Briefing Specifications for CLE 2 January Semester 2014 Briefing Assignment

The following are the specifications of the Legal Brief Assignment for CLE 2 - January Semester 2014

All students are now registered for either the Appellant or Respondent side.  You will brief the side of the argument you are registered for with a teammate that has registered on your same team.   

Your written submission (the brief) shall consist of a 

1) Title page; 

2) Table of Authorities; 

3) Statement of Facts and Proceedings (not to exceed 3 pages in length);

4) Legal Argument (including a “Conclusion”); and 

5) Prayer for Relief (no more than one page). 

The legal argument should make up a majority of the brief.

The brief must be typed, and double-spaced. The minimum font size is 12 point Times New Roman or Courier font.

The legal argument section may not exceed 40 pages. There entire brief may not exceed 55 pages in length.  There is no minimum length requirement.

You may choose to cite from any jurisdiction in the world. However, you should realise that Ugandan law is most persuasive and you should be careful to only emphasise outside authorities that are likely to resonate with a Ugandan Court.

You should break the body of your brief up into six (6) substantive sections to match the issues presented in the moot problem.  The six (6) issues shall be divided up among the two team members.   The title page must indicate which of the five issues each of the two team members is responsible for drafting.  Each team member should not go over 20 pages in the legal argument section in terms of the portions of the Legal Argument section they are addressing. 

The written briefs must be submitted electronically to dbriandennison@gmail.com by 11:59 p.m. on Monday the 21st of April.   Please make sure you receive a reply confirmation that your brief has been received.  I will try to send confirmations within 24 hours of receipt of your written submissions---although please note that if you submit prior to the 15th of April you might not receive an immediate reply as I will have limited Internet access for a time prior to that date. 

If a teammate causes you to unable to file your brief timely you may file your own materials without your teammates section. This is not preferred but it is permitted in order to prevent you from being penalized by a derelict team member.