2013-06-19

Tbilisi State University National Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution announces registration for Georgian Universities’ Law Faculty Student Groups for participation in National Competition in the Representation of Commercial Mediation. The competition will be held in Georgian.

The Competition is organized by Tbilisi State University National Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution (NCADR) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), South Texas College of Law (STCL), East West Management Institute (EWMI) and it’s program “The Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project” (JILEP).

National Competition will be held on 14-15 September with the leadership of STCL professors. On 10, 11, 12 September training in mediation will be held aiming at the preparation of the participant student groups for the competition. The students will enquire the client representation skills in mediation process. Both the students and the coaches have equal obligation to participate in the training. Translation will be provided.

Georgian mediators who have the international accreditation of British Organization – Center For Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) will be involved and serve as volunteer judges and mediators in the National Competition of Representation in Commercial Mediation.

Every Georgian Higher Education Institution is authorized to register one group consisting of 3 or 4 Bachelor or Master Law students and one coach for participation in the National Competition. Those students who have already participated in Mediation Competitions held in English organized  by National Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution are also allowed to be registered. Furthermore, participants who have a student’s status at the moment of registration are allowed to participate.

Groups can be registered on the following e-mail of TSU National Center for ADR:apply.ncadr@tsu.ge

Please, completely fill the application, sign and send the scanned form of it on the above mentioned e-mail.

Incomplete applications will not be accepted!

The deadline for submission of the application is no later than 1 July, 2013. Furthermore, the registration will be ceased even before the appointed day as soon as 8 groups are successfully registered. The end of the registration will be officially announced on the website of TSU National Center for ADR: www.ncadr.tsu.ge

After submitting the application the registered group does not have right to cancel the registration and withdraw the application form, because participation of 8 groups is an essential precondition for organizing the competition.

All the participants of the Competition will be granted with the relevant certificates.

 For additional information, please contact by phone : +995 577 28 24 36 .