Day 1- Wednesday 28 October 2015
7.30-8.30 am- Registering and seating participants & distributing materials
9.00-11.00am: The Architecture of Argument- Issues for Determination
11.00-11.30am: Tea Break
11.30-12.00noon: Discussion, Questions & Answers
12noon-1.00pm: Task 1: Use Garner’s deep-issue format to reconstruct the issues for determination in Uwazuruike v Attorney General [2013] 10 NWLR (Part 1361) 105.
1.00-2.00pm: The Introduction, the facts section, and procedural history
2.00-3.00pm: Lunch
3.00-5.00pm: The Introduction, the facts section, and procedural history, cont’d
5.00-5.30pm: Discussion, Questions & Answers
Day 2- Thursday 29 October 2015
9.00-11.00am: The Argument section
11.00-11.30am: Tea Break
11.30am-12.30pm: The Argument section, cont’d
12.30-1.00pm: Discussion, Questions & Answers
1.00-2.00pm: Task 2: Narrate the facts of Uwaifo v Uwaifo [2013] 10 NWLR (Part 1361) 185. Never mind the procedural history.
2.00-2.30pm: Think before you write
2.00-3.00pm- Lunch
3.00-3.30pm: Case Theory, Themes, and Priming
3.30-4.00pm: The Rhetorical Triangle
4.00-4.30pm: Logic and Clear Thought
4.30-5.30pm: Task 3: How sound is the Supreme Court judgment in Ighreriniovo v SCC [2013] 10 NWLR (Part 1361) 138? What are its deficiencies?
Day 3- Friday 30 October 2015
9.00-10.00am: Task 1 Presentation
10.00-11.00am: Task 2 Presentation
11.00-11.30am: Tea Break
11.30am-12.30pm: Task 3 Presentation
12.30-1.00pm: Group Photos
1.00-2.30pm: Lunch
2.30-3.00pm: Discussion
3.00-3.30pm: Feedback, Certificates, and Closing
