The Vis Experience

I came into the Vis Moot knowing that it would be difficult, but I never really anticipated the level of commitment that it took. So far, it has probably one of the most challenging things I have ever had to endure, at least from an “academic” perspective. I remember the first few weeks being particularly hard, sitting up for almost 20 hours a day combing through research. That was probably the hardest part in terms of losing sleep.

When memo writing started it was a different kind of struggle. As someone that had never written a memo it was quite fun having to learn on my feet whilst still maintaining the level of excellence that I desired. It was quite mentally challenging having to constantly restructure arguments and cut ones that I liked but that weren’t as strong as other ones that we had come up with as a team.

Overall, I’d say that Vis Moot is not for the feint of heart. There are bound to be fights with teammates about which argument is better, late nights with little sleep and a lot of hard work. What I will say though is that it is definitely worth the ride no matter what because of the amount of things you learn and the people you meet.