How much help can a team receive from professors or other coaches?
The rules are quite liberal in this regard. The matter is discussed in paragraphs 73 and 74 of the Rules. Several articles have been published by professors explaining how they have coached their teams, including the integration of the Moot into a course. Four such articles are available on the Moot website, one by a professor from Australia, a second by two professors from the United States a third by the coach of the team from Georgia [EEB1] and the fourth in German by a professor from Switzerland. There are also a number of books that have been written about how to prepare for a moot court competition. Most of them are oriented towards domestic moot courts, but the general principles are the same. One book that can be recommended is “The Art of Argument: a guide to mooting” It was written by Christopher Kee, a former student participant and later coach of the team from Deakin University in both the Jessup Competition and the Vis Moot. There is a great deal of sensible advice in it.
The rules are quite liberal in this regard. The matter is discussed in paragraphs 75 and 76 of the Rules. Several articles have been published by professors explaining how they have coached their teams, including the integration of the Moot into a course. Four such articles are available on the Moot website, one by a professor from Australia, a second by two professors from the United States a third by the coach of the team from Georgia [EEB1] and the fourth in German by a professor from Switzerland. There are also a number of books that have been written about how to prepare for a moot court competition. Most of them are oriented towards domestic moot courts, but the general principles are the same. One book that can be recommended is “The Art of Argument: a guide to mooting” It was written by Christopher Kee, a former student participant and later coach of the team from Deakin University in both the Jessup Competition and the Vis Moot. There is a great deal of sensible advice in it.
