Each participating law school may enter聽up to two teams.聽 A team may be composed of聽two to four members聽who shall be the only individuals who can present arguments orally. One team member must argue both the claimant and respondent sides during the general round to help prevent claimant/respondent specialization. Aside from this requirement, each registered team may serve any team member role, such as researcher, writer, oralist, or desk counsel and may serve multiple or all team member roles at any time during the competition. During each oral round, one additional team member, the "desk counsel" to the two oralists, may sit at the table with the two oralists as desk counsel.聽 The person acting as desk counsel must be one of the registered team members.聽 The person acting as desk counsel need not be the same person in each oral round.聽For more information check the Competition Rules
While only four students may be registered to compete and participate in the oral rounds,聽additional students may contribute or help teams prepare in advance of the competition. In this way, more people will benefit from the experience. For example, such students may conduct research for a team鈥檚 oral or written arguments or write any part of the team鈥檚 outline.