Arbitration Competition Entry Form

Law Student Division

Arbitration Competition

2008-2009 Entry Form

Entry Deadline
Arbitration Competition entry forms and fees must be received no later than September 19, 2008.

Authorization
By submitting this form, you affirm that the Faculty Advisor and Dean listed below have authorized your school's entry into this competition.

Cosponsor Information
The National Arbitration Forum cosponsors the ABA Law Student Division Arbitration Competition.

Team Information
Participation is limited to ABA Law Student Division members. Using an online form provided for this purpose, schools must supply each team member's name and his or her ABA member identification number at least three weeks prior to their regional competition. Members may obtain their ABA member identification number by calling 800/285-2221. Competitors who have not yet joined the ABA may do so by completing the online membership application or by calling 800/285-2221. Please allow 7-10 days to receive your member ID number when applying online.

Official Name of Law School to be entered in the 2008-2009 Arbitration Competition

Number of teams entered

We would like to enter a second team into the competition if space is available.

Team Member Names & ABA Member ID Requirement
Our team(s) understand that we will be required to supply each team member's name and his or her ABA member identification number at least three weeks prior to the regional competition in which they compete. We agree to abide by this requirement.

Our school agrees to this requirement agreement.

Contact Person Information
This person, who may be a student, staff or faculty member, is considered the law school's main contact for all Law Student Division announcements about the competition. Because this person is responsible for disseminating the information to the school's team(s), please identify a reliable person who regularly checks his or her email. This person must promptly respond to inquiries from the Law Student Division.

Contact Name
Contact Phone
Contact Email

Advising Faculty Member Information Generally speaking, the faculty adviser is also the team coach. The Law Student Division normally sends the Faculty Adviser the same information as is sent to the designated Contact Person.

Faculty Advisor Name
Faculty Advisor Phone
Faculty Advisor Email

Faculty Advisor Street Address 1
Faculty Advisor Street Address 2
Faculty Advisor City
Faculty Advisor State
Faculty Advisor Zip Code

Dean Information
By completing this form, you agree that the dean of your school has authorized you to enter the competition. The ABA Law Student Division may request confirmation from your dean.

Dean Name
Dean Phone
Dean Email

Entry Fee

The entry fee for the first team is $450.00, except that the entry fee for each regional host schools' first team is waived.
The entry fee for the school’s second team, if the school’s second team is selected, remains $250.

Host School Fee
Only schools hosting this year's regional competitions are eligible for the host school rate.
One Team – No Charge

Team Registration Fee:

Additional 2nd Team:
We would like to enter a second team into the competition if space is available. We agree to pay the incremental fee of $250 upon acceptance of our school’s second team. We understand that payment for the second team must arrive at the ABA Law Student Division two weeks after we are notified that we may send a second team.

Payment Method
Payment must be received on or before September 19, 2008.

Card Number	(Please input spaces or dashes in between the groups of numbers.)
Exp. Date
Names as it appears on card
Phone number of card holder

Payment by Check Information
The Law Student Division must receive your check on or before the entry deadline in order to validate this entry form. Checks made payable to the American Bar Association should be mailed to:

ABA Law Student Division
Attn: Arbitration Competition
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610

NOTE: Effective July 1, 2008, the ABA-Chicago office zip code will change to 60654.

Service Charges
The Law Student Division will charge a $50 service charge for each incident identified below:

Returned or cancelled checks
Declined credit cards
Payments received after the stated payment deadline

Cancellation/Refund Policy
All cancellation requests must be made in writing to the Law Student Division's Chicago office at ac@staff.abanet.org. A $50 administrative fee will be deducted from all refunds. There will be no refunds for cancellations made after September 19, 2008.

Competition Problem
Payment must be received before the ABA Law Student Division will distribute the Competition Problem to your school. The Competition Problem will be distributed September 22, 2008, provided the Law Student Division has received the school's entry fee.

Informational DVD
To help you prepare for winning this year's competition, the ABA Law Student Division offers two versions of the Arbitration Competition Championship Round DVD. One version captures the National Championship Round in its entirety -- including the judges' critique. The other version contains the National Championship Round, along with the competition case file. Please visit the Law Student Division Competitions Page to purchase your copy. The 2007-08 DVDs will be released over the summer.

General Information
To qualify for entry, schools must furnish all information requested above. The entry fee must be received to validate your school's entry into the competition. Please send questions via e-mail to ac@staff.abanet.org or call us at 312/988-5622.

Future Correspondence
All further correspondence will be sent to the designated Contact Person. Confirmation will be sent after your payment has been received.

By submitting this form, you affirm that the Faculty Advisor and Dean listed above have authorized your school's entry into this competition.