From Stacie Strong via the list serv.

McGill University is pleased to host the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration, which 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 no more than three years (whichever is later).

Prizes: (in Canadian dollars) First place: $4,000; Second place: $2,000; Third place: $1,000.  Winning one of the awards will also carry with it the presentation of the paper at a symposium to be held at McGill in autumn 2014 (the expenses of the winners for attending the symposium will be covered).  Further symposium details will come within the next few months.

Deadline: May 15, 2014.

The essay –

• must relate to commercial or investment arbitration;
• must be unpublished (not yet submitted for publication) as of May 15;
• be a maximum of 15,000 words (including footnotes);
• can be written in English or in French;
• must be in MS Word format.

Submissions are to be emailed to andrea.bjorklund@mcgill.ca as an attached file before May 15, 2014. Submissions should be accompanied by a statement affirming the author’s eligibility for the competition and the unpublished status of the paper. Review of the papers will start after May 15.

For more information, kindly email Professor andrea.bjorklund@mcgill.ca, Faculty of Law, McGill University.