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NATIONAL AND REGIONALADMINISTRATOR WEBINAR
The Basics
The Basics – Structure of the Jessup Competition
The Basics – The ILSA Executive Office
The International Law Students Association is a non-profit organization of students and lawyers who are dedicated to the promotion of international law.
ILSA provides students with opportunities to study, research, and network in the international arena.
ILSA’s activities include organizing academic conferences, publishing academic works, globally coordinating student chapters, and administering the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
The Executive Office of ILSA is located in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
Registers Teams Creates Jessup Problem Authors Jessup Rules Serves as final arbiter of Jessup
Rules Appoints Administrators of
Qualifying Tournaments Collects Memorials Oversees Qualifying Tournaments Administers International Rounds
The Basics – Administrators
Regional and National Administrators are appointed by the ILSA Executive Office.
Plan and coordinate all aspects of qualifying tournaments
Act with authority of ILSA and as representative of ILSA
Enforce Jessup Rules Communicate with and support
regional or national teams List of registered teams to be
distributed, but is subject to change. Many teams have outstanding issues. Final version will be sent before your competition.
The Basics –Sketch of the Season (Team’s Perspective)
August Registration opens Official Rules Released
September Jessup Problem (Compromis) Released
November Registration Deadline
December Corrections to the Compromis Released
January Memorial Deadline
Mid-January thru Early-March Qualifying Tournaments
Late-March White & Case International Rounds
The Basics – Sketch of the Season (Administrator’s Perspective)
See Official Competition Schedule (http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/schedule.pdf)
Most important deadlines are registration, memorial submission, and late memorial submission deadline.
See Pre-Tournament Checklist and Timeline (pg. 5 of Administrator’s Guide, http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/admin.php)
See Tournament Checklist and Timeline (pg. 14 of Administrator’s Guide, http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/admin.php)
Ten Elements of a Qualifying Tournament
1. Teams2. Materials3. Venue4. Staff5. Judges6. Bailiffs7. Finances8. Rules9. Results10.Follow-up
1. Teams
Teams are the focal point of the Competition. Administrator Tasks relating to teams
Recruiting (registration is now closed, ask Executive Director if new team needs to register late)
Registration (many teams are still finalizing registration information, team members, payment)
Communication (schedule, logistics, team pairings, results, support for team(s) advancing to International Rounds (visa and fundraising letters)
2. Materials
Core Materials http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/index.php
Jessup Compromis and Clarifications Jessup Rules Official Schedule National Rounds Page Administrators’ Page
Judges Bench Memorandum is in the Password-Protected Section (updated frequently)
Materials Index See page 4 of the Administrator’s
Guide
3. Venue
Common Venues - We recommend February
Universities (competing schools or other school)
Law firms Hotels Court houses Bar Associations, Inns of Court
Don’t forget the specifics How many rooms you need and when Can the rooms be converted into a Jessup
courtroom with a podium and seats for team members, advisors, spectators and judges?
Is there space for judge’s lounge, competitor’s lounge, advancing teams announcement, awards reception, final round, place to print and copy?
4. Competition Staff
Every tournament will have different staffing needs.
Common Staff Positions Competition Coordinator Judges Coordinator Bailiff Coordinator Scoring Coordinator
5. Judges - Basics
Recruiting & Preparing judges are the most important and difficult task for most competitions
Offer and advertise incentives and thank-you’s Small gift, reception and food, continuing legal education
(CLE) credit, training in international law/ mooting culture, certificate of service, thank-you letter
Preparation Start recruiting & scheduling oral round, memorial, and
advanced round judges as early as possible Access to Compromis & Clarifications, Summary, Written
Training Guides, White & Case Judge Training Video, Scoresheets, Judges’ Bench Memorandum
Convey and confirm schedules, tasks, and onsite information
5. Judges – Recruiting Sources
Bar Associations Large: ABA-IL, ABILA, ASIL, IBA, ILI, WJA Local: Country, State, Province, City, County Committees: International, Women, Minority,
Government, Litigation, Trial, Dispute Resolution, Immigration, Pro Bono Service
Government (Government Attorneys and Prosecutors, Public Defenders, Judges)
Law School Resources (Professors, alumni associations and listserves, LLM/advanced degree candidates)
Law Firms (Partners and shareholders for advanced rounds; ask managing/hiring partner, pro bono coordinator to circulate invitation; target litigation, international, trial, and immigration practice groups)
6. Bailiffs
The bailiff is the least appreciated but one of the most important positions
Tips Recruiting - Student organizations Training – Day before or morning of competition Materials (All available on administrator’s
webpage) Bailiff Instructions (training manual for bailiffs Bailiff Timekeeping Sheet (explains when to hold up
timecards) Bailiff Script (bailiff reads aloud at beginning of
round) Back-ups
7. Finances
A small qualifying tournament can be very cheap; a large qualifying tournament can be very expensive.
Common sources of funding (fundraising support letter from ILSA is on password protected administrator’s webpage)
Participating Schools Government agencies
Foreign ministries Embassies USAID
Foundations Private Industry
Law firms Airlines
Legal Trade Organizations Bar Associations International Law Societies
8. Rules
Rules National Administrators MUST know well
Eligibility requirements (Rules 2.1 and 2.2)
Registration requirements (Rule 3.0) Memorial submission process (Rule 6.1) Procedures for conducting oral rounds
(Rule 7.0) Scoring Method (Rule 10.0) Penalties (Rule 11.0)
National Rules Supplements
9. Results
Getting Results (Scoring) Announcing Results
Preliminary rounds Advanced rounds Final round
Explaining Results Celebrating Results
10. Follow-up
Notice to ILSA Executive Office Certificates of Participation Thank-you letters to Staff, Judges, and
Bailiffs Advancing Team(s) Support
1. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Plan the tournament ahead of time and in an efficient manner.
2. Effectively recruit and utilize volunteers.
3. Review the plan with your staff multiple times. Double-check that responsibilities are confirmed, understood, and remembered.
4. Read and respond to your email frequently and promptly.
5. Frequently interact with and seek the advice of the ILSA Executive Office.
Five Keys to a Successful Qualifying Tournament
Websites
ILSA’s Website Jessup Page www.ilsa.org/jessup Administrator’s Page
www.ilsa.org/jessup/admin.php Nationals Page
www.ilsa.org/jessup/national.php Materials Page
www.ilsa.org/jessup/materials.php Rules Page www.ilsa.org/jessup/rules.php Registration
www.ilsa.org/jessup/registration.php National Rounds Website
Phase I Planning (What to do now)
Read Administrator’s Guide Reserve Competition Venue and Important
Spaces within Venue (advancing teams announcement, awards reception, and final round spaces)
Prepare list of contacts to invite to judge preliminary oral rounds and grade memorials
Save the Dates Invite Final Round judges Draft complete schedule of events Obtain final list of teams from ILSA and start
to correspond with teams as a group
Phase II Planning (1or 2 Months until Competition)
Identify key competition staff (judge coordinator, bailiff coordinator)
Invite oral Round Judges to sign up to judge specific rounds
Plan each competition event (orientation, oral rounds, advancing teams announcement, awards reception, advanced rounds)
Reserve specific rooms for each event (don’t forget judges’ room, competitors’ lounge, etc.)
Confirm Final Round judges
Phase III Planning – Month of Competition
Finish recruiting all oral round judges, including back-ups, and CONFIRM schedules
Recruit bailiffs, CONFIRM schedules Receive memorials from ILSA, invite
memorials judges to grade memorials and assign memorials.
Convey team pairings and final competition schedule to teams
CONFIRM all onsite logistics with host (venue hours, where to print and make copies, how to access internet, where materials will arrive, etc.)
Important Information
Will Patterson, Executive Director Mobile: +1 (312) 919-8057 Office: +1 (312) 362-5021 Skype name: wmjdpatterson
Ashley Walker, Jessup Competition Coordinator Office: +1 (312) 362-6115
ILSA Office Main line: +1 (312) 362-5025 Fax: +1 (312) 362-5073
Advanced Information
Memorial Submission
Each team must submit 1 Applicant and 1 Respondent memorial to jessup@ilsa.org by 11:59am local time on January 11th
Teams might send memorials to you directly as well National Supplements may change submission
rule in exceptional circumstances (Rule 6.1(c)): Set earlier submission deadline Require teams to email memorials to opposing teams Require teams to provide paper copies of memorials Require teams to bring memorials in print or on CD to
competition
Memorial Penalties
You are responsible for assigning penalties to memorials (See Memorial Penalty Worksheet at http://www.ilsa.org/jessup/admin.php)
Common penalties: Late submission, re-submission after deadline Violation of word count maximums Failure to include necessary information on cover
page Team appeals of penalties will be resolved
by ILSA Executive Director. Teams must be notified of memorial penalties and
appeals procedure prior to start of first preliminary oral round
Memorial Scoring
Each memorial graded by three Judges Set early deadlines Maintain anonymity (renumber memorials for
judges if necessary, e.g., if judge grades A and R memorials of the same team)
Judges will provide score between 50-100. Judges will fill out memorial score sheet Only number in Total Score box matters Penalty points you assess will be subtracted from
each Total Score These scores will be used throughout
preliminary rounds
Building a Preliminary Oral Round
Pairing Teams Random Draw, avoid “clusters” where sub-groups
of teams all compete against one another. Assigning a Bailiff Assigning Judges
Mix of Experienced and New Judges Ask Judges to report conflicts in advance and
onsite What is a conflict? Only if Judge feels they would
be unable to impartially Judge a round. Judges should not see the same team twice.
Judges cannot see the same side of a team twice.
Building an Advanced Oral Round
Pairing Teams (see Rule 8.2) and Pleading Option First Advanced Rounds – Power Seeding
Assume 8 teams: Match 1: Rank 1 v. 8, Match 2: 2 v. 7, etc.
Second Advanced Rounds Winner of Match 1 v. Match 4; Match 2 v. Match 3
Assigning a Bailiff Assigning Judges
Ideally experienced Judges Ask Judges to report conflicts Should not see the same team twice unless
necessary
Running an Oral Competition – Prep I
What is this going to be like? (Mentality: Think Ahead!)
Onsite Judges’ Room Materials: Competition schedule, Rules, team pairings, team travel forms,
memorial penalty worksheets, judge schedules, judge benches, judge conflict sheets
Compromis & Clarifications, Judge’s Bench Memo, Judge Training Guides, Team Memorials
Bailiff Materials (Instructions, Timekeeping Sheet, Script, Timers, Timecards)
Scoresheets (Prelims, Advanced Rounds, Memorials) CLE Info, Judge and Team Certificates, Awards Judges’ Robes (optional), Judge/Bailiff Nametags, Basic Office Supplies
Coordinate delivery, arrival, and storage of onsite materials; unpack, set up in judges room, and count; make last-minute copies
Running an Oral Competition – Prep II
Prepare Judges’ Room: Organize all Competition Materials in Judges room so everything is
accessible, consider the flow of traffic by judges and bailiffs Take home/lock up extra bench memos after rounds conclude for the day Space for coffee, snacks, confirm delivery time Space for judges to hang coats, store bags
Prepare Courtrooms: Podium/lecturn present in all rooms, faces space where three judges can
comfortably sit, space for both teams, space for spectators, is the room wheelchair accessible?,
Sample Diagram on Page 17 of National Administrators Guide Other Event Rooms:
Confirm with host/venue liaison when you have rooms, room set-up (e.g., tables, podium), audio-visual support (e.g., microphone), catering, etc.
Running an Oral Competition – Arrival
Team Orientation: Day before or day of, distribute penalty worksheets, go over building
logistics, event schedule, and key Rules
Judges Greet judges as they arrive, check-off bench list, give team
memorials/other materials as necessary, introduce to fellow judges and bailiff
Give brief announcement/round over view just before each round begins
Bailiffs Greet bailiffs, check off round assignment list, give training/training
materials as necessary, give round materials, 10 mins before round send to courtrooms to complete teams’ info on scoresheets/fill out timekeeping sheet, upon return introduce to judges to escort to rooms.
Running an Oral Competition – Preliminary Rounds
Before Rounds Send out each group of judges + bailiff with necessary round
materials 5 mins before round begins Immediately after each round concludes
Receive team appeals from bailiff, go to courtroom to discuss with teams, intervene in judge deliberations as necessary to discuss problem
Retrieve scoresheets from bailiff, make sure they are signed Catch judges as they return to recycle memorials, confirm
next round, ask them to substitute/grade memorials, sign unsigned scoresheets, take CLE form/judge certificate
Between rounds Enter scores in scoring spreadsheet Make judge benches for next round, plan substitutions Take stock of missing materials, make copies, clean up room
Running an Oral Competition – Advanced Rounds
After Preliminary Rounds Conclude Enter last set of scores, double-check all scores, calculate
results, make copies of memorials of advancing teams and other materials, prepare judge benches for advanced rounds if they begin soon (if possible prior to pleading option), give team memorials to judges to read
Advancing Teams Announcement (Bring results, advanced round room assignments, and
memorials with you) Congratulate teams, announce advancing teams, announce rooms top-seeded advancing teams will compete in, explain pleading option after announcement to advancing teams, exchange memorials
Advanced Rounds Same as preliminaries, but substitute advanced rounds
scoresheet and give judges memorials early to consider more thoroughly
Running an Oral Competition – Final
Between Competition Days Make extra copies, get needed materials, clean up room and prepare it
for next day as much as possible, make judge substitutions and judge benches for the first round of each day, enter any scores (oral, memorial, penalties) not entered during the day, arrive early the next day to finish setting up and greet judges
Awards Reception Prep room, bring all results and awards, participation certificates,
oversee catering set-up, arrival of guest speakers, etc.; ensure judges’ room is secure during reception; as awards presented, note absences, duplicates, corrections
After Final Round Explain logistics of advancing to the International Rounds to winning
team(s) Write results summary and convey to ILSA, prepare list of award
duplicates and corrections to make and unclaimed awards to mail, clean up judges’ room, pack up/mail remaining supplies
Oral Round Scoring – Preliminary Rounds
Each Oral Round Judge is worth 2 Round Points Each Memorial Judge is worth 1 Round Point The Winning Team is the team with the most
Round Points Judges may take into account memorials in
addition to oral pleadings Judges should not announce the winner at the
end of the round, they should just give performance-based feedback
Oral Round Scoring – Preliminary Rounds
Oral Round Points (2 Round Points for each Judge)
Memorial Round Points (1 Round Point for each Judge)
Judge 1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Round Points
Team 1 – First Oralist
80 80 90
Team 1 – Second Oralist
75 90 90
155 170 180 4
Team 2 – First Oralist
70 90 85
Team 2 – Second Oralst
90 60 90
160 150 175 2
High Medium Low
Team 1 A 90 70 55 2
Team 2 R 85 65 59 1
Oral Round Scoring – Advanced Rounds
Each Advanced Round has three Judges Each Judge worth 1 point Judges should consider oral argument &
memorials Each Judge awards his or her point to
the team he/she believes won the match
Judges can announce winner at the end of the round