Mock trial in the field of civil law

Mock trial in the field of civil law

Objective	The objectives of this competition category are: Registered candidates to acquire practical knowledge, skills and competencies in the field of law; The registered candidates should familiarize themselves with the conditions for study and the possibilities of the faculties that are involved in the implementation of the campaign; Opportunity for teamwork, development of legal argumentation skills, oratorical skills as well as stimulation of research curiosity.
Description	First phase: organization of training in which the students will be familiar with the regulations in the field of civil and family law; functioning of institutions; the judicial practice. Participants in the first phase: Center for Social Affairs, Basic Civil Court Skopje, university professors, lawyers, practitioners, representatives from the non-governmental sector who will participate in the training. Second phase: work on a specific case by the students under the mentorship of university professors and practitioners. Third phase: simulation of a divorce case (real scenario). The selection of registered candidates is carried out in two stages: 1. Phase Essay – Solving a specific case – divorce – 50% study and analysis of the case. regulatory framework analysis. analysis of the actual situation, proof and drafting of acts. 2. Public presentation phase 50% (case simulation).
Essay topics for public presentation	Divorce
Partners	Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, Center of social affairs, Basic Civil Court Skopje, University professors, Lawyers – practitioners, Representatives from the non-governmental sector.

 

Why apply to this category?

The Mock Trial concept aims to encourage high school students to get closer to their desired profession through practical acquisition of knowledge and skills. Within this category, high school students who possess a talent for discovery, recognition, public speaking and proof will have the opportunity to meet students of the Faculties of Law and Political Sciences who will direct them to the study of civil law through a specific case whose analysis, clarification and proof will go through all stages of the civil procedure. In cooperation with the competent institutions, the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Center for Social Affairs, the Basic Civil Court Skopje, the Bar Association, the non-governmental sector, civil associations, the American University of Fon will select the future best lawyers through this category.

What will you get?

By signing up for this application, high school students will have the opportunity to work with university professors from the field of civil law, follow practical workshops and trainings from experts and representatives of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Center for Social Affairs, the Basic Civil Court Skopje, the Bar Association, the non-governmental sector, civil associations, and to network with the students of AUE FON in order to acquire new knowledge, skills and experiences.

How will it be realized?

By clicking on the application for this category, high school students decide to be part of a case study through its theoretical study and video documentation. After the specific case has been presented, the registered high school students will receive guidance on the further course of activities through daily communication with the mentors of the specific category. These activities include workshops and trainings with university professors in civil law, civil procedural law and family law, case-specific trainings by experts from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Center for Social Affairs, the Basic Civil Court Skopje, the Bar Association, the non-governmental sector , civil associations.

What are the evaluation criteria?

The study of a specific case, a divorce case, implies determining the reasons and ways of initiating the divorce proceedings. The Family Law regulates two ways of initiating proceedings for divorce:

• When both spouses agree to divorce and when they have submitted an agreement regarding the exercise of parental rights and duties and for the support and upbringing of the children. Spouses, personally or through their lawyer, submit a joint proposal for an amicable divorce to the court. The court summons them to a hearing where, if it clearly determines that the spouses made such mutual consent freely, seriously and unwaveringly, it makes a decision to divorce the marriage by agreement;
• When there is no mutual consent for divorce, a lawsuit is filed by one of the spouses. The Family Law recognizes two categories of grounds for which a marriage may be dissolved by way of a lawsuit.

1. The first is because the marital relations between the spouses are disturbed to such an extent that the common life has become unbearable,
2. The second reason is that there has been a de facto break in the marital union for more than 1 year.

The specifics of the divorce litigation will be in the focus of interest of high school students, starting with an assessment of the reasons and the way of initiating the procedure, preparation of appropriate acts, introductory speeches, evidentiary procedure (proving the personal and property circumstances of the spouses, as well as their income and the possibility of earning, which is an important factor for determining the way of keeping, entrusting and supporting the children, determining the mutual relations of the spouses, as well as the specifics in the procedure for dividing the property that the spouses acquired during the marriage), final words and judgment. The assessment will take place on two levels: assessment of the written part (formal) and the oral presentation, i.e. simulation (oratory skills). The commitment, ambition and responsibility of each high school student will be assessed individually, and the solving of tasks and the decision-making process through the presentation of the completed part of the divorce procedure (courtroom) will be assessed as a team.

Who should apply to this category?

Every high school student who has a talent for public speaking, who is majoring in the study of criminology, every student who is interested in how crimes are detected in our country, who finds the perpetrators, who prosecutes them and who punishes them, every high school student who wishes to get to know the justice system from a different distance and high school students who want to be future lawyers, public prosecutors, judges, members of the security services.