The V. Düsseldorf International Arbitration School will take place from September 26 to 30, 2011.

+++ The School starts on Monday, 26th September, with the Registration in front of Lecture Hall 6A, Building 26.11 at 9:00 A.M. +++ 
 

GENERAL CONCEPT

The five-day Düsseldorf International Arbitration School aims at providing young practitioners, post graduates and advanced students – especially Moot Court participants – with the requisite specific knowledge. The School is based on a highly practical, inter-active teaching concept. Participants get the rare opportunity to improve their skills and knowledge in both the law and practice of international commercial arbitration.

The participants may accompany these practitioners on an exciting quest: the search for efficient and fair dispute resolution in a world where there is no “non-national commercial court of compulsory jurisdiction” - a world where the two major legal systems come together and merge. Each day will have a different theme - with a special focus on investment arbitration on the last day.

Participation is limited. Early application is highly recommendable.

SPEAKERS in 2010:

Christian P. Alberti, LL.M. (Tulane), ICDR (New York); Dr. Christoph Benedict, Alstom Germany AG (Mannheim); Dr. Pieter H.F. Bekker, Crowell & Moring (New York); Jocelyn Burgos, LL.M. (NYU), Baker & Hostetler LLP (New York);Dr. David J. A. Cairns, B Cremades y Asociados (Madrid);  Prof. Guido Carducci, Paris; Benedetta Coppo, Head Officer of the Chamber of Arbitration (Milan); Alexandra Diehl, LL.M. (SU Boston), Clifford Chance (Düsseldorf); Dr. Mariel Dimsey,  Hogan Lovells (Frankfurt); Prof. Dr. Siegfried H. Elsing, LL.M. (Yale), Orrick Hölters & Elsing; Ulrike Gantenberg, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek (Düsseldorf); Dr. Denis Gebhardt, LL.M. (Sacramento), Beiten Burkhardt (Düsseldorf); Robert Hunter, Hogan Lovells (Frankfurt); Adam Johnson, Herbert & Smith (London); Prof. Doug Jones, Clayton Utz (Sydney); Dr. Thomas Kreifels, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Düsseldorf); Dr. Michael J.R. Kremer, LL.M. (Tulane); Birgit Kurtz, Crowell & Moring (New York);  John V.H. Pierce, Wilmer Hale, New York; Prof. Dr. R. Alexander Lorz, LL.M. (Harvard), Heinrich Heine Universität; Dr. David Quinke, LL.M. (Boston), Gleiss Lutz (Düsseldorf); Jan Schäfer, LL.M. (Singapore), Allen & Overy (Frankfurt); Prof. Dr. Christoph Schreuer, Wolf Theiss (Vienna); Dr. Marie Louise Seelig, LL.M. (Stanford), Shearman & Sterling (Frankfurt); Audley Sheppard, LL.M. (Cantab.), Clifford Chance (London); Dr. Rolf Trittmann, LL.M. (Berkeley), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Frankfurt); André von Walter, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Paris); Thomas Weimann, Clifford Chance (Düsseldorf); Dr. Stephan Wilske, LL.M. (Chicago), Gleiss Lutz (Stuttgart). 

Most of the speakers are back in 2011. Please see for a list of speakers 2011 the Program.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION & FEES 2011

The deadline for application for the V. Düsseldorf International Arbitration School will be August 15th 2011. This deadline does not apply for applications concerning the Workshop and/or the Conference day.

The participation fees are the following in 2011:

Whole Arbitration School:
€ 150 for students,
€ 200 for doctorands and legal trainees,
€ 300 for post-docs and
€ 600 for practitioners

Arbitration Workshop:
€ 100

Conference on Friday, 9/30/2011:
€ 150

Workshop & Conference together:
200 €
 

Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court Teams are granted a special fee of € 400 (including four team members and one coach, each further person will cost € 50).
We recommend an early application, due to limited places for Moot Court Teams.

Further scholarships are only awarded in exceptional cases.

The fee will be due immediately upon notification of acceptance. In case of withdrawal before August 1, registration fee will be refunded less 10% administrative charges. In case of withdrawal between August 1 and August 15, registration fee will be refunded less 50% administrative charges. No refund of registration fee in case of cancellation on or after August 15.

Upon completion of the full program, participants will receive
a certificate of attendance.

Please use the following online registration:
Registration
Registration for Moot-Court-Teams

Contact
Dr. Heiko Sauer
c/o Düsseldorf Law School
Juristische Fakultät
Universitätsstr. 1
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
D-40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: 0049 - (0)211- 81-11437

The Materials of the IV. Arbitration School can be found here:
- First Batch of Presentations (excl. Elsing, Gantenberg & Weimann)