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Law Student Division

Negotiation Competition

2008-2009 Entry Form

Entry Deadline
Negotiation 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.

Team Information
Participation is limited to ABA Law Student Division members, except that students from Canadian LSAC-member schools may participate in the Negotiation Competition for an additional fee.

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

Number of teams entered
We would like to enter a third 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 two weeks prior to the regional competition in which they compete. Canadian students are exempt from inputting the ABA membership identification number. 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
Faculty Name
Faculty Phone
Faculty Email
Faculty Advisor
Street Address 1
Faculty Advisor
Street Address 2
Faculty Advisor City
Faculty Advisor
State or Providence
Faculty Advisor
Zip or Postal 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
(must be received by September 19, 2008)

Additional 3rd Team
We would like to enter a third team into the competition if space is available. We agree to pay the incremental fee of $300 (U.S. Schools) or $350 (Canadian Schools) upon acceptance of our school’s third team.

Host School Fee
Only schools hosting one of this year’s regional competitions are eligible for the host school rate.

Host School Additional 3rd Team: We would like to enter a third team into the competition if space is available. We agree to pay the incremental fee of $300 (U.S. Schools) or $350 (Canadian Schools) upon acceptance of our school’s third team.

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

Credit Card Information

Card Number
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: Negotiation 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 nc@staff.abanet.org by Friday, Sepgember 19, 2008. A $50 administrative fee will be deducted from all refunds. There will be no refunds for cancellations made after September 19, 2008.

Intraschool and Regional Competition Problems
Payment must be received before the ABA Law Student Division will distribute the Intraschool Problem to your school.  The Regional Problem will be distributed three weeks prior to your regional competition. The Negotiation Competition Subcommittee will make every effort to notify schools of their regional assignment by October 13, 2008.

Informational DVD
To help you prepare for winning this year’s competition, the ABA Law Student Division offers two versions of the 2006-2007 Negotiation Competition Championship Round DVD. One version captures last year’s National Championship Round in its entirety -- including the winning team’s self analysis and the judges' evaluations. The second version contains the 2006-2007 National Championship Round and the 2006-2007 Regional and National Problems, including confidential information for both sides and the judges’ summaries. Your computer must have a DVD drive in order to view and print the competition problems. Click here to purchase your copy of the 2006-2007 Negotiation Competition National Championship DVD. The 2007-2008 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 nc@staff.abanet.org or call us at 312/988-5622.

Future Correspondence
All further correspondence will be sent to the designated Contact Person. Confirmation, in the form of the Intraschool Problem, 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.

 

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