Moot court

Moot court is a specialised workspace inside 8rney for law students participating in competitive moot court competitions. It provides a structured environment for every stage of moot preparation — from issue framing to memorial drafting to oral argument practice.

Turn on Academic Mode#

In your personal workspace, open Settings, turn on Academic Mode, and choose Student as your academic role. This replaces the daily-work navigation with a focused academic sidebar and adds Moot workspace.

Turning Academic Mode off does not delete your moots, matters, documents, chats, or profile. Academic Mode is available in personal workspaces so academic work stays separate from organisation content.

Creating a moot#

Click Moot workspace → New moot. Fill in:

• Competition name — e.g. "Jessup 2026" or "Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot"
• Petitioner and respondent — the party names as they appear in the moot problem
• Jurisdiction — the governing law and seat for the competition
• Year

The competition details are passed as context to the AI in every section of the workspace — so the AI always knows who the parties are and which law applies.

Workspace sections#

Issues#

The Issues tab is where you map your arguments. For each issue in the moot problem:

• Write your argument
• Generate counter-arguments with the AI ("What would the opposing side argue on this issue?")
• Map authorities — the AI suggests relevant cases and statutes for your jurisdiction
• Track the strength of each argument

Memorial#

The Memorial tab is a structured editor for drafting your written memorial. Sections are:

• Cover page and table of contents (auto-generated)
• Statement of facts
• Questions presented
• Summary of argument
• Argument — one subsection per issue
• Prayer for relief

Click Generate on any section to produce a first draft based on your issues and the competition context. Each section is editable. The AI chat panel on the right is scoped to the memorial — ask it questions about specific sections or request rewrites.

The Chats tab within Memorial lets you have a back-and-forth conversation about your memorial arguments without leaving the editor.

Oral preparation#

The Oral prep tab helps you prepare for the oral argument rounds:

• Q&A simulation — the AI plays an arbitrator/judge and asks challenging questions on your issues. Responds to your answers with follow-up questions.
• Argument outline — a structured outline of your oral argument with time estimates
• Weak points — the AI identifies the parts of your argument most likely to attract hostile questions

Documents#

Upload the moot problem, any permitted authorities, and your working notes. All uploaded documents are available to the AI across the moot workspace.

Research#

The Research tab inside a moot is scoped to the competition jurisdiction. Research results reference the parties and issues from your moot automatically — no need to re-explain the context on every query.

Exporting#

Export the completed memorial as a formatted DOCX ready for submission. Page formatting, font size, and margin settings follow the standard competition format by default — adjust in the export settings if your competition has specific requirements.