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CMI Young Lawyer Prize

New amended Notice

To the Presidents of the National Associations

  1. The Prize shall be funded by the CMI. The Prize shall consist in the personal invitation made to the winner to attend, free of registration fee and with refund of the airfare (economy class), the next CMI International Conference to be held in Athens in October 2008.
  2. Candidates shall be eligible among young lawyers of below 35 years who are members of a National MLA.
  3. The Prize shall be awarded to the best essay written in relation to a subject on Maritime Law of international and uniformity interest. Every essay should not exceed 10,000 words and in a format suitable for publication in a recognise international shipping law journal.
  4. The works must be submitted in English or French language only. One original and five copies.
  5. The essays are to be received by the CMI’s Secretariat not later than 31 March 2008.
  6. The CMI will appoint a panel of judges to assess papers submitted and award the Prize.
  7. The winner will be announced not later than 31 May 2008.
  8. The winner will  be invited to present  a paper to the Conference on the same subject of his/her essay.
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