MBS Boys Win 1st Runner Up Law Apprentice, HELP

Last Saturday, as the MUET teacher I brought the sixth-formers to HELP University College for the Law Apprentice Competition and one of team won 1st Runner Up!

The prize was a big challenge trophy, individual trophies to take home and RM500.

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(I got this from their website and this is what the apprenticeship is all about):
The HELP Law Apprentice
07/08/2010 - 8:00am

The HELP Law Apprentice is a competition aimed at exposing students to the workings of a legal system through competitive games. Teams of five students will compete in games that stimulate their critical analysis skills, emphasis team work and most importantly, hone their communication skill. The games are designed to be fun yet educational, with real transferable skills imparted. This competition is open to all secondary schools in Klang Valley but limited to two teams from each school.

The HELP Law Apprentice

07/08/2010 - 8:00am

Game 1
“Visitors from Outer Space”

1. Teams will be given handouts containing a list or rights as presented by ‘visitors from space’

2. Each team will be required to select 5 rights to ‘surrender’ to the ‘visitor from outer space’

3. Teams will be required to list the said rights in order of importance and provide REASONS for surrendering/keeping each right

4. The team with the best justification to the referee will receive the highest marks


Game 2
Trivia Quiz

1. The competition will comprise of 2 categories where each category will consist of 10 quiz questions covering famous quotes from various sources

2. The maximum marks for each category is 5 marks and the total maximum marks are 20 marks. Each correct question is allocated ½ mark

3. Teams are encouraged to work on more than one category at a time

4. Total time – 20 minutes

Game 3

Negotiation
1. This role playing game requires each team to divide themselves into 2 parties to a dispute negotiation
2. A scenario will be given to both parties while each party will be separately briefed for additional information pertaining to their dispute
3. Both parties will then negotiate a settlement for their dispute

4. The team that performs best as adjudicated by the referee will be awarded the highest marks

Gosh! Can you see the marks? Our boys did "MIND SHATTERINGLY GOOD" according to the announcer.

General Rules and Regulations

1. Team members are expected to maintain DECORUM and DISCIPLINE throughout the course of the game (plus other rules that I have no space for)

PRIZES
Champion
Champion's Trophy, RM 1000 cash, certificates and commemorative plaques

First Runner- Up

First Runner-Up Trophy, RM 500 cash, certificates and commemorative plaques

Second Runner-Up
Second Runner-Up Trophy, RM300 cash, certificates and commemorative plaques

To participate please contact Miss Sivamalar Sivapragasam (sivamals@help.edu.my) or call 03 20992912

too late already, game's over!

Team 1 that won

Team 2 (first timers)

This team participated in the 1st Law Apprentice.  Here they are trying to convince the judge (seated) why they should give up certain rights to the aliens from outer space.