Moot Court Bench Member - Semester I, 2006

Chief Justice

sarah.jpgSarah Mateljan

 Sarah Mateljan is currently studying her penultimate year of a double major in Law/Psychology. She has participated in many different law school competitions, including mooting, debating, trial advocacy and client interview. She also volunteers with the Murdoch Prospective Students Centre. Sarah is looking forward to working with the moot court bench to provide Murdoch Law students with exciting opportunities to participate in a broader range of mooting competitions, including national and international competitions.

Excutive Justice

ernest .jpgErnest Chua

 Ernest Chua is current undertaking a double degree in law and commerce (majoring in finance). Currently an adjunct member of the Murdoch Student Law Society's education sub-committee, he can be found during semester working at the law help desk in the library. He practises a judicial decision making role outside university as a cricket umpire. All future career paths are still open.

Associate Justice

jeff .jpgJeffrey Geoghegan

 Jeffrey Geoghegan is in his third year at Murdoch University and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Psychology. A keen advocate of mooting, he is actively involved in the Murdoch Student Law Society as a member of the 2006 Competitions Sub-Committee, and was the winner of the 2005 Mallesons Stephen Jaques Junior Mooting Competition. Jeff has also achieved success in his studies, receiving a Vice Chancellors Commendation for Academic Excellence in 2004.

rebekah .jpgRebekah Poole

 Rebekah Poole is currently completing her final year of Law/Asian Studies and brings a wealth of talent to the Moot Court Bench. An experienced mooter, Rebekah has five years senior mooting experience having reached the grand-final of the senior mooting competition twice and having represented Murdoch at both the ALSA and Red Cross IHL moots.

With a keen interest in both litigation and maritime law, she also brings much practical experience to the Bench as over the past few years she has worked as a law tutor and research assistant, run the Murdoch Legal Advice Centre, worked for two of the largest magic circle firms in London , and she is also a qualified sailing instructor.

Rebekah hopes the Moot Court Bench will help to foster a greater focus on the importance of advocacy skills for law students.

renae .jpgRenae Mabey

 Renae Mabey  is a penultimate year student studying a double degree in Law and Economics. In 2003 Renae received the Vice Chancellor's award for excellence and the award for Criminal Law, introduction to economics and the prize for the best first year economics student.
Renae’s is particularly interested in the potential areas of conflict between religion and the law. She has just completed a supervised legal research on the topic of the Priest-penitent privilege in evidence law and hopes to have this paper published in the near future. She also intends to do future research on the definition of religion in law and the history of law and religion.
Renae is very keen to see junior mooting become a vibrant competition at Murdoch University. She believes that a strong junior competition will set Murdoch up for future successes in the national and international mooting arena.

jae .jpgJae McWilliams

 Jae McWilliams  has been involved in mooting since her first year at law school. Last year she appeared before His Honour Justice Ralph Simmonds at the Supreme Court of WA in the MSLS Mooting Grand Final, an exciting experience. Jae has also represented Murdoch Law School in the International Humanitarian Law Moot and says that ALSA provided a fantastic opportunity to meet people, to have fun and to see some world class mooters. Now in her final year, she says that participating in the Moot Court Bench Unit will give her the opportunity to sit on the other side of the bench, organise competitions and encourage others to get involved in mooting.

amy.jpgAmy Smith

 Amy Smith is currently completing her third year of a Law/Psychology double major at Murdoch University. She has competed in Junior and Senior Mooting, trial advocacy, negotiations, debating, client interview, the plain english drafting competition, is a MSLS student mentor, has been an editor of E-Law, was Judge's Associate for ALSA and Senior Mooting, and recently helped organise the International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot. Her fields of interest include Evidence Law and Jurisprudence.