Yimc

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.