Amicus roles, meaning "friend of the court," bring specialized legal expertise to the bench on a specific legal question the parties may not have fully addressed. This simulation includes three amicus roles: the Nuclear Weapons Brief, the Command Responsibility Brief, and the Jurisdiction/Aggression Brief. Amicus filers do not represent prosecution, defense, or any state; they represent a domain of legal knowledge and are expected to write with independence, following the evidence and the law to whatever conclusion it supports. Below you find the trial guides for all amicus and analytical roles (click on your role for a MS Word Trial guide download):