Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot
Melbourne University Law Students’ Society (MULSS), in collaboration with the Australian Association of Constitutional Law (AACL) and the Australian Government Solicitor (AGS), will be hosting the 2024 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot (the Gibbs Moot).
Competition Details
The Gibbs Moot will take place from Friday, 4 October 2024 to Monday, 7 October 2024. This high calibre moot brings together Australia’s best constitutional law mooters to compete in Melbourne.
The competition is structured as a four round-robin moot, followed by three knockout finals rounds. There will be a $1,500 prize for the winning team and a $500 prize for the second-placed team.
Team registration fee (for a team of three): TBC
Coach registration fee (per coach): TBC
Registration Opens – Monday, 24 June 2024
Registration Closes – Friday, 26 July 2024
Problem Released – Monday, 5 August 2024
Written Submissions Due – Friday, 13 September 2024
In-person rounds and functions – Friday, 4 October 2024 to Monday, 7 October 2024
For further information, please email gibbsmoot@mulss.com
2023 Results
Congratulations to the University of Melbourne team (Felix Geake-Ransome, Jack Fagan, and Eleanor Twomey) on winning the Grand Final of the 2023 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot!
The runners-up were the University of Western Australia team (Yi-Yun Loei, Tiffany Chisholm Gardner, and Melanie Fraser).
A special congratulations must also go to Jack Fagan for being awarded Best Speaker for the Grand Final and Tiffany Chisholm Gardner for being awarded Best Speaker in the Preliminary Rounds.
Thank you to the Hon. Justice Mark Moshinsky, the Hon. Pamela Tate AM KC, and the Hon. Susan Kenny AM for adjudicating this year’s Grand Final, and to the Australian Government Solicitor for once again sponsoring the Gibbs Moot.
(L to R: Yi-Yun Loei, Tiffany Chisholm Gardner, Melanie Fraser, the Hon. Justice Mark Moshinsky, the Hon. Susan Kenny AM, the Hon. Pamela Tate AM KC, Jack Fagan, Felix Geake-Ransome, and Eleanor Twomey)
2022 Results
Congratulations to the University of Melbourne team (Danielle Feng, Cavan Fairall and Deylan Kilic-Aidani) on winning the Grand Final of the 2022 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot!
A special congratulations must also go to Danielle Feng for being awarded Best Speaker for the Grand Final.
Thank you to Justices Simon Steward, Kristen Walker and Michael Black for adjudicating this year’s Grand Final, and to the Australian Government Solicitor for once again sponsoring the Moot.
2021 Results
Winners – James Gunn, Annie Jiang and Kevin Sebastian (University of Melbourne) and Madeleine McGregor, Thomas Dunbabin and Benjamin Durkin (Australian National University)
Congratulations to James Gunn, Annie Jiang and Kevin Sebastian (University of Melbourne), Madeleine McGregor, Thomas Dunbabin and Benjamin Durkin (Australian National University) on Winning the Grand Final of the 2021 Sir Harry Gibbs Constitutional Law Moot in an unprecedented draw!
Thank you to our Co-opts Kim Borchard and Leonardo Monichino thank you to all participants.
A recording of the Grand Final may be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18jTsrw7chvJ7ZfKToIS0r9G2iRDvODs0/view?usp=sharing
We would like to extend our appreciation to our fantastic judges for the Moot:
• Hon Justice Stephen Gageler QC AC
• Hon Mark Moshinsky QC
• Hon Melissa Perry
• Hon Pamela Tate
• Hon Justice Wheelahan
• Hon Michael Black QC AC FAAL
• Hon Justice Karin Emerton
• Hon Justice Kristen Walker
• Hon Ron Merkel QC
• Christopher Horan QC
• Lisa De Ferrari QC
• Perry Herzfeld QC
• Geoffrey Kennett SC
• Alistair Pound QC
• Robert Orr QC
• Counsel Jancis Cunliffe
• Counsel Madelene Wonders
• Frances Gordon
• Alexander Di Stefano
• Dimitri Ternovski
• Emyrs Nekvapil
• Jim Hartley
• Joel Tito
• Nicholas Baum
• Glyn Aryes
• Nicolas Dour
• Charles Parkinson
• Brendan Lim
• Jilliam Williams
• Thomas Wood
• Nick Boyd-Caine
• James McComish
• Simon Thornton
• Counsel Yvonne Whittaker-Rush
• Dr Laura Hilly
• Julian Murphy
• Simon Frauenfelder
• Daniel Bongiorno
• Minh-Quan Nguyen
• Shawn Rajanayagam
• Jack Maxwell
• Elizabeth Brumby