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The Brown-Mosten Competition is an annual competition for the winners of national competitions across the world. It provides an exciting opportunity for law students to learn and practise interviewing and counselling skills as well as to meet young (and not so young) lawyers from an amazing range of nations and cultures. You will find all the basic information you need from here though each competition host runs a website with detailed information about the current year's competition. You can also find links to national competitions at www.law-competitions.com

Changes. In May 2010, the competition's name was subtly changed from "client counselling" to "client consulting". "Consulting" reflects better the activity as opposed to the words interviewing, advising or counselling. The name of the Californian lawyer Forrest S. Mosten was also added to the title of the competition. This is in recognition of Woody Mosten's immense contribution to the growth and development of the competition. Woody has also been the president of the competition for over 25 years.

The 2010 Competition was hosted by the University of Hong Kong.  It was the largest event ever with 22 countries taking part -check them out. The winners were Guy Carter and Julia Whitehead from Canterbury University, New Zealand.

Background 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 2010, 22 countries took part with  law students from Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, England and Wales, Finland, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Irish Republic, 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.