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Moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a locality to discuss matters of local importance. The modern activity differs from a "mock trial", as moot court usually refers to a simulated appellate court or arbitral case, while a "mock trial" usually refers to a simulated jury trial or bench trial. Moot court does not involve actual testimony by witnesses or the presentation of evidence, but is focused solely on the application of the law to a common set of evidentiary assumptions to which the competitors must be introduced.

In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries, the phrase "a moot court" may be shortened to simply "a moot" and the activity may be called "mooting".

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Moot courts simulate appellate proceedings, and/or proceedings in front of international courts that do not have a traditional trial system (i.e. Jessup competition).

Mock trials on the other hand simulate the actual trial, with witnesses, juries, objections, the works.

Both have a lot to do with the work lawyers do, a lot of preparation, reading, writing, etc....

As an extracurricular activity to get into law school, either is fine. Both are good to show you want to be a litigator.

Moot court usually refers to a simulated appellate court or arbitral case, while a "mock trial" usually refers to a simulated jury trial or bench trial.

Neither one is "recommended;" they just occur.

Mock trial simulates an actual trial. Moot court is usually just an arbitration.

Moot court is WHERE.

Mock trial is WHAT.

NEITHER is better because they refer to the SAME thing.