#011 ULS Board Meeting

via video conference

2115 – 2400 HRS

20 AUG 2017

SUN, GABIN, JAMES AND SEUNGMIN

Agenda

• Reservations for ULS Retreat and Workshop
• Next Meeting Date and Time for Completion of Reading Packet
• Completion of Syllabus and Confirmation of Session Time
• Request Email to ILSA + Competition Rules + Reservation of Locale – Sun
• Preparation for Interviews + Email for CVs + Release of Guidelines to Candidates
• Hire Video Crew for In-House Moot Court Competition

Next Meeting : IRACs and Case Briefs due 23 AUG 2017 / Meeting @ 2300HRS

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#010 ULS Board Meeting

@ Boiling Pot 3F, Shinchon

1100 – 1400 HRS

12 AUG 2017

SUN, GABIN, JAMES, DANIEL AND SEUNGMIN

Agenda : Intramural Mock Trial preparations / Fall Semester / Recruiting

Cases

• Trail Smelter arbitration (1938) – Daniel
• Corfu Channel case (1949) – Seungmin
• Lake Lanoux arbitration (1957) – Sun
• Nuclear Tests case (1973)
• Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros case (1997) – Sun
• Armed Activities (2005)
• Land Reclamation by Singapore case (2005) – James
• Genocide case (2007)
• Pulp Mills (2010) – Gabin 
• Construction of Road Along the San Juan River (2013) – Seungmin

Legal Analysis (IRAC)

• Whether the Construction of Excelsior Island is legal under PIL – rev by Daniel
• Whether EIGP’s dredging can be attributable to Ritania – rev by Seungmin
• What are available Remedies for Amalea – rev by Seungmin
• What are Ritania’s obligations under the Malachi Gap Treaty – rev by Gabin
• What are Ritania’s obligations under CIL – rev by Gabin
• Whether Ritania has satisfied its due diligence obligation under the Malachi Gap Treaty – rev by Daniel
• Whether the Duty Not to Cause Trans-boundary Harm is applicable – rev by Daniel
• Whether Amalea needs to satisfy Exhaustion of Local Remedies Rule – Sun 
• What is the legal significance of an ICJ Provisional Measure – Sun

Next Meeting :  TBD

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#09 ULS Board Meeting

@ Boiling Pot 3F, Shinchon

2000 – 2300 HRS

08 AUG 2017

SUN, GABIN, JAMES, AND SEUNGMIN

Agenda : Preparations for ULS Syllabus for Fall Semester / Completion of Poster

• Video recording and photos for preparations to be specifically assigned to an outside hire
• Finalized recruitment poster to be released via Kakaotalk, Everytime, WordPress, and Facebook on 09 AUG

• Outline of Memorandum for Amalea and Ritania
•  Cases
  • Trail Smelter arbitration (1938)
  • Corfu Channel case (1949)
  • Lake Lanoux arbitration (1957)
  • Nuclear Tests case (1973)
  • Gabčíkovo–Nagymaros case (1997)
  • Armed Activities (2005)
  • Land Reclamation by Singapore case (2005)
  • Genocide case (2007)
  • Pulp Mills (2010)
  • Construction of Road Along the San Juan River (2013)

Next Meeting for Sun, Gabin, James, Daniel, and Seungmin : 12 AUG 2017

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#08 ULS Board Meeting

@ Boiling Pot 3F, Shinchon

1300 – 1700 HRS

20 JUL 2017

SUN, GABIN, DANIEL, JAMES, KWANWOO, AND SEUNGMIN

• Syllabus for Fall Semester
  • Week 1 US Supreme Court case Demo + video
  • Week 4 (new and original members)
  • In-depth Case Analysis
  • Re-arrange IRAC into Memorandum Form
• ULS Retreat and Workshop
  • Lecture on how to write Memorandums
  • Team division for End of Term Mock Trial
• Recruitment
  • set a period for acceptance this semester
  • Flyers for open-house Philip C. Jessup view and dinner + Mock Trial
• IRAC Analysis and Compromis Review for Next Meeting

Next Meeting for Sun, James, Daniel, Kwanwoo, and Seungmin : 03 AUG 2017

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#07 ULS Board Meeting

@ Yonsei Library, Shinchon

1400 – 1700 HRS

13 JUL 2017

SUN, DANIEL, JAMES, KWANWOO, AND SEUNGMIN

 

• ULS Constitution draft and editing

Next Meeting for Sun, James, Daniel, Kwanwoo, and Seungmin : 20 JUL 2017

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#06 ULS Board Meeting

ULS Board Meeting @ Yonsei Library, Shinchon

1400 – 1700 HRS

06 JUL 2017

SUN, GABIN, DANIEL, AND SEUNGMIN

 

• ULS Constitution – Daniel – Sun
  • Re-creation of digital version
  • Publishing Journals
  • Re-defining powers of the Board and re-assigning authority
  • Clear attendance requirements
  • Footnotes to be added on the Constitution on intent of drafters
• Study Material
  • ULS In-house Moot Court (Amalia v. Ritania)
    • mid November
    • Jessup Finals video watching
  • Proper Recording + Professional Judges
    • Facebook streaming
  • Team Division
  • July (Next Meeting : 3rd Week for Syllabus Renewal)
• Session Preparations
  • 2 HRs Weekly Meetings
  • Sept (Compromis + IRAC) / Oct (Team Prep) / Nov (Speech Prep)
• Recruitment
  • begin in August 1st –
  • interviews during August and join September –
  • permit attendance to Meetings during vacation
  • via facebook, Kakaotalk…
  • Proposal for Joint Project with Annals
    • Google Survey
    • via facebook, Kakaotalk…

Next Meeting for Sun, James, and Seungmin : 13 JUL 2017

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#05 ULS Board Meeting

ULS Board Meeting @ Cafe Direct, Shinchon

1600 – 1800 HRS

29 JUN 2017

GABIN, SUN, DANIEL, DONGA, AND SEUNGMIN

• Successor to President Gabin (Candidate : Sun)
• Division of Labour for Recruiting
• Suggestions for Next Semester Study Material
  • In-House Moot Court at the end of semester
• Board Membership Update
• Re-activation of ULS Facebook page
• Discussion with ULS Members at Dinner

 

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#2 Graduation of Alumnus Joung Kwon

Graduation Ceremony of Joung @ Yonsei Law School

1400 – 1600 HRS

27 FEB 2017

JOUNG, DONGA, AND SEUNGMIN

“I sound my barbaric Yawp over the roofs of the world” – W. Whitman

We are proud to present to you Joung, our very first ULS member to become a Juris Doctor and a lawyer officially recognized by the Korean Bar Association!! Graduating from Daewon Foreign Language High School as a Spanish Major and Yonsei Underwood International College as a  Political Science and International Law Major respectively with honours, she is a truly talented, widely-admired, and most of all, kind-hearted star standing tall among her peers. We sincerely look forward to all the good you will bring to the wretched and broken legal community of Korea today and wish you insurmountable success in your legal career. Always remember dear friend – even in times of tough decision making – we got your back!

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#01 Dinner w Alumnus Yesul Joy Pae

Dinner w Yesul @ Powerplant, D-Tower

1730 – 2000 HRS

27 JAN 2017

YESUL, DONGA, and SEUNGMIN

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!!” – W. Shakespeare

One of the first members of ULS to reach the finals of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court as the varsity team for Yonsei University, Yesul is also a cherished friend and loved colleague of many here. Her work ethics are commendable and her dedication superb. We wish you best of luck and expect nothing less than great things from you on your newly bound journey as a Law School student in the States. Cheers!

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#04 ULS Board Meeting

ULS Board Meeting @ Yonsei University Library

0900 – 1330 HRS

26 JAN 2017

GABIN, DANIEL, DONGA, JINHWAN, and SEUNGMIN

• Agendas
  • Preparation for 2017 Spring Semester Study Material

• Research Assignment
  • For All (Table of Contents + Abstract)
    • The Demise of Equitable Principles and the Rise of Relevant Circumstances in Maritime Boundary Delimitation, Ki Beom Lee
  • Case Summary (edited and improved) + relevant parts
    • The Trail Smelter Arbitration
    • The Corfu Channel Case
    • The Lake Lanoux Arbitration
    • The Case Concerning the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project
    • The Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay
    • Case Concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore
    • The South China Sea Arbitration – PCA
    • Australia v. Japan: ICJ Halts Antarctic Whaling 2014 
  • Find relevant Articles
    • United Nations Charter
    • Statute of the International Court of Justice
    • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
    • ARSIWA + Commentary
    • Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
    • Convention on the High Seas
    • Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas
    • Convention on the Continental Shelf
    • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (territorial sea, contiguous zone, high seas, EEZ, continental shelf, living resources etc)
    • Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
    • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
    • Draft Articles on the Prevention of Trans-boundary Harm from Hazardous Activities
    • UNCLOS commentary

Next meeting will be held @ Yonsei Library 1300 – 2100 HRS

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