin

In 2019, the ‘Moot of Origin’ was born. This is an exciting competition between UQLS and SULS to settle a long-held state rivalry - and what better way than to do it than in the Moot Court!

2023 - Winners: Angela Xue, Mayling Paton and Edward Goodman. Coach: Thomas Martyn

2022 - Winners: Christin Ji, Noam Antonir and Jason Zhu He. Coach: Shruti Janakiraman

2021 - Winners: Finlay Ball, Annie Hong and Netra Hankins (Best Speaker). Coach: David Zhu

2020 - Winners: Felix Wood, Sophia Bleakley, David Zhu

2019 - Runners Up: Olivia Fehon and Sarah Purvis (Counsel), Hae Soo Park (Solicitor)

Justice William Gummow Gup Equity Moot

This moot features a question of equity and in 2020, was held between USYD and UNSW. The moot is presided over by The Honourable Professor William Gummow AC QC, former Justice of the High Court. This moot is an advanced bilateral moot held with UNSW on a question of equity. The 2023 moot was presided over by The Honourable Professor William Gummow AC KC, former Justice of the High Court, with the Honourable James Stevenson of the New South Wales Supreme Court Equity Division and Dr Michael Crawford joining him.

2023 - Winners: Netra Hankins, Noam Antonir, Sofia Mendes (Best Speaker). Coach: Lachie Muir

2022 - Winners: Cora Fabbri, Lachie Muir, Aryan Mohseni (Best Speaker). Coach: Declan Noble

2021 - Winners: Jake Jerogin, Timothy Berney-Gibson and Deyi Wu. Coach: Robert Clarke

2020 - Runner Up: Declan Noble, Olivia Morris and Rachael Li. Coach: Harry Stratton

2019 - Runner Up: Haiqiu Zhu, Nicholas Yuen and Nicholas Lehm

2018 - Runner Up: May Yang, Elijah Lim, Adam Conwell. Coach: William Khun

2017 - Winners: William Khun, Samuel Hoare and Lucy Lester

2015 - Winners: Andrew Bell and Fabian Di Lizia (Counsel), Eric Shi (Solicitor)

2013 - Winners: Hannah Ryan and Jackson Wherrett (Counsel), Josh Santilli (Solicitor)

Nicholas Cowdery AO KC Criminal Law Moot

This moot between SULS and UTS features a question of criminal law. A number of eminent judges have featured on the bench in the past, with Nicholas Cowdery AO KC, former long-serving NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, chairing the bench.

2023 - Runners Up: Charlotte Greenhalgh, Stacey Konstantopoulos and Luke Cass. Coach: Tate Lindsay

2022 - Winners: Noam Antonir, Kate Coyne, Jess Mitchell. Coach: Vanessa Li

2021 - Runners Up: Sophia Bleakley, Tate Lindsay, Sebastian Long. Coach: Lucy Lester

2020 - Winners: Alice Strauss, Jasmine Todoroska and Vanessa Li. Coach: Isabella Fahmy

2019 - Winners: Tom Manousaridis and Penny Smith (Counsel), Wendy Hu (Solicitor)  

2017 - Winners: May Yang, Harry Godber & Grant Kynaston

2016 - Winners: Nick Yuen and Curtis Penning (Counsel) Ruben Robertson (Solicitor)

2014 - Winners: Maria Voleynik and William Hanna (Counsel), Elizabeth Pearson (Solicitor)

2013 - Winners: Thomas Farmakis and Eric Shi (Counsel), India O’Neill (Solicitor)

2012 - Winners: Louise Coleman and Jackson Wherrett (Counsel), Sarah Bradbury (Solicitor)

2011 - Runners Up: Domenico Cucinotta and Daniel Ward (Counsel), Louise Coleman (Solicitor)

SULS v AULSS Novice Negotiations Competition

This competition was introduced in 2020 and is dedicated exclusively to novice negotiators who have not competed at an intervarsity level before. The competition occurs across two weeks over Zoom, providing competitors with the opportunity to interact with and receive feedback from practitioners. SULS sends four teams of two negotiators to compete against four teams from Adelaide University.

2023 - Winners: Kiana Asgari and Zoe Faraj. Coaches: Grace Wallman, Amy Duong, Danielle Cheung

2022 - Winners: Milan Swaraj, Jivan Naganathan. Coaches: Sofia Mendes and Alex De Araujo

2021 - Winners: Maja Vasic, Arasa Hardie. Coach: Tim Berney-Gibson

2020 - Runners up: Alex de Araujo and Sofia Mendes; Amer Nasr and Kirk Gehri. Coach: Jasmine Todoroska

Intervarsity ESL Moot

This is a new competition introduced in 2023 with Macquarie University, UNSW and UTS, focused on providing greater opportunities for competitors from an ESL background.

2023 - Winners: Jeff Lin, Maisha Farzana, Nikki Bui. Coaches: Mayling Paton and Kiana Asgari

UTS LSS Intervarsity Negotiations Competition

This is one of the largest multilateral competitions hosted by the UTS Law Students’ Society, allowing students to hone their negotiating skills with another team over a dispute between their clients.

2023 - Semi-finalists: Danielle Cheung and Gurmehar Kaur

2022 - Runners Up: Elizabeth Sheridan and Harriet Walker. Coach: Alex McManis

2021 - Runners Up: Cameron Jordan and Alex McManis

2020 - Semi-finalists - Wendy Hu and Dasha Moskalenko

2019 - Danielle Wilson and Julia Murphy, Eden Blair and Madeleine Bosler

UNSW Private Law Moot

The UNSW Private Law Moot, held online in May, is the only national mooting competition in Australia that focuses specifically on private law and commercial topics. This moot presents an unrivalled opportunity to develop essential research and advocacy skills in a competitive teamwork environment, with private law being particularly relevant to a future legal career.

2023 - Winners: Anson Lee, Brianna Ho, Catherine Nguyen and Yidi Huang (Best Speaker in Grand Final). Coach: Tim Berney-Gibson

2022 - Runners-Up: Timothy Berney-Gibson, Eden Blair and Maja Vasic (also Best Appellant Written Submissions and Best Respondent Written Submissions). Coach: Shruti Janakiraman

2021 - Winners: Robert Clarke (Best Speaker in the Grand Final), Shruti Janakiraman, Tate Lindsay and Sarah Purvis (coached by Anuki Suwaweera)

2019 - Runners-Up: Declan Noble, Haiqiu Zhu, Harry Godber and Calida Tang

2017 - Patrick Still, Andrew Bell and Lucy Lester

2015 - Semi-finalists and Winners of Best Appellant and Respondent Memoranda: David Blight, Elizabeth Pearson and Eric Shi

UNSW IV Skills Competition

The UNSW IV Skills competition covers both Negotiations and Client Interviewing. These are two independent, multilateral competitions that are run at the same time. Participating universities in previous years have included the University of Sydney, UTS, UNSW, Macquarie, Newcastle and Wollongong.

2023 - Client Interviewing Winners: Amy Tan and Rhiannon Kumar. Coach: Sophie Tarr

2023 - Negotiations Semi-Finalists: Daksh Chuchra and Joshua Perera. Coach: Danielle Cheung

2022 - Negotiations: Danielle Cheung, Priya Mehra, Amy Duong, Niveditha Sethumadhavan. Coach: Irene Ma

2022 - Client Interviewing: Ariana Haghighi, Amelie Roediger.

2021 - Client Interviewing Winners: Alison Chen and Stacey Konstantopoulos

2020 - Client Interviewing Winners: Sarah Purvis and Harry Ly

2019 - Negotiations Runner Up: Danielle Wilson and Vanessa Li

2019 - Negotiations: Madeleine Bosler and Eden Blair

Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot

Hosted by the Melbourne University Law Students’ Society, this moot is held during the Semester 2 mid-semester break.  This is a high calibre moot that brings together Australia’s best constitutional law mooters with esteemed Justices of the High Court, Federal Court, and Victorian Court of Appeal judging the final rounds.

2023 - Olivia Donovan, Maja Vasic, Arasa Hardie. Coach: Ben Hines

2022 - Runners up: Ben Hines, Vanessa Li, Tim Berney-Gibson (Best Written Submissions). Coach: Tom Manousaridis

2021 - Semi-finalists: Robert Clarke, Dane Luo and Connor Wherrett. Coach: Shruti Janakiraman

2020 - Semi-finalists: Rachael Li, Alex Kiefer and Tom Manousaridis. Coach: Giacomo Rotolo-Ross

2019 - Quarter-finalists: Juliette Van Ratingen, Giacomo Rotolo-Ross and Georgia Reid. Coach: Joy Chen

2018 - Winners: Joy Chen (Best Speaker for the Grand Final), Ruben Robertson and Rowan O’Donnell. Coach: Samuel Hoare

2017 - May Yang, Ryan Hunter & Elijah Lim

2013 - Semi-finalists: Kevin Ngo, Lan Wei and Dominique Yong

2012 - Winner: Angus Abadee

SULS Multilateral Client Interviewing Multilateral Competition

This competition was introduced in 2020, and is a national intervarsity client interviewing competition held against a number of other universities across Australia. 

2023 - Semifinalists: Stephanie Wong and Prisca Lam

2022 - Winners: Sophie Tarr and Zoe Patterson-Ross

2021 - Winners: Sofia Mendes and Alex De Araujo

2020 - Semifinalists: Madeleine Ong and Cassandra Ang; Alison Chen and Catherine Ge (coached by Harry Ly)

Baker McKenzie National Women’s Moot

The Baker McKenzie National Womens’ Moot was introduced by the University of Sydney in 2011 to tackle equity issues facing women at the bar, and is the only national moot in which all competitors must be women- or non-binary- identifying.

2023 - Winners: Sophie Tarr, Alice Shan, Kate Coyne. Coach: Sofia Mendes

2022 - Winners: Sofia Mendes, Christin Ji, Isabella Monardo. Coach: Aoife Hogan

2021 - Ruby Adler, Catherine Nguyen, Eden Blair. Coach: Meg Winton

2020 - Winners: Olivia Donovan, Monica Jones and Sivanjali Karalasingham. Coach: Juliette Van Ratingen

2019 - Winners: Isabella Fahmy and Alice Strauss, Semi Finals: Sarah Purvis and Caroline Xu. Coach: Charlotte Lewis

2018 - Runners Up: Charlotte Lewis, Juliette Van Ratingen and Kaity Crowe

2017 - Haiqiu Zhu, Calida Tang and Joy Chen

2016 - Runners Up: Michelle Blore and Amanda Peng

2015 - Winnie Liu, Maria Mellos and Maxine Malaney

2014 - Winners: Sarah Ienna, India O’Neill and Alice Zhou

2013 - Winners: Kate Farrell, Aarushi Sahore and Connie Ye

2011 - Winners: Nadia Yetton Lim, Rachel Cao and Diana Liu

UTS Legal Technology Moot

The intervarsity Legal Technology Law Moot, introduced by UTSLSS in 2017, is the only competition of its kind in Australia.

This moot engages with the inherent uncertainty that exists within the modern technological landscape and their interaction with established principles of law such as torts, contracts or intellectual property. It provides competitors with the opportunity to develop creative solutions to a range of issues within the constantly evolving area of law pertinent to legal technology.

2023 - Winners: Noam Antonir, Kaye Coyne and Edward Goodman. Coach: Lachie Muir

2022 - Winners: Yijun Cui (Best Speaker), Brianna Ho, Nishu Ajith. Coach: Tim Berney-Gibson

2021 - Winners: Jasmine Todoroska, Alex McManis, Carol Lin. Coach: Harry Gobder

2020 - Runners Up: Sarah Purvis (Best Speaker in Grand Final), Hae Soo Park and Sam Goldberg (coached by Connor Wherrett)

2019 - Harry Godbar, Alexandra Touw and Connor Wherrett

Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot

The Deakin ICA Moot focuses on international commercial law and arbitration and challenges teams of law students to seek resolution to an international business dispute. Arbitration is the business community’s preference for resolving international commercial disputes and legal practitioners who are skilled in this area are highly sought-after. Participants will be required to seek resolution to a fictitious problem in a simulated courtroom setting.

2023 - Jason Zhu He, Yidi Huang, Kiana Asgari. Coach: Cora Fabbri

2022 - Quarter-Finals: Clare Veal, Arasa Hardie, Maja Vasic. Coach: Cora Fabbri

2021 - Quarter Finals, First in Prelim Rounds: Aoife Hogan, Tate Lindsay and Sofia Mendes. Coach: Sarah Purvis)

2020 -  Elimination Rounds: Sarah Purvis, Jake Jerogin and Hae Soo Park. Coach: Peter Dougherty)

2019 - Anuki Suraweera, Ben John and Peter Dougherty