The Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize Dr Gillis Wetter was the author of many highly regarded texts on international arbitration, including “The International Arbitral Process” (1979) and was one of the first truly great international arbitration lawyers of modern times. He is remembered in particular for extending an “avuncular and helping hand” to those students and young lawyers seeking to make their way in the world of international arbitration. His untimely death in 1995 was viewed by his friends and colleagues as a great loss to the cause of international arbitration. To commemorate his role as a scholar and educator in the field of international arbitration, the LCIA established the Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize essay competition in 1996. Submissions If you are a pre-existing YIAG member, please log-in and submit your essay. If you are not a YIAG member and wish to submit an essay for the Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize competition, please apply for YIAG membership. Log-in and submit essay Apply for YIAG membership Competition Rules Competition. The Gillis Wetter Memorial Prize competition will be held every second year. Topic. Each entry must relate to issues arising in the field of international arbitration private (commercial) or public. Length. Each entry must be 6,000 words or fewer. The word count will encompass footnotes. Submissions. All entries are to be written in English and submitted online, via the LCIA website. Entries will not be accepted by any other means. Each entry must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document or PDF and include the entrant’s name and contact details. Co-authored essays will not be accepted. Entry Deadline. The deadline for receipt of entries is 31 March 2020. Entries received after that date will not be accepted for consideration. Prize. The winner of the competition will receive a prize worth no less than £5,000. The prizes will be awarded by the LCIA in accordance with the decision of the Panel of Judges. The winner will receive a certificate signed by the President of the Panel of Judges. The Panel of Judges may decline to declare an essay as the winning essay or to award any prize if, in their sole discretion, the Judges conclude that no essay of sufficiently high academic quality has been submitted. Publication. The winning essay will be published in Arbitration International. The decision whether to publish any entry is made by the Editor and Publisher at their sole discretion. Other submitted essays may also be considered for publication. For the purposes of publication, the editors and publisher of Arbitration International may edit entries (the edited version will not be used for judging). By submitting an entry for this competition, each author gives Arbitration International all rights, including express permission to edit and publish the entry in all media without limitation and without any other notice. Eligibility. You are eligible to enter an essay for the Gillis Wetter Prize if you are a member of the Young International Arbitration Group (“YIAG”). YIAG membership is open to all young practitioners and students aged 40 and below and is free of charge. To find out more, click here. To allow time to process new YIAG membership applications, please apply at least two weeks before the essay submission deadline. Not Eligible. YIAG officers, LCIA staff, Oxford University Press staff, members of the Editorial Board of Arbitration International, and their respective relatives are not eligible to enter an essay for the Gillis Wetter Prize. Panel of Judges. The Panel of Judges shall be comprised of the President of the Panel (the “President”), Panel Judges and the co-Chairs of YIAG. The President shall be the General Editor for the time being of Arbitration International. The Panel Judges shall include notable experts in the field of international arbitration (public and private) and the co-Chairs of YIAG for the time being. The Panel of Judges shall be comprised of: President Professor William W Park Panel Judges Panel of four Judges, and The YIAG co-Chairs The appointment of new Panel Judges shall be made by the YIAG co-Chairs, from time to time in consultation with the President and Panel Judges. Panel Decisions. The Panel of Judges shall award prizes by a majority decision. Failing a majority decision on any issue, the President shall decide that issue. Disputes. The President of the Panel of Judges will be the final arbiter of all questions regarding entries, judging, the interpretation of the rules and any other aspect of the Gillis Wetter Prize.