...------------------------------------------------- Guidelines for writing a MemorialParticipation in the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition consists of an oral and a written part, the memorials. Through the years, many teams have lost vital points on editorial technicalities in their memorials even though these memorials were of a very high legal quality. Considering the fact that the memorials make up 50% of the total score, a proper presentation of the written arguments, in conformity with the Rules of Procedure, is vital in a competition that is getting more competitive each year. Why such an emphasize on presentation? Is the legal reasoning not the most important issue in this competition? Certainly so, but every participant should realize that also in legal practice, solidly and neatly presented legal documents are a "must". A well-written submission, a logically built-up argument is easier for a judge to understand. He or she is more likely to pick up counsel's line of argument and, hopefully, its submission. Uniformly used editing rules make it easier for a judge to find the documents, referred to in the Memorials and it will be easier for him or her to read through the document in general. A well written and neatly and uniformly presented document will show the judge that effort is being put into the case. Combine that with excellent legal arguments and most judges will at least be willing to listen to your case with an open mind.Clarity and consistency...
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...research the area of law in question and bring a prepared case to the competition. However, for the purpose of the workshops we will be practising the art of mooting using speed moots. This means that we will provide you with an outline of your arguments/submissions, allowing you simply to attend and moot straight away without having to do any preparation. Usually a moot would follow the structure below: Leading Appellant: 20 minute speech Leading Respondent: 20 minute speech Junior Appellant: 12-15 minute speech Junior Respondent: 12-15 minute speech Judge’s comments. However, the nature of speed mooting means we will be shortening the length of speeches to 8 minutes each for leading counsel and 5 minutes each for junior counsel. THE LINGO Submission – your arguments (each counsel usually makes two – one legal and one based on public policy grounds) Ground of appeal – basic legal point you are arguing (you usually have two of these per side) My learned junior/senior – how you refer to your team mate My learned friend – how you refer to you opponent ETIQUETTE Mooting isn’t like debating. You must always be polite and respectful to both the judge and the other participants, much like an actual trial in court. When the judge walks in at the beginning of the moot, participants all stand and bow as he/she comes in, sitting only after him/her. The same is done in reverse as the judge leaves. You must always refer to the judge as My Lord/Lady...
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...Hogan Lovells - Model Answers The model answers below are specific to Hogan Lovells, but are a good insight into the level of detail you need to go into in any similar application form. Therefore, this guidance is helpful for applications to Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance as well as Hogan Lovells. Now that you have read Hogan Lovells application form advice, and The Rare guide to clear writing, you are nearly ready to start your answers. Below you will find a selection of model answers. The purpose of these answers is to illustrate the level of detail and the quality of writing you need to display. Do NOT copy or lift any passages from the text, or try to paraphrase what is written here. Give details of how you spend your extra-curricular time, including your contribution to any clubs/societies. For at least one of these explain the benefits you derive from this activity. In September 2009, I was elected Academic Affairs Officer to represent the academic interests of students on the college's JCR Executive Committee. In working to improve academic welfare, I have successfully negotiated with college authorities to change disciplinary procedures, as well as implementing a pioneering system of academic feedback. This experience taught me how to find accord on sensitive issues without alienating opponents. I have also organised Open Days and helped to organise Freshers’ Week. Working in a committee and supporting other team members by researching legal issues...
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...(http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Centers/Venture-Labs-Investment-Competition/). This competition is generally viewed as the “Super Bowl” of business plan competitions and will deliver excellent examples for your case study analysis. The report should have a body of text no less than 5 pages and no more than 10 pages, the paper should be 1.5 spaced. A 12-point font similar to Times New Roman should be used. An acceptable paper will be written in a professional business manner in the form of a briefing memo from you to me. Submit this as a Word document via the D2L Dropbox. *With aspiring entrepreneurs soliciting start-up funds from experienced investors, VLIC simulates the real-world process of raising venture capital. MBAs from business schools around the globe come to The University of Texas at Austin each May to present their business plans to panels of investors. The best new-venture opportunity is then selected from the myriad of offerings. Since the inaugural event in 1984, VLIC (formerly Moot Corp) is the oldest operating...
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...ABC Company (NAME OF COMPANY IN CASE) Date: September 24, 2012 (DATE ASSIGNMENT DUE) Prepared by: Really Smart Senior (YOUR NAME) Reviewed by: Professor Robert Elya ISSUE: Accounting for ABC’s sale-sublease-leaseback of solar equipment with customers and third party investors. (THIS TOPIC/ISSUE LINE SHOULD SUCCINCTLY DESCRIBE THE OVERALL ACCOUNTING ISSUE BEING ADDRESSED IN THE MEMO) BRIEF BACKGROUND OF COMPANY (THIS SECTION IS DESIGNED TO PUT THE ISSUE IN CONTEXT) THIS SECTION SHOULD BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY THAT A READER OF MEMO WOULD FIND HELPFUL IN EVALUATING THE ISSUE, INCLUDING NATURE OF ITS BUSINESS, RELATIVE SIZE (TO PROVIDE DEGREE OF MATERIALITY OF ISSUE TO THE COMPANY’S OVERALL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS),PUBLIC/PRIVATE (TO DETERMINE SEC CONSIDERATIONS), AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OVERALL QUESTION BEING ADDRESSED ABC Company is a publicly held alternative energy firm that develops and leases solar panel technology to residential, government and commercial markets. As of December 31st, 2011, ABC Company recognized $X billion in revenue for the sale, lease and installation of photovoltaic solar systems. Customers have the choice of either purchasing or leasing ABC’s solar panels. ABC Company is currently involved in a sale and leasing arrangement involving residents and third party investors. KEY CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN THE ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS (IN THIS SECTION YOU WILL BREAKDOWN THE OVERALL ACCOUNTING QUESTION INTO...
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...Law and Politics 9/2/15 Office hours 10-11 Monday and Wednesday Hickman 411 What is law- set of rules made by government and enforced by government 4 Institutions that make Laws 1. Legislative Bodies (Ex. Congress, State Legislators, City council) Statutory Law 2. Courts/Judges- Set precedent by ruling: Common Law 3. Executive Branch: bureaucracy/administrative agency Administrative Law 4. Constitutional Law 9/4/15 Constitutional law-makes rules for govt Has gone largely unchanged Blueprint Creates and limits govt Fundamental law that sets up rules for how other kinds of laws can be made What isn’t in the Constitution? Democracy Separation of church and state Right to privacy Right to education One-person one vote Political parties God Articles of Confederation -1777 Loose association States retain sovereignty One house Congress Every state one vote Needed 9 to pass Couldn’t tax Problems Congress little power No taxes State sovereignty Own paper money States could sign foreign treaties No natl army No executive No national courts Shays Rebellion Final spark for constitutional convention Constitutional Convention Philly 1787 Signed in Sept 39 out of 55 delegates Undemocratic Elements Slavery: 3/5ths compromise, no ban on slave trade till 1808 Fugitive Slave clause article IV, fed govt helps slates put down insurrections Senators chosen by state legislators No right to suffrage. Qualifications left...
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...10/16/2015 Checkpoint | Document Checkpoint Contents Federal Library Federal Source Materials Federal Tax Decisions American Federal Tax Reports American Federal Tax Reports (Prior Years) 1995 AFTR 2d Vol. 76 76 AFTR 2d 955815 76 AFTR 2d 955724 (60 F3d 833) WEBER v. COMM., 76 AFTR 2d 955782 (60 F3d 1104), Code Sec(s) 62; 3401, (CA4), 7/31/1995 American Federal Tax Reports WEBER v. COMM., Cite as 76 AFTR 2d 955782 (60 F3d 1104), Code Sec(s) 62; 3401, (CA4), 7/31/1995 Michael D. WEBER; Barbara L. WEBER, PETITIONERSAPPELLANTS v. COMMISSIONER of the Internal Revenue Service, RESPONDENTAPPELLEE. Case Information: [pg. 955782] Code Sec(s): 62; 3401 Court Name: U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket No.: Docket No. 942609, Date Decided: 7/31/1995. Prior History: Tax Court, (1994) curiam. 103 TC 378, affirmed per Tax Year(s): Year 1988. Disposition: Decision for Govt. 60 F.3d 1104. Related Proceedings: Related Proceedings at Weber v. Commissioner, 103 T.C. 378 (1994) Cites: 76 AFTR 2d 955782, 60 F3d 1104, 952 USTC P 50409. HEADNOTE https://checkpointriagcom.umiss.idm.oclc.org/app/view/toolItem?usid=11f6a7l15d8cd&feature=tcheckpoint&lastCpReqId=2242675 1/17 10/16/2015 Checkpoint | Document 1. Business deductions—employee or independent contractor. 4th Cir. affirmed ruling th...
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...THE DISBURSEMENT ACCELERATION PROGRAM MELISSA R. MARTIN MPAD 610 –PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE CONTENT * What is DAP? * Why was DAP introduced? * How did the DAP work? * How did DAP benefit the economy? * How did DAP support the budget reform agenda? * DAP Timeline * Constitutional and Legal Bases of DAP * SC Ruling on DAP * Why did the Aquino Administration terminate DAP? * SC modifies ruling on DAP What is DAP? The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is a spending reform measure to speed up public expenditure and catalyze economic growth. Why was DAP introduced? * Need to Clean House: Curb Corruption and Leakages * Freeing up operational bottlenecks * Inefficient implementation * Poor planning * Slow procurement * By the third quarter of 2011, it became clear that if we wanted public spending to accelerate enough for economic growth, we had to use idle funds. (Sec. Florencio Abad, DBM ) * The Aquino Administration therefore launched the DAP in 2011 KEY REFORMS (the DAP as Package of Reform Intervention) * Zero-based budgeting Implementation of zero-based budgeting to weed out inefficient, ineffective and leakage-ridden programs and projects * Early enactment of the budget Early preparation, submission and enactment of the annual National Budget including the adoption of the Online Submission of Budget Proposal * Disaggregation of lump sum funds ...
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...Dear Mayor Adam & Town Manager Smith, You, Sirs, Need IMS. You look out of your window at Town Hall to see the city in ruins, lone policemen cut off from the rest of their units, firefighters in burning rubble with no idea where they are, and worse, nobody knows they are lost in the fray. Riots have begun explode out of control, and when response to unrest by authorities is slow and uncoordinated, things turn ugly. Chain-of-command has completely broken down, US Army generals are being knocked off their feet by firefighters ordered to prevent them from entering the area, phone and power lines are down across the city hampering communication, and looters are running rampant in a state of anarchy. National Guardsmen unleash a hail of bullets toward a two-family home after a police officer yells ‘cover me!’. Are the levees compromised, or not? You can’t get a straight answer. Your emergency management plans provided one-stop solutions that weren't applicable, scalable, or adaptable to more complex situations, like the ones you are now facing. And eventually, the people are going to blame this lack of preparedness and proper response on you, putting an end to a fine career of public service. But it doesn't have to be this way. In fact, you can save your city and your career by supporting and implementing an Incident Management System – you might even be able to swing some extra federal funding your way in the form of emergency preparedness grants! Although we do our...
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...St. Thomas University School of Law St. Thomas University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-01 THE DEAN'S ROLE IN BUILDING A POSITIVE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT Douglas E. Ray Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2011129 RAY_FINAL.DOC 8/15/2011 2:46 PM THE DEAN’S ROLE IN BUILDING A POSITIVE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT Douglas E. Ray* UCH of a dean’s job involves reaching out to various communities. We reach out to and build relationships with alumni and donors for needed financial support. We reach out to and build relationships with members of the bench and the bar to help expand employment opportunities for our students. We reach out to and build relationships with members of the University community to ensure cooperation and access to resources. We reach out to and build relationships with our students. This essay is about reaching out to and building relationships with our most important communities: those who work within the law school. In these difficult economic times, most law schools face the challenge of doing more with less. Budgets have been reduced, staffing levels have fallen, and there are limits on how much we want to raise tuition in light of the economic conditions our students face. To do well in this environment and to provide the most effective legal education and student services we can, we must make identifying and fostering the “people potential” of our institutions a high priority. This essay is about treating...
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...An Analysis of McDonnell Douglas’s Ethical Responsibility in the Crash of Turkish Airlines Flight 981 The Memorial of Flight 981 at Ermenonville (Johnston, 1976). Executive Summary In 1974, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 experienced a mid-flight cargo door failure which led to the first total loss of a wide-bodied aircraft in history. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and this tragedy was compounded by the fact that sufficient corrective action had not been taken by the manufacturer after precursory failures had occurred over the four previous years. The purpose of this report is to evaluate the ethical nature of McDonnell Douglas’s decisions throughout this crisis, discerning their priorities with regard to safety and financial gain, and to assess if these qualities have changed in response. The origin of this catastrophe lay in a poor handling of design and manufacturing. The cargo door’s design employed faulty philosophies, and decisions regarding its manufacture were driven by savings at the expense of safety. However, though the door’s faults were later exposed, a more serious problem involving the tail control lines in the passenger floor was continually overlooked until the crash. This was due primarily to a policy of using old design strategies which met minimum federal requirements. The company oversimplified the control lines’ failure mode when confronted with it in ground testing and, being committed to their own design, were unable to...
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...* there must be some proof and not mere opinion in the shape of a statement. * ---Names of accused were not mentioned in F.I.R. nor description of their features or their stature was given---Accused had not been identified and their identification test took place two- months after incident---Alleged identification of accused was based on flashing of torch light which was a weak form of identification. * When material on record was not showing as to which accused caused fatal injury leaving room for consideration regarding common intention of other accused, such case called for further enquiry- * ---Assessment of evidence ---Principle---Deeper appreciation of record cannot be gone into at bail stage, but only its tentative Assessment is to be made just to find out as to whether the accused is, prima facie, connected with the commission of crime or not. * ---No final findings could be given regarding plea of alibi at bail stage, as same would require recording of evidence ---Tentative Assessment of such plea, could be made, if it was found that accused had succeeded in establishing an opposite version then the case of accused would become one of further inquiry and on that score, accused would become entitled to the concession of bail. * one of accused was shown as armed with dagger, while other with Kalashinikov---Injuries sustained by the complainant were blunt which could be the result of danda attributed to absconding accused---No role seemed of accused persons...
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... About us Advertise Contact Us Send Comments/Tips Home My FDL Firedoglake News TBogg La Figa Book Salon FDL Action The Dissenter Pam's House Blend Elections FDL TV Just Say Now Password Remember Me Login Username: « Is the UK Torture Inquiry an Attempt to Limit Further Disclosure? Another Obama Recess Appointment For Someone Not Named Johnsen » Wikileaks Leaker Bradley Manning Finally Charged By: emptywheel Tuesday July 6, 2010 12:14 pm submit Tweet 93 The government has finally charged Bradley Manning, the Wikileaks leaker. He is charged with two counts of violating the UCMJ, one related to loading onto his own unsecure computer a set of information and adding unauthorized software to a military network computer, and the other related to accessing and passing information onto someone not entitled to have it. I find the charge sheet particularly interesting for two reasons. What the government says that Manning did with the material he accessed, and an apparent discrepancy between the government’s depiction of the timing and Wired’s depiction of it. What the government knows about what Manning did with the information First, it describes the information he accessed differently as follows: The video of the July 12, 2007 Apache killing of Reuters journalists (obtained via unauthorized access, loaded onto his unsecured computer, transmitted to someone unauthorized to receive it) The Rejkjavik State Department...
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...Entrepreneurs with Disability in Uganda By Rebecca Namatovu1, Samuel Dawa, Fiona Mulira and Celestine Katongole Makerere University Business School Kampala, Uganda ICBE-RF Research Report No. 31/12 Investment Climate and Business Environment Research Fund (ICBE-RF) www.trustafrica.org/icbe Dakar, July 2012 1 Contact: rybekaz@yahoo.com This research was supported by a grant from the Investment Climate and Business Environment (ICBE) Research Fund, a collaborative initiative of TrustAfrica and IDRC. It’s a working paper circulated for discussion and comments. The findings and recommendations are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICBE-RF Secretariat, TrustAfrica or IDRC Executive Summary This report addresses entrepreneurship activity among Persons with Disability in Uganda and their potential to contribute to economic development. Data was collected from Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWDs) in Kampala using mixed methods research. In the study we sought to answer questions about the environment, business activities EWDs are involved in, attitudes towards business, their motivations, challenges and growth aspirations. Key findings were that the majority of the EWDs are involved in retail trade. Most of them had started their own businesses using their own savings and had previously closed a business because it wasn’t profitable. Most of their businesses weren’t registered because they said they didn’t need to yet the majority of those...
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...FAMILY OF SECRETS The Bush Dynasty, America’s Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years RUSS BAKER Contents Foreword by James Moore 1. How Did Bush Happen? 2. Poppy’s Secret 3. Viva Zapata 4. Where Was Poppy? 5. Oswald’s Friend 6. The Hit 7. After Camelot 8. Wings for W. 9. The Nixonian Bushes 10. Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade...
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