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28 Aug 2026

A Memorial Is an Argument, Not a Summary

The most common memorial mistake is writing an excellent essay about an area of law that never argues for the prayer. Structure, headings, and what to cut first.

28 Aug 2026

Footnotes That Do Work

Citation is the part of a memorial students treat as formatting and judges treat as evidence. Pinpoints, the right edition, and the ten-footnote test.

28 Aug 2026

Negotiation Is Not Mooting in a Nicer Room

Everything that wins a moot loses a negotiation. Interests over positions, why your walk-away is your only real leverage, and how the Client-Counsel split is scored.

28 Aug 2026

Answer the Question You Were Actually Asked

Nobody scores your twelve minutes of prepared submission. They score what happens when it gets interrupted.

28 Aug 2026

How to Research a Moot Problem Without Drowning

Statute first, then the cases that interpret it, then the ones against you. Research is a sequence, and doing it out of order costs you the week.