Clarification Questions and Answers to the Hypothetical Case
2025 Clarification Questions & Answers:
Relevant Rules Addressing Clarification Questions and Answers of the Hypothetical Case:
7.3 Clarifications to Case
Only Participant Teams that have completed their registration (as outlined in Rule 3.1) and registered the names of its Competitors by no later than 5:00 pm EST on the day when Clarification Questions are due will be eligible to submit requests of clarifications of points of fact in the case. Each eligible Team may submit in writing up to three (3) requests for clarifications, subject to the submission procedure outlined below in Rule 7.3.2. Clarification requests by Teams that have not registered the names of their Competitors by the aforementioned deadline shall not be answered.
7.3.1 Submission Procedure for Clarification Questions
Requests for clarifications must be sent by electronic mail and must be received by the Technical Committee by 11:59 P.M. to iamoot@wcl.american.edu on the date indicated on the Competition Calendar. The Technical Committee will not issue clarifications for any requests received after the deadline.
7.3.2 Eligible Issues for Clarification
The Technical Committee has the right not to respond to compound questions, questions that are outside the facts or questions that would give rise to arguments that are outside the scope of substantive or procedural issues originally contemplated by the facts.
7.3.3 Notice
All clarifications to legitimate requests made pursuant to this section will be available to Participant Teams within the time established in the Calendar and will be posted on the Competition website. It is the responsibility of each Participant Team to ensure that it receives and adequately integrates these Problem Clarifications