Instead, prepare an outline of the major points you plan to make during your argument. If you need to, add brief notes about your principal authorities to help you remember their facts and holdings. Put the outline on a single sheet of paper or if you need more room, on the interior of a manila folder that you can open up before you on the lecture stand. Use the outline only as a roadmap and quick reference, realizing that the court may not let you address your points in the order you have planned, and depending on the ferocity of the questioning, may not let you reach some of them at all. Having that outline in front of you, instead of a script, frees you to make eye contact with the members of the court.
Eye contact is a powerfully persuasive tool of body language.
A lawyer who can look at the judges comes across as more confident, more sincere, and more capable. Anticipate the questions you will be asked, particularly the hard ones . Now that you have re-read the briefs and refreshed yourself on the facts and authorities, you should have a good idea of the make or break points of your case. Do some brainstorming with your partner. Try to put yourselves in the position of the judges.