Nappert Prize in International Arbitration - Deadline: April 30, 2018
21 November 2017
(Source: McGill - November 2017) Thanks to the generosity of Sophie Nappert (BCL’86, LLB’86), the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration will again be awarded by McGill University in 2018.
The Nappert Prize Competition is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must:
- be enrolled in a BCL, LLB, JD, LLM, DCL, or PhD program (or their local equivalents); or
- have taken their most recent law degree within the last three years; or
- have been admitted to the practice of law for no more than three years.
Co-authored submissions are permissible, but each author must meet the eligibility criteria. Also, only one author will be guaranteed a flight to Montreal for the symposium.
Prize: First place: $4,000; Second place: $2,000; Third place: $1,000 (in Canadian dollars).
Winning one of the awards will carry with it the presentation of the paper at a symposium to be held at McGill University in Autumn 2018 (the expenses of the winners for attending the symposium will be covered). In addition, the best oralist will receive an award of Can. $1,000.
Deadline
April 30, 2018.
Requirements
The essay:
- must relate to commercial or investment arbitration;
- must be unpublished (not yet submitted for publication) as of April 30;
- must be a maximum of 15, 000 words (including footnotes);
- must be written in English, French, or Spanish;
- should use OSCOLA or some other well-established legal citation guide (e.g. McGill Red Book; Bluebook);
- must be in MS Word format.
More information and how to participate: http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/news/2018-nappert-prize-international-arbitration-282965
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