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San BedaInternational Law Society2013 PIL Moot Court Competition

2013 PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAWMOOT COURT COMPETITIONJanuary 25 and 26, 2013

Organized by:

SAN BEDA INTERNATIONALLAW SOCIETY

In cooperation with theLAW STUDENT GOVERNMENTSAN BEDA COLLEGE OF LAW

BACKGROUND

The 2013 PIL Moot Court Competition aims to provide a venue for secondyear law students to become acquainted and proficient on public international law,specifically IHL issues, including related conventions, principles, and jurisprudence,

as this is clearly of major concern to peoples lives. Further, this is an opportunityfor students to practice and hone their skills and talents in the art ofargumentation.

MOOT COURT MECHANICS

I. THE MOOT COURT COMMITTEE

The Moot Court Competition is administered by the San Beda InternationalLaw Society, an organization primarily geared towards the promotion of mooting asan effective academic exercise to prepare each member, as well as the lawstudents in court litigation. Its main purpose shall be to train each member to bethe best in mooting as well as debating and public speaking.

II. PARTICIPATION

The Competition is open to all second year students of Public InternationalLaw.

Each class shall be considered as one team.

Each team shall choose among its members, two (2) students to be theoralist. The rest of the members shall be the researchers.

Each team must designate an official representative with contact details.Notice is given to the representative shall constitute notice to the team.

The names of the team members and oralists as well as the representativeshall be submitted to the Deans office on or before December 8, 2012.

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Teams will be assigned team numbers through their representative on orbefore December 14, 2012.

III. THE COMPROMIS AND CLARIFICATIONS

A. Compromis

The Committee will release the Compromis or Moot Problem together withthe rules. The release of the moot problem will depend upon agreement with theprofessors but should not be later than December 1, 2012.

All correspondence and any other material shall be sent through the teamsofficial representative.

IV. THE MEMORIALS

A. Submission of Memorials

Each team participating in the Competition is required to prepare and submitan Applicant and Respondent Memorials on the Moot Problem which must bereceived by the International Law Society on or before January 5, 2012, 6:00p.m. at the Guidance Office.

The Teams are required to submit ten (10) hard copies of its Applicant andRespondent Memorials

Teams must likewise submit a softcopy contained in a CD of the following:

1. Copy of the memorials both for the Applicant and Respondent

2. All research materials used for the competition

Once Memorials are submitted, revisions shall not be allowed.

B. Format of Memorials

All parts of the Memorials must be in Times New Roman, Size 12, with 1 line spacing and printed in standard short bond paper (8 x 11). Quotations andfootnotes shall have the same format but with single line spacing except betweenseparate footnotes.

The Memorials must be stapled on the upper left side.

C. Parts of the Memorials

1. Cover Page

The first cover page for both the Applicant and Respondent Memorials mustspecify the following:

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Names of the team members

Section

Name of the Professor

Title of the case

Title of the document (Memorial for Applicant or Memorial for Respondent

Date of the Competition

The second page shall contain the following:

Team number

Title of Document (Memorial for Applicant or Memorial for Respondent)

Number of pages

The memorials shall NOT exceed 10 pages (which includes theSummary of Pleadings, Body and Conclusion)

2. Summary of the Pleadings

The Summary of the Pleadings provides a substantive summation of thearguments presented in the Memorial. It should not be a reproduction of theheadings and sub-headings found therein. To be effective, it must present thearguments concisely and direct to the point in a maximum of two sentences.

3. Pleadings (Body of the Memorial)

This is the core of the Memorial, sometimes referred to as Arguments. ThePleadings contain the arguments, position, or standpoint of the team. It providesthe law and jurisprudence on which the arguments are founded.

4. Conclusion/Prayer for Relief

The Conclusion Prayer for Relief states the remedy the team is asking the Courtto order. This is not to be used for presenting new information or the summation ofthe teams case.

V. THE PAIRING PROCEDURES

The pairing of teams for the general rounds as Applicant or Respondent shall bedetermined through a random draw. The Committee has the power to adjust thepairing in order to account for absentee teams or other contingencies.

No team shall compete against the same team twice in the general rounds.

After the draw, teams are required to attend a meeting on (to be called by thecommittee) where the Memorials of the opposing teams will be distributed.

VI. THE ORAL HEARING PROCEDURES

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A. The Rules applicable to all the rounds

1. Each team shall consist of a first counsel and a second counsel, asdesignated by the team.

2. The order of the pleadings is as follows:

Applicant 1 Applicant 2

Respondent 1

Respondent 2

Rebuttal, if any (Applicant 1 or 2)

Surrebuttal, if any (Respondent 1 or 2)

3. Each team is given 35 minutes to speak, allocated as follows:

15 minutes for the first counsel

15 minutes for the second counsel

5 minutes for rebuttal (Applicant) or surrebuttal (Respondent)

4. The first counsel shall indicate at the start how long each counsel will speakand the time allotted for the rebuttal or surrebuttal. The time of the firstcounsel shall begin from the entry of appearance. The remaining time in theoral arguments, if any, may not be used to extend the time allocated forrebuttal or surrebuttal.

5. If the Applicant waives the rebuttal, the Respondent may not appear forsurrebuttal.

6. A counsel may ask the Court for an extension before the end of his/herdesignated time. The Court has the discretion to allow such request forextension.

7. There will be a timekeeper who will notify the counsels when they have:

5 minutes left

1 minute left

30 seconds left

to end their presentation

8. Any communication at the counsel table shall be in writing to preventdisruption. The teams must avoid making any noise or inappropriatebehavior which may disturb the proceedings.

9. Teams are not allowed to communicate with the audience or their respectivecoaches.

10.During the general rounds, team supporters are only allowed to observe thematches in which the school they are affiliated are competing. The semi-finaland final rounds are open to everyone.

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11.Electronic devices such as laptops, handheld computers, mobile phones, andother similar gadgets are not allowed to be used during the rounds.

B. Rebuttal and Surrebuttal

The Rebuttal shall be limited to the points raised in the Memorial and Oral

Presentations. The Surrebuttal shall be limited to the points raised in theRebuttal. Any infraction of the foregoing shall incur deductions of up totwenty (20) points from the total team score in the round.

C. The General Rounds

All participating teams that have submitted their Memorials shall participatein the Oral Rounds. Each team shall argue twice in the general rounds, once asApplicant and once as Respondent. This will be held on January 25, 2013.

D. The Semi-Final Round

The top six (6) in the general round based on their aggregate scores in theoral rounds and the written submissions shall advance to the semi-final round whichwill be held in the morning ofJanuary 26, 2013.

The pairings for the semi-final round shall likewise be determined by random draw.

E. The Final Round

The two teams garnering the highest scores in the semi-final round shallcompete in the final round to be held in the afternoon ofJanuary 26, 2013.

The team which will argue as Applicant/Respondent shall be determined by a

toss coin. The higher-ranking team from the semi-final round will call the toss. Thewinner of the toss will be given thirty (30) seconds to select which side to argue. Ifthe winner fails to choose within the allotted period, the other team will be giventhe same time to choose its side. If it likewise fails, then the higher-ranked teamwill automatically plead as Applicant and the lower-ranked team as Respondent.

VII. COMPETITION SCORING

A. Scoring of Memorials

Each Memorial shall be assessed by at least two judges. Judges for thememorials shall be determined by Atty. Pablito Perez.

Each judge shall score a Memorial on a scale of fifty (50) to one hundred(100) points. The average of the scores given by the judges will be the final score ofa Memorial.

B. Scoring of the Oral Rounds

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The oral presentations in the general and semi final and semi- final roundshall be evaluated by at least two judges. The maximum score for each counselshall be 100 and the maximum score for each team shall be 200.

C. Scores per Round

For each round, the teams aggregate score out of 300 shall be determinedby combining its Memorial score with the two oral presentation scores, pursuant tothe above rules.

D. Criteria for judging

MemorialsContent of Arguments 40%Development of Arguments 30%Originality 15 %

Thoroughness of Research 15 %TOTAL - 100%

Oral Arguments & PresentationContent of Arguments - 25%Development of Arguments - 15%Questions from the Bench(Responsiveness) - 40%Speaking - 20%TOTAL - 100%

E. Tie-Breaking Procedure

In case of a tie for a particular slot in the semi-final round, the team that has the

highest average score for its oral presentations in the general rounds shall proceedto the next round.

In the event that the tie is still not broken, the team whose first counsel has thehighest average score for his or her oral presentations in the general round shallqualify to the semi-final round.

The above-stated rules shall likewise apply in case of a tie for a slot in the finalround.

The decision of the judges shall be final.

F. Tabulation

The San Beda International Law Society Members shall be the official tabulators.

The average scores for the memorials shall be 20% of the final scores.The average scores for the oral presentation shall be 80% of the finalscores.

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The top four teams having the highest score in the general rounds shall be thesemi-finalists.

VIII. AWARDS

The winning team in the Final Round shall be awarded the PIL Moot Court Cup. The

winning team shall received a P5,000 cash prize.

The top three (3) highest scoring oralist/counsels in the oral hearings of the generalrounds will be awarded certificates as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Best Mooters, respectively.

The Best Mooter in the final round shall also be given an award.

The other teams which made it to the semi-final round shall also be givenCertificate of Recognition.

The Best Applicant Memorial and the Best Respondent Memorial shall also receive anaward.

TIMELINE

DATE ACTIVITY

Distribution of

compromis:

December 1

Submissions of namesof oralists

December 8

Announcement of team

numbers

December 14

Submission of

memorials

January 5, 6:00 p.m.

Exchange of

memorials

January 19

General rounds January 25

Semi-finals; finals: January 26

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For Contacts, please text or call:

09175038405Erika Gallego2013 PIL Moot Court Project Head

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