League Policies
The Moot Court round exists in a “closed universe,” meaning that all of the materials, sources, and information that will be used in the round are included in the Case Packet, except for the U.S. Constitution itself. While students may (and likely should) perform research to get a better understanding of the issues, the only materials that may be used and cited in a competition round are the contents of the Case Packet (including the cases linked within the Table of Cases) and the U.S. Constitution. Studies, reports, articles, and additional cases may be mentioned within the fictitious case or within the real cases cited in the Table of Cases, but material from those mentioned sources may only be discussed to the extent they are discussed within the Case Packet or within the cases cited in the Table of Cases. No other content from those sources is considered part of the closed universe.