The Worship Company of Arbitrators
Arbitration Competition for UK Law Students 2025
The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators (WCA) has launched The Arbitration Competition for UK Law Students 2025 to be held at the International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in London from 17 – 19 January 2025
Entries are now being accepted for the Arbitration Competition for law students and trainees and pupils at UK Universities, Law Colleges, Law Schools, Law Firms, Inns of Court and Barristers’ Chambers.
All entries must be submitted by completing the Entry Form here and sending a copy by email to both clerk@arbitratorscompany.org and victoria.tyson@howardkennedy.com by Friday, 13 December 2024. A registration fee of £200 is payable.
Team Members who take part should gain:
- Enhanced written and oral presentational and advocacy skills
- A chance to practise advocacy skills and to participate in an arbitration with the opportunity to cross examine witnesses of fact and experts
- An insight into how arbitration tribunals work
- A unique addition to their CV
Each team should consist of up to four eligible law students, trainees or pupils in chambers and a team coach. All law students and trainees and pupils are made welcome; experience has shown that the competition is of particular value and appeal to students of the SQE, LPC, BTC, BPC, BVC, BVS, Diploma in Legal Practice and LLMs which include ADR and arbitration within their syllabus. The students adopt the role of counsel for the parties in the dispute presenting their case in front of an experienced arbitral panel. Their performance will be evaluated by some of the country’s leading arbitral specialists, who participate in the Competition as Judges, and they will have the opportunity to gain valuable insight into the world of arbitration.
Each team must register a Team Contact. The Team Contact may also be the Team Coach, but this is not essential, and the coach may be a different member of the teaching staff, a student or an external person.
Please note that the competition is not open to individual students.
The Rules of the Competition are available here. Intending entrants should study the Rules carefully and be aware of the contents, including the eligibility criteria for team members.
We appreciate that teams may require time to select their members and so the names of the team coach and the team members do not need to be included in the entry application.
If you have any questions, then please contact the Clerk clerk@arbitratorscompany.org