Registrations for The Administrative Review Tribunal Moot Competition are open for 2026.
Students enrolled in a Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor degree at any Australian university are invited to register. Teams must include 2 team members who act as senior counsel and junior counsel and may also include a third team member, who can provide assistance but will not be permitted to speak during the moot.
The moots will involve administrative law issues based on fact scenarios drawn from the Tribunal's jurisdictional areas, conducted over a total of 4 rounds. Each round of the competition will be adjudicated by members of the Tribunal.
The competition has 2 main objectives:
- to expose law students to the Tribunal’s merits review process, highlighting the differences between tribunal practice and procedure and that of the courts; and
- to encourage law students to pursue administrative law practice after completing their legal studies.
In addition, as tribunals and courts across Australia embrace new technologies for conducting hearings, the competition will provide students with the opportunity to experience advocacy online.
The grand final of the competition will be held in October and will be judged by a panel of 3 adjudicators, including the President or a deputy president of the Tribunal.
Prizes will be awarded to the runners-up and winners, whose team name will be inscribed on the official moot competition shield.
How to register
Registrations for the 2026 moot competition open on Wednesday 29 July 2026 and close on Monday 21 August 2026.
To register, teams should complete the registration form below and read the information package and competition rules:
Registration form [PDF, <1 MB]
Information package [PDF, <1 MB]
Competition rules [PDF, <1 MB]