2023 MONTPELLIER INTERNATIONAL FRANCOPHONE ARBITRATION COMPETITION
24th CIAM Conference – May 23–26, 2023, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Montpellier
The goal of CIAM is to simulate a litigation case under conditions that closely resemble real-life scenarios, to present legal analysis and arguments to an unknown opponent, and to argue the case before a jury acting as an arbitral tribunal. The CIAM aims to prepare students for the specificities of business law arbitration proceedings and to strengthen ties between students and specialists in French, foreign, or international arbitration, whether they are academics, lawyers, arbitrators, or students themselves. It is open to students from universities, schools, and higher education institutions based in France or abroad. Teams consist of at least two and no more than four students at the Master’s 1 level (bac +4) or with equivalent higher education. The competition is conducted in French.
The24th edition was opened by Mr. Guylain Clamour, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Montpellier; Mr. Jean-Louis Respaud, Senior Lecturer in Private Law (HDR) and Director of the Master’s 2 program in Private and Economic Law; and Mr. Jean du Parc, President of the Bar Association. This edition was chaired by Hugues Kenfack, President of the University of Toulouse Capitole; the organizing team was led by Mélanie Cescut (Assistant Professor, LICeM) and Océane Magne (Ph.D. candidate, LICeM).
At the end of the competition, the LICeM team—composed of Alexia Fernandez, Julie El Montassir, Jonas Devèze, and Noé Dubout—students in the Master’s program in Economic Law at Montpellier, led by Malo Depincé and Jean-Louis Respaud—won the final and the Serge Lazareff Grand Prize at the 24th edition of the CIAM, held at the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Montpellier.
