Drafting of moot memorials
LUG-105 English and Legal Language, Unit IV: Drafting of moot memorials. · LLB · 60 min
What a moot court is and how it differs from a mock trial; how to read a moot problem and research it; the memorial's parts in their fixed order (cover page, table of contents, index of authorities, statement of jurisdiction, statement of facts, issues, summary of arguments, arguments advanced, prayer) with what goes into each; citation style and formatting; the oral round; and a complete skeleton memorial on a short problem. The moot question has appeared in every paper since 2018-19.
Objectives
- Explain what a moot court is, where it comes from and how it differs from a mock trial.
- List the steps in drafting a moot memorial, from reading the problem to filing.
- Set out the parts of a memorial in the correct order and state what each contains.
- Draft a statement of jurisdiction, a statement of facts, issues, a summary of arguments and a prayer on a given problem.
- Explain how mooting prepares a student for litigation.
Slides
- What a moot court is
- Why moot: how a memorial prepares you for litigation
- Step 1: reading the moot problem
- Steps 2 and 3: framing the issues and researching
- Step 4: the parts of a memorial, in order
- Writing the jurisdiction, the facts and the issues
- Writing the summary and the arguments advanced
- The prayer, citation style and formatting
- The oral round
- Model skeleton memorial: Rohan v. Devbhoomi State University
- How the examiner asks it
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