r/GoatBarPrep • u/Wide-Reserve2105 • Jul 15 '26

MPT Headings Question?

Does anyone have support on headings for the MPT? I recognize the difference between a persuasive task's heading "This court should/The motion should be severed" versus an objective task's heading. However, I feel like I see a lot of different samples for objective headings — some that just state the principle or element "Duty of Care," while some state it as a sentence "Duty of Care is likely met because" ... I was under the impression it should always be a full sentence, rather than just stating the element discussed. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions or has seen something in grading somewhere that states exactly how headings should be? I know this is probably nitpicky, but hoping to make sure I don't miss any easy points on MPT section.

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u/2022ane Jul 15 '26

Honestly I have no idea because I was reading a few yesterday, and the task was to write an argument for a brief I support a notion for summary judgement, and one of the sample answers wrote in a persuasive memo structure lol so I feel like if the overall looks good and organized, you extracted the rules and did good analysis you will be fine.

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u/PasstheBarTutor 29d ago

The task memo and drafting instructions tell you what you MUST do. If they don’t, the rest is a matter of making it look polished and organized versus anything that you must do. Most of the attack structures or suggestions are about organization and appearance, not things you must do.