Application for Admission to the Bar
Applicant name: Pallaith
Part One: Experience as a Justice or counsel
1. Have you served as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? Yes
2. Between what dates did you serve as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? March 11, 2021-May 11, 2022
3. Were you the Moderating Justice in any criminal trials or requests for review? (If so, please identify which criminal trials or requests for review) No
4. Were you the author or a co-author of any Official Opinions, Verdicts or Sentencing Orders of the Court? (If so, please identify the Official Opinions, Verdicts or Sentencing Orders) Yes - On the Regulation of the Regional Message Board, On the Definition of a Candidate
5. Have you served as a Prosecutor? No
6. Which criminal trials did you prosecute? N/A
7. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review) N/A
8. Have you served as counsel to a defendant in a criminal trial? No
9. In which criminal trials were you counsel to a defendant? N/A
10. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review) No
Part Two: Legal Writing
11. Have you authored any substantial legal work? (Examples include: briefs in requests for review; analysis or explanations of the law; arguments in criminal trials; bills that have been made law. However, it does not include any Official Opinion, Verdict or Sentencing Order of the Court or any decision or argument made in a trial or request for review identified in Part One) Yes
12. Have you authored any briefs in requests for review? (If so, please identify the requests for review) Yes - a brief in support of the government in On the Constitutionality of the Reject Fascism Act and a brief opposed to the Speaker's action in On the Ability of the Speaker to Retract Citizenship
13. Have you authored any other substantial legal work? (If so, identify no more than two)
Part Three: Other Relevant Experience
14. Have you served in a Constitutionally-mandated Elected Office? (This does not include the office of Justice) Yes
15. Which offices have you served in and between what dates? Speaker (January 14-May 13, 2017), Delegate (May 13, 2017-January 12, 2018; January 12-May 12, 2019; May 11, 2022-current), Vice Delegate (July 23, 2018-January 12, 2019)
16. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify no more than two examples of this and explain why they show substantial knowledge of the law) Probably - you have to have a decent idea of what the law is when deciding whether or not to do something, but most of those situations are a simple "can this be done or not" and if it can, then we proceed, and if we can't, then we don't. There were times we had to change the law to proceed, such as when I changed law on regional officers, or when we changed when we could ban players who were admin banned on the forum. These were usually not complex legal quandaries that required a lot of study and knowledge of the law, though, so the answer in the spirit of your question is probably "no."
17. Have you served as a government official in any other office in the previous two years? (This does not include any office identified in Part One) Yes
18. Which offices have you served in and between what dates? Chief of Staff of External Affairs (September 11, 2020-January 11, 2021); I was also continuing to serve as a member of the Security Council (since September 11, 2017)
19. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify an example of this and explain why it shows substantial knowledge of the law) No
Part Four: Acceptability Disclosure
20. Have you previously been convicted of any crime in The North Pacific? No
21. What crime/crimes were you convicted of? (Please identify the date of each conviction) N/A
22. Have you previously been recalled from office as Justice or Prosecutor? No
23. On what date/dates were you recalled from office? N/A
24. Have you previously been found by the Court to be in contempt of court or to have submitted an appeal or review that was frivolous or solely for the purpose of delaying proceedings? No
25. In which trials or requests for review did the Court make those findings? N/A
26. Have you previously had your membership of the Bar revoked for any reason other than ceasing to be a citizen? No
27. On what date/dates was your membership revoked? N/A
28. If you answered Yes to any of questions 20, 22, 24, or 26, why do you consider that you would be an acceptable member of the bar, despite any prior conviction, recall, adverse finding by the Court, or revocation of Bar membership? N/A
Part Six: Request for Admission and Declaration
I apply to the Bar Commissioners for admission to the Bar.
I declare that the information I have provided in this application is true and that I have not failed to provide any information required by this application.
Applicant name: Pallaith
Part One: Experience as a Justice or counsel
1. Have you served as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? Yes
2. Between what dates did you serve as a Justice (including as a Temporary Hearing Officer)? March 11, 2021-May 11, 2022
3. Were you the Moderating Justice in any criminal trials or requests for review? (If so, please identify which criminal trials or requests for review) No
4. Were you the author or a co-author of any Official Opinions, Verdicts or Sentencing Orders of the Court? (If so, please identify the Official Opinions, Verdicts or Sentencing Orders) Yes - On the Regulation of the Regional Message Board, On the Definition of a Candidate
5. Have you served as a Prosecutor? No
6. Which criminal trials did you prosecute? N/A
7. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review) N/A
8. Have you served as counsel to a defendant in a criminal trial? No
9. In which criminal trials were you counsel to a defendant? N/A
10. Did you participate in any requests for review related to those trials? (If so, please identify the requests for review) No
Part Two: Legal Writing
11. Have you authored any substantial legal work? (Examples include: briefs in requests for review; analysis or explanations of the law; arguments in criminal trials; bills that have been made law. However, it does not include any Official Opinion, Verdict or Sentencing Order of the Court or any decision or argument made in a trial or request for review identified in Part One) Yes
12. Have you authored any briefs in requests for review? (If so, please identify the requests for review) Yes - a brief in support of the government in On the Constitutionality of the Reject Fascism Act and a brief opposed to the Speaker's action in On the Ability of the Speaker to Retract Citizenship
13. Have you authored any other substantial legal work? (If so, identify no more than two)
Part Three: Other Relevant Experience
14. Have you served in a Constitutionally-mandated Elected Office? (This does not include the office of Justice) Yes
15. Which offices have you served in and between what dates? Speaker (January 14-May 13, 2017), Delegate (May 13, 2017-January 12, 2018; January 12-May 12, 2019; May 11, 2022-current), Vice Delegate (July 23, 2018-January 12, 2019)
16. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify no more than two examples of this and explain why they show substantial knowledge of the law) Probably - you have to have a decent idea of what the law is when deciding whether or not to do something, but most of those situations are a simple "can this be done or not" and if it can, then we proceed, and if we can't, then we don't. There were times we had to change the law to proceed, such as when I changed law on regional officers, or when we changed when we could ban players who were admin banned on the forum. These were usually not complex legal quandaries that required a lot of study and knowledge of the law, though, so the answer in the spirit of your question is probably "no."
17. Have you served as a government official in any other office in the previous two years? (This does not include any office identified in Part One) Yes
18. Which offices have you served in and between what dates? Chief of Staff of External Affairs (September 11, 2020-January 11, 2021); I was also continuing to serve as a member of the Security Council (since September 11, 2017)
19. Were you required to make a decision which required you to analyse and apply the law? (If so, please identify an example of this and explain why it shows substantial knowledge of the law) No
Part Four: Acceptability Disclosure
20. Have you previously been convicted of any crime in The North Pacific? No
21. What crime/crimes were you convicted of? (Please identify the date of each conviction) N/A
22. Have you previously been recalled from office as Justice or Prosecutor? No
23. On what date/dates were you recalled from office? N/A
24. Have you previously been found by the Court to be in contempt of court or to have submitted an appeal or review that was frivolous or solely for the purpose of delaying proceedings? No
25. In which trials or requests for review did the Court make those findings? N/A
26. Have you previously had your membership of the Bar revoked for any reason other than ceasing to be a citizen? No
27. On what date/dates was your membership revoked? N/A
28. If you answered Yes to any of questions 20, 22, 24, or 26, why do you consider that you would be an acceptable member of the bar, despite any prior conviction, recall, adverse finding by the Court, or revocation of Bar membership? N/A
Part Six: Request for Admission and Declaration
I apply to the Bar Commissioners for admission to the Bar.
I declare that the information I have provided in this application is true and that I have not failed to provide any information required by this application.
