The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) this fall that Professor Andrea Bjorklund has been named its first Scholar in Residence.
Professor Andrea Bjorkland, the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, was delighted to receive more than 80 submissions from scholars and junior practitioners affiliated with more than 50 institutions for the 2014 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration. Authors hailed from around the world, with every continent save Antarctica represented.聽
The Nappert Competition is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must be either currently enrolled in a B.C.L, LL.B., J.D., LL.M., D.C.L., or Ph.D. program (or their local equivalents). Those who are no longer in school must have taken their most recent degree within the last three years, or have been admitted to the bar (or the local equivalent) for the first time and for no more than three years (whichever is later).聽
The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed as the first incumbent of the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that its Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Team was awarded funding for an ambitious program of research entitled 鈥淧rivate Justice and its Laws: Harmonization, Conciliation and Legitimacy鈥. At $450,000, this is one of the largest peer-reviewed awards ever to have come to the Faculty.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professors Fr茅d茅ric Bachand and Fabien G茅linas have been appointed Norton Rose Faculty Scholars in Arbitration and Commercial Law, for a two year term.
As holders of these Faculty Scholarships, G茅linas and Bachand, who are both active members of 黑料不打烊's Private Justice and the Rule of Law research team, will be able to support a rich program of activities in international arbitration and commercial law.聽