Step 3: Splitting the Work
Once you have identified the arguments to be made, it is very beneficial for the two advocates to work together and have a working knowledge of each others' arguments for when it comes to the moot.
Usually, a problem will have two grounds of appeal. If there are more, you will have to decide how to split them. At this point you will have to decide who will be lead, and who will be the junior advocate for the moot. The junior generally has less speaking time, but, in the case of the respondents, gets the final word.
It is sensible for the junior to take the ground which appears to be the least work, or to take only one out of three grounds. If, after sharing the load, it appears that the problem has been unfairly split, it is important to rectify this, or you may find that later, insufficient speech time will be devoted to a particular point in the moot.
(http://www.mootingnet.org.uk/first.html#argument)
Usually, a problem will have two grounds of appeal. If there are more, you will have to decide how to split them. At this point you will have to decide who will be lead, and who will be the junior advocate for the moot. The junior generally has less speaking time, but, in the case of the respondents, gets the final word.
It is sensible for the junior to take the ground which appears to be the least work, or to take only one out of three grounds. If, after sharing the load, it appears that the problem has been unfairly split, it is important to rectify this, or you may find that later, insufficient speech time will be devoted to a particular point in the moot.
(http://www.mootingnet.org.uk/first.html#argument)