2023 MONTPELLIER INTERNATIONAL FRANCOPHONE ARBITRATION COMPETITION
24th edition of CIAM – May 23 to 26, 2023, Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier
The objective of CIAM is to simulate a litigation case under conditions close to reality, to present arguments and reasoning to an unknown opponent, and to plead the case before a jury acting as an arbitral tribunal. The purpose of CIAM is to prepare students for the particularities of business law arbitration proceedings and to strengthen ties between students and French, foreign, or international arbitration specialists, whether they are academics, lawyers, arbitrators, or students themselves. It is open to students from universities, schools, and higher education institutions in France or abroad. Teams are made up of at least two and at most four students at Master's 1 level (four years of higher education) or above. The competition is conducted in French.
The24th edition was opened by Mr. Guylain Clamour, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science of Montpellier, Mr. Jean-Louis Respaud, Senior Lecturer in Private Law HDR, Director of the Master 2 in Private Economic Law, and Mr. Jean du Parc, President of the Bar Association. This edition was chaired by Hugues Kenfack, President of Toulouse Capitole University, and the organizing team was led by Mélanie Cescut (Assistant Professor, LICeM) and Océane Magne (PhD student, 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.
