While many students will be spending their semester breaks at tropical paradises, ski resorts, or at home relaxing with friends and families, mentors and participants in this year's Moot Court teams will be putting in hours of work to get their briefs ready to submit for the National Competitions.

This spring, over thirty students will participate in eight competitions with schools from across the country, ranging from the Constitutional Law Competition in Madison, WI to the International Arbitration Competition in Vienna, Austria. The competitions have two components. The first is a written brief to a open-universe problems. Many of the problems will be released during winter break, and the due dates are soon after. The second component comes in the spring when they will argue their brief in front of a panel judges.

"The copyright problem is released to all the participants- over thirty schools- on December 22. The briefs are due the first week in February. The team will then present their arguments on March 5," said 3L Dillon Coil, who coaches the BMI/Cardoza Copyright and Entertainment Law Team. "That means the team will have a lot of work to do over semester break, but I am confident will be produce a great brief."

Last year, the brief for Coil's team covered two complex issues and totaled about 40 pages. This is no small hurdle for this year's teams. However, they are excited to write their briefs over break and prepare for their competitions this spring. Hopefully, more plaques will be added to the Moot Court Wall of Fame!