The Brown - Mosten International Client Consultation Competition 2012 is hosted by the Law School, Law Society of Ireland. Find out more about the history of the Law Society. 
The competition will take place in the Education Centre, Law School, Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin from Wednesday, 18th April to Saturday, 21st April, 2012.
Competition Topic & Rules
The 2012 Topic is: Employers and Employees.
Registration
Online registration is now open. Please submit the form by 14th March, 2012.
International Committee
The international committee was established to promote the aims and objectives of the competition and to assist in the co-ordination of the international competition. The committee consists of the executive chair of the competition, Forrest S. Mosten, one representative of each participating country and the winning team from the previous year's competition, who are also encouraged to be ambassadors for the competition for the 12 months after their win.
Executive chair: Forrest S. Mosten, Mosten Mediation, 11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 1010, Los Angeles, California 90049, USA, email: mosten@mediate.com, website: www.mostenmediation.com
The committee is to meet at least once annually at the time of the holding of the international competition. The business of that meeting comprises matters relating to the aims and objectives of the competition, its management, and arrangements for the future conduct of the competition. This year's meeting can be found in the schedule of events.
National Representatives
View the contact details for a list of national representatives.
History of Competition
In 1969, Louis M Brown established a Client Counselling Competition for law students which was adopted by the American Bar Association in 1972. The International Competition was inaugurated in 1985 with three teams: Canada, the USA and the UK. By 2011, 24 countries took part with law students from Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, England and Wales, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Irish Republic, Jamaica, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, Sri Lanka, Ukraine and the United States.
The International Competition was named after Louis M Brown in 1993 in recognition of the inspiration he provided as originator of the competition. In 2010, the name was changed to acknowledge the immense contribution of Californian lawyer Forrest S. Mosten who has been the president of the competition for over 25 years.
The winners’ names are inscribed on the plaque awarded as the competition trophy. The winners also receive prizes donated by the International Bar Association.
More Information
History of Law Society of Ireland
The Law Society of Ireland is the professional body for solicitor members and dates back to 1773. In that year, a statute was enacted to regulate the moral and educational qualifications of solicitors seeking admission as attorneys. This in turn led to the formation of the Society of Attorneys in 1774 and then the Law Club of Ireland in 1791. This became the Law Society of Ireland in 1830. In 1841 the name 'Society of Attorneys and Solicitors' was adopted and its first Royal Charter was obtained from Queen Victoria in 1852.
The organisation formally adopted the title ‘Incorporated Law Society of Ireland’ in 1888, the event being formally noted by a supplementary charter, again granted by Queen Victoria. The modern legislative basis for the Society is set out in the Solicitors Acts 1954-2008.
The present premises of the Law Society of Ireland stand on what was once a Norse settlement known as "Oxmanstown Green". The Duke of Ormond secured a Charter in 1670 to found a charitable school for boys of poor families. The original school, built in Queens Street in 1671, was the Hospital and Free School of King Charles II Dublin but was referred to as the Kings Hospital or Blue Coat Hospital because of the boys military style blue uniform.
Thomas Ivory, Master of the School of Architectural Drawing in the Dublin Society, is attributed with the design of the present building although it was never entirely finished to his design. Blackhall Place, where the building stands, is named after Sir Thomas Blackhall, chairman of the school building committee and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1769. The school opened in Blackhall Place in 1783. In the 1970s, the building was acquired by the Society and on 14 June 1978, after substantial renovations, Blackhall Place (as it is now known) was officially opened as the headquarters of the Law Society of Ireland.
The Society has always had a role in the education of its members. In October 2000, the new Education Centre was opened. This building, although modern, was designed to fit with the existing building.