Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Making the most of a moot
- 1 Introduction
- 2 You've made the team – what next?
- 3 Being part of a team
- 4 Building an argument
- 5 Written documents
- 6 Oral submissions
- 7 Practice moots
- 8 The competition itself
- 9 After it's all over
- Part 2 References and resources
- Part 3 International moots
- Index
5 - Written documents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Making the most of a moot
- 1 Introduction
- 2 You've made the team – what next?
- 3 Being part of a team
- 4 Building an argument
- 5 Written documents
- 6 Oral submissions
- 7 Practice moots
- 8 The competition itself
- 9 After it's all over
- Part 2 References and resources
- Part 3 International moots
- Index
Summary
MEMORANDA AND MEMORIALS
Most competitions require each team to submit a written document, although the form of documentation required can vary significantly. In some competitions, you are asked to provide a lengthy memorandum of submissions, sometimes called a memorial. On other occasions you need only submit a short outline of submissions, or you might be asked to prepare a case file. Although each of these different styles of written document serves a different function, they all have a similar purpose, that is, they force you to identify and deal with the relevant issues. Competitions that require documents of this kind will usually expect you to submit two documents, one for each side. The process of preparing the written documents doubles as an important step in the preparation of your oral presentations, hence it is worth preparing a written submission even where it is not required by the rules of the competition.
In some competitions, the written memorandum or memorial will form part of a document competition. Producing the document is usually the first task. Inevitably putting it together will involve considerable frustration, and immense pride once the task is completed.
Just as your team must decide on your commitment to the moot in terms of time and level of preparation, you must also decide how much effort you wish to put into the written documents. Obviously the more effort you put in, the better the documents you produce will be.
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- The Art of ArgumentA Guide to Mooting, pp. 23 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007