PRESS RELEASE AND RULES OF EQUITY PRICE OF ADVOCACY 2016

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PRESS RELEASE

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This is to inform all partners of equity law firm that the 3rd edition of the Equity Price of Advocacy (EPA) comes up this semester.
This academic and advocacy/research exercise is open to all levels. In order to encourage active participation, cash prices shall be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions along side certificate of excellence, while certificate of participation shall be accorded to all participating partners.
Please be informed that this advocacy/research contest is open to all members of the faculty (Students). However, written briefs of 500level partners shall not be assessed for the purpose of awarding prices.


OFFICIAL SCHEDULE

Friday 17/6/16               -              Release of Notice (5: 00 PM)
Monday 20/6 /16           -              Release of Rule and Moot Problem (5: 00 PM)
Friday 24 /6/16              -        Last day for Clarifications regarding the Moot Problem (11: 59 P.M)
Friday 15/7/16               -             Last day for submitting the soft copy of the Written Submission (11: 30 PM)
Monday 18/7/16            -              Last day for submitting hard copy of the Written Submission (5: 00 PM)
Monday 25/7/16            -              Publication/Announcement of Result and Winners (6: 00 PM)

N.B All written briefs (soft copies) are to be sent to equitylawfirmlasu@gmail.com addressed:
The Head of Litigation,
Equity Law Firm,
Faculty of Law, Lagos State University,
Lagos, Nigeria.




For further Clarifications regarding the Competition Rules or the Moot in general, please contact any of the following:

 Edalere Idris Adewale                                 -              Head of Litigation (300l)
Lawal Hameedah                                            -              Principal Partner 1 (500l)
Edun Timilehin                                                -              Principal Partner 3 (300l)
Mosanya Adebimpe                                       -              External Relations Officer (300l)

OR
Any other Executive Member of the Firm
Yours in Advocacy,

……………………………………………                                                                                  …………………………………………….
EDALERE IDRIS ADEWALE                                                                                      LAWAL HAMEEDAH
HEAD OF LITIGATION                                                                                                 PRINCIPAL PARTNER 1











RULES FOR THE 3RD EQUITY PRICE OF ADVOCACY 2015
1.0.           DEFINITIONS
1.1.         “EPA” means Equity Price of Advocacy
1.2.         “PARTICIPANT” mean all partners of the firm
1.3          “PARTICIPANT CODE” means the code allocated to a participant by the Head of Litigation
2.0.           ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
2.1.         The contest is open to all fully admitted students of the faculty of law LASU irrespective of their level.
3.0         CLARIFICATIONS TO THE CASE
3.1.         Participant may request clarifications through personal contact with the Head of litigation and Principal Partners.
4.0.       ANONYMITY OF PARTICIPANTS
4.1.         Participant shall on no occasion reveal their identity in any form, except by means of the participant code allocated to them by the Head of Litigation upon recording their interest to participate in the contest.
4.2.         The written submission shall not reveal the participants name or level, only the participant code should be included.
4.3.         Any violation of rules 4.1 and 4.2 above shall attract severe penalty as determined by the Head of Litigation.
5.0.       REGISTRATION
                All interested partners are to register their interest with the Head of Litigation on or before 24/6/16
6.0.       WRITTEN SUBMISSION
6.1.         Each participant is requested to prepare a Written Submission for either the Complainant or the Respondent of the case
6.2.         Participants shall send a soft copy of the written submission in word format through electronic mail in accordance with the official schedule
6.3.         Any submission made after 11:30pm shall be considered to be late submission and shall be penalized with 1 mark for each day delay until 18/7/16 (3:00 PM). Any soft copy after this time shall not be accepted and such a participant shall be disqualified subject to the discretion of the Head of Litigation which is final.
6.4.         The hard copies must be the exact submission of the electronic copy. Any alteration amounts to disqualification.
6.5.         All written submission MUST be submitted latest 18/7/16 by 5:00PM to the Head of Litigation or his Delegates.
6.6.         The written submission shall consist
                (a) Cover Page
                (b) Table of Contents
                (c) List of Abbreviations
                (d) Index of Authorities
                (e) Statement of Facts (not exceeding a page)
                (f) Issues for determination
                (g) Legal pleadings not exceeding (12 pages)
                (h) Prayers
6.7.         The cover page of the written submission must contain the following information
                (a) The Participant code at the upper right hand corner
                (b) Name of forum resolving the dispute (the Court)
                (c) The name of the Case
                (d) The party for which the written submissions has been prepared
6.8.         The written submission shall be typed on A4- Sized paper, with the following Mandatory specification
                (a) Font type: Times New Roman
                (b) Font Size: 12
                (c) Line Spacing: 1.5
                (d) Body of Text: Justified
                For Footnotes, the formatting specifications are:
(a)  Font Type: Times New Roman

(b)  Font Size: 10

(c)   Single Spacing
(d)  Paragraph Spacing: 0

(e)  No additional space between two footnotes

(f)    Body of Text: Justified

(g)  Cases shall be cited in the following manner: Parties, Law report, Date, Volume and page.

(h)  Books/ Journals shall be cited in the following manner: Title, Author, Edition and page
6.9.         The written submission shall not contain any annexure, photographs, graphs, diagrams, or any other representation like nature
6.10.      The written submission shall be spiral bound in BLUE
6.11       All written submission shall be graded in accordance with the lectures to be given on How to prepare a written brief during the Upcoming Litigation Classes.
               
N.B        Any written submission violating any of the above mentioned specifications will be penalized by deducting 1 mark each. [Maximum Possible Deduction] 20 Marks
                Any consideration whatsoever is left at the sole discretion of the Head of Litigation.

NOTE: TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY.

                                                                                                                               

…Equity like nature, does nothing in vain

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