2010 FDI Moot Competition Schedule

20 January 2010 Announcement of the Competition; Registration Begins

1 March 2010 Delayed 31 March 2010  12 April 2010 (Yes - really!) FDI Moot Problem 2010 - now available!

31 May 2010 (an extra two weeks) Registration Ends

4 June 2010 First Deadline to submit Requests for Clarification (or Withdraw)

6 August 2010 Second Deadline to submit Requests for Clarification

19 September 2010 (before the end of the day local time) Deadline to submit (email) Claimant Memorial and Respondent Counter-Memorial (separate PDF files)

*7 October 2010 Access to Other Teams' Memorials/Counter-Memorials

Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) Arbitration

Problems and Prospects

Symposium organised by Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

Pepperdine University School of Law

Friday, October 22, 2010

 8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast

 9:00 Welcome & Opening

Tom Bost, Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law

Jack Coe, Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

Christopher Gibson, Professor of Law, Suffolk University Law School

 9:30-10:30 Panel I: Essential Security/Emergency Measures in Investment Arbitration

Moderator, Victor Ruiz, Counsel, Latin American Team, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris

Panelists: Andrea Bjorklund, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis

Todd Weiler, InvestmentClaims.com

 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

 10:45-12:15 Panel II: Roundtable on BITs – Problems and Prospects

Moderator, Professor Christopher Gibson, Suffolk University Law School

Panelists: Efi Chalamish, Global Fellow, New York University Law School

Andrew Guzman, Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley

Anna Joubin-Bret, Senior Legal Counsel, UNCTAD, Geneva

Mark Kantor, Arbitrator/Mediator, Washington, D.C.

 12:30 -14:00 Luncheon - Drescher Executive Dining Room

 Registration -- Contact: patty.hayes@pepperdine.edu

UPDATED HEARING SCHEDULE

34 teams competing in 4 groups (colour coded, 2 groups of 9 and 2 groups of 8 teams) over 4 preliminary rounds in 6 time slots.

Friday until	22/10/2010 13:30	Team Sign In
22/10/2010 13:30	22/10/2010 14:15	Team/Arbitrator Briefing

 

Preliminary Rounds

Rooms

Friday

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

22/10/2010 14:30

22/10/2010 16:00

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1

1

22/10/2010 16:30

22/10/2010 18:00

1

2

2

 22/10/2010 18:00 Welcome Reception ...

Saturday
23/10/2010 09:00	23/10/2010 10:30	2				2				3
23/10/2010 11:00	23/10/2010 12:30	3				3				3
23/10/2010 13:00	23/10/2010 14:30	4				4				4
23/10/2010 15:00	23/10/2010 16:30	4				Lag				Lag

 23/10/2010 18:00 Announcement of Quarter-finalists ...

Sunday
Quarter-Finals
24/10/2010 09:00	24/10/2010 10:30
Semi-Finals
24/10/2010 11:00	24/10/2010 12:30
3rd Place
24/10/2010 13:00	24/10/2010 14:30
Final
24/10/2010 14:30	24/10/2010 16:00

 24/10/2010 17:00 Awards Dinner/Reception ...

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