Each participating school selects up to twelve students to compete as moot
litigators or serve as alternates. The teams also consist of
non-arguing members who wish to learn in order to participate in the
future. Each school is allowed to enter up to two squads of appellants
and two squads of appellees. A squad consists of two moot litigators and an alternate.
A Faculty Coach from each school must be designated to serve as a contact person with the coaches and the students. It is every school’s exclusive responsibility to ensure students appear promptly and prepared at all practices scheduled by
the attorney coaches. Failure to ensure active, prompt, and prepared
student participation will result in the withdrawal of future
invitations to participate in the competition extended to the
school. Each school is solely responsible for selecting the students
who will participate on its team and for grouping students into their
squads.
The
schools must recruit diversely drawing in students who show an aptitude
for analysis and debate from all levels of academic achievement. Other
factors to consider are the students’ interests. This includes both
academic and non-academic interests. Different experiences and
backgrounds of the participates leads to greater learning, and a team of
students with diverse interests will facilitate greater learning.
The
squads assign each student to argue one of the two issues presented
based on the facts provided in the hypothetical case. Each student on
the squad is given seven minutes to argue their position for their
assigned issue.