yimc
London
About the YIMC This year the YIMC will be held 20 – 25 July 2020 in Lisbon,
Portugal! Email us to find out more: alix@yimc.org The Aim of the YIMC The aim
of the YIMC is for students to learn and develop skills in a realistic
situation, acting as both counsel and as a mediator. Problems are based on cases
where the Convention on International Sale of Goods applies. Method: Each
school’s team consists of three participants and a coach. All members of the
team must be enrolled in a programme of tertiary legal studies and none may be
licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction. The competition consists of three
“tiers”; a training course of two days, the counsel competition (one day), and
the mediator competition (one day). Each team participates in all three tiers,
and competes for both awards, one as Best Student Mediation Counsel Team and one
as Best Student Mediator. Students take turns being evaluated and playing the
roles of the disputing parties Programme: First tier: Two-Day Mediation Training
Course. Training provides basic knowledge and techniques to those who do not
study mediation at their university. This levels the playing field, and serves
as a review for those who already have a basic knowledge. At the end of the two
days’ training the teams designate and announce which of their members will
compete as mediator and which two will compete as their counsel team.