Each student takes part in at least two international arbitration competitions, including one in French. These prestigious competitions, which require a high degree of involvement, offer them a first practical approach to international arbitration. They are intended to be international educational experiences in a globalized world.
The competitions take place over a long period of time and occupy the student’s agenda for several months. In fact, the writings exchange phase is completed by the oral phase during which the students take part in the pleadings. To the reinforcement of the editorial qualities is added that of the oratorical qualities: students learn to exchange, to convince and to persuade.
The annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Competition is the major student competition in the areas of arbitration and international trade. It is supported by the most prestigious organizations and institutions: the American Arbitration Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Vienna International Arbitration Center, the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration and UNCITRAL.
Coach :
Shearman & Stearling LLP
Sponsors:
LexisNexis | Actoowin |
Inaugurated in 2006, the mediation contest organized by the International Chamber of Commerce enjoys the prestigious support of the American Bar Association and the Chatered Institute of Arbitrators. Twenty teams from all over the world are placed in a situation of commercial mediation during which the participants try to find solutions to the disputes. Closely associated with the ICC, the Master Program is represented annually in this competition.
Created in 2008 by the prestigious Goethe University in Frankfurt, this competition is related to investment arbitrage. The particularity of this competition is to promote oral practice. Students do not write complete memos in advance as they are used to, but only skeletons of their argument, a process that gets them to prepare the pleadings in a very specific way.
Coach:
Quinn Emanuel