Are the memoranda of the winners of past Moots, which are posted on the web site, a good guide to the style in which a memorandum should be written?
Yes, of course, with one important qualification. The rules for the Tenth (Vienna) Moot were modified in regard to the formatting requirements, so that the earlier memoranda should not be followed as a guide in that respect. Moreover, there is now clearer guidance that the memoranda are to be written to advocate the position of the claimant or the respondent, as the case may be. Academic discussions of the relevant law seldom make effective advocacy. A recent Rule amendment now requires you to indicate in your authorities where you have cited them. Older Memoranda did not need to comply with this requirement.
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