13TH EDITION ARBITRATION WTO ICJ MEDIATION ADVOCACY TRAINING 2020-2021 PROGRAM Welcome Program Committee CIDS Council Advisory Board The main teaching mission of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is to prepare its students to assume Laurence BOISSON Gabrielle KAUFMANN- Georges ABI-SAAB leadership roles in the international community. Our ambition is also DE CHAZOURNES KOHLER to offer young and midcareer professionals the tools and knowledge John BEECHEY they need to advance their career and increase their contribution to Professor, University of Geneva; Professor Emerita, University solving the many problems of our world and in that regard, our MIDS Program Director; CIDS of Geneva; Partner, Mohamed BENNOUNA partnership with the University of Geneva, particularly its Law Faculty, Co-Director Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler; has proven to be highly instrumental. Between them, our two Council President George A. BERMANN institutions have more than a dozen professors specializing in public Zachary DOUGLAS Doak BISHOP Professor Philippe Burrin and private international law, an exceptional density of competencies Professor, Graduate Institute Judge Abdulqawi Director of the Graduate that very few places in the world can match. The LL.M. program in Ahmed YUSUF James CRAWFORD Institute of International International Dispute Settlement is an important illustration of our Marcelo KOHEN President, International Court and Development partnership and we have every reason to be proud of a program that Donald F. DONOVAN Studies, Geneva Professor, Graduate Institute; of Justice (ICJ) corresponds so well to the role of Geneva as a world-leading hub place for dispute settlement and the vocation of our Institute as a center of Secretary-General, Institute Emmanuel GAILLARD excellence in international studies. of International Law Elliott GEISINGER President, Swiss Arbitration Judith GILL Thomas SCHULTZ Association (ASA) Francis GURRY Professor, University of Geneva; CIDS Co-Director Michael SCHÖLL Jean-Michel JACQUET Geneva is a city which numerous international organizations and U.N. Vice-Director, Federal Department Agencies call home; among others: the World Trade Organization, Mariona CUSÍ VIDAL of Justice, Bern Gabrielle MARCEAU the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Executive Director Telecommunication Union, the World Health Organization, the Nicolas MICHEL International Organization for Migration and the World Economic Laurence BOISSON Forum. Geneva also has a long tradition in arbitration and dispute DE CHAZOURNES Robert MNOOKIN resolution that can be traced back to the 19th century; and its Faculty Professor, University of Geneva William W. PARK of law currently offers more than thirty classes in international law. It therefore seems particularly fitting that the Graduate Institute of Zachary DOUGLAS Jan PAULSSON Professor International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva Bénédict Foëx Professor, Graduate Institute Dean of the Geneva Faculty of Law would join forces to offer the LL.M. in International Francisco REZEK University Law School Dispute Settlement. This program provides participants from around Marcelo KOHEN the world a unique opportunity to study this exciting and constantly Philippe SANDS Professor, Graduate Institute developing field in a challenging, yet friendly, atmosphere. Christoph SCHREUER Prof. Thomas SCHULTZ Professor, University of Geneva Brigitte STERN Pierre TERCIER Albert Jan VAN DEN BERG Or by writing to: Geneva LL.M. in International Further information Dispute Settlement (MIDS) on the program Villa Moynier - Rue de Lausanne 120b may be obtained from: P.O. Box 1063 - 1211 Geneva 1, Switzerland www.mids.ch Phone: +41 22 908 4486 - Fax: +41 22 908 4499 Email: [email protected] - Website: www.mids.ch CONTACT US CONTACT MIDS program The past decades have seen a radical increase in A carefully designed curriculum Career services A strategic location international dispute settlement procedures, especially in the fields of international trade, The MIDS curriculum is designed to meet the Of critical importance is the placement of the The MIDS also reflects the fact that Geneva is a investment, natural resources management, and educational needs that arise from this evolution. students after the program. The MIDS career major arbitration hub with a long standing tradition the protection of the environment. International It teaches about dispute settlement from a holistic services are meant to help students develop the in dispute settlement and home to over courts and tribunals, international arbitration and perspective and covers all its aspects, both private skills and confidence required to succeed in breaking 200 international organizations and UN agencies. mediation are increasingly taking center-stage in and public. With the aim to achieve excellence in into the international dispute settlement market, It therefore maintains interactions with institutions be this an international law firm, arbitral institution, such as the WTO, WIPO, or UNCTAD. Students the international legal and economic arena. Positions its approach and education, the MIDS provides students not only with sound theoretical knowledge, international organization, international court, also have opportunities for networking in the corresponding departments of major law but also with training in key legal skills. Through or company. with practitioners at career events, conferences, firms and in international dispute settlement a series of learning-by-doing workshops and and during visits to international dispute resolution institutions consequently have become among the activities, MIDS students hone their advocacy (both The MIDS career services play a central role and institutions such as the WTO Appellate Body or most sought-after jobs in the field of law. To succeed, oral and written) and technical skills. Workshops accompany the students from day one and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in candidates for these positions must distinguish like the FIAA or the Academic Retreat also help in throughout their studies. In addition, during the Geneva; the ICJ, the PCA and the Iran-US Claims themselves, which is exactly where MIDS makes bringing students in contact with numerous academic year, students are exposed to numerous Tribunal in The Hague the ICC in Paris. a difference. The MIDS distinctness comes not professionals in the field, who will interact with opportunities, including in the form of networking only from its outstanding faculty, but also from its the students to provide them with individual events and job interviews. If you are interested in a legal career with top law unique and innovative educational methodology. feedback and guidance. This unique curriculum firms, international organizations, justice or trade ministries of governments, as member of the gives the students a strategic advantage in the field The MIDS Community Faculty of international dispute settlement. judiciary handling international cases, if you have MIDS alumni are spread all over the world holding the ambition of working on high-stake disputes, More and more international disputes involve both The program is global in terms of format and positions in top law firms, international organizations, or if you are interested in gaining a thorough private and public international law issues. Dispute faculty. The professors are some of the most international courts (ICJ), arbitral institutions, understanding of international dispute settlement settlement mechanisms overlap, influence each prominent experts in each field of international justice and trade ministries of national governments, and pursue an academic career in this area, then other, and may sometimes conflict. The times when dispute settlement and come from the USA, South companies, international law departments this program is for you. specialization in one field was sufficient are gone. America, Asia, Africa and throughout Europe. Its at universities, or as members of the judiciary. structure combines the multicultural approach to Leaders in the field must now have a solid legal studies in Continental Europe with the Comprised not only by its students and alumni, understanding of all the major international dispute interactive teaching method of the United States but also by the faculty, staff and vast network settlement tools worldwide. With its outstanding and the small-group tutorial system of Oxford and of professionals working in all areas of international faculty, the MIDS caters to these needs and offers Cambridge. Class size is kept relatively small dispute settlement, the MIDS Community students a unique opportunity to learn from (35-43 students) to ensure maximum interaction is a testament to the success and potential world-class professors and practitioners. between faculty and students. of the program. 4 5 A JOINT MIDS program curriculum The MIDS is a joint venture of the Graduate Institute and the Geneva University Law School and operates Benefiting from its strategic location in one of the world’s main arbitration venues with a long tradition under the umbrella of these institutions’ common Centre for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS). in dispute settlement, the Law School has developed a recognized area of expertise in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution incorporating research projects, conferences and seminars. The CIDS mission is to explore, understand and inform about international dispute