General Membership of Young ICCA is open to practitioners and students who:

• Are under 40.
• Have some previous exposure to arbitration or dispute resolution (e.g. have followed a course at postgraduate level/ have volunteered or interned in an arbitration or ADR practice or institution/ or have practised some form of ADR).
• Can demonstrate a genuine interest in pursuing a career in the practice of arbitration.
• Membership of Young ICCA is entirely separate from membership of ICCA itself. Not all Members can be accommodated in the Mentoring Programme

Membership applications will not be acknowledged directly; all those applicants who meet the above criteria will be added to the Young ICCA database. A complete list of current Young ICCA members is available here and will be updated regularly. (To request the email address of a Young ICCA member, please contact mpincombeATpca-cpa.org).

Members are encouraged to network with each other, and to propose projects for Young ICCA to take up.

Click here to fill out and submit the application form

• Are under 45 years.

• Have a minimum of  3-5 years’ experience in the field of arbitration (e.g. employment with a law firm with participation in an arbitration practice; employment at a recognised arbitral institute; employment or link to an academic institution in the fields of arbitration/dispute resolution).

• Are able to share their skills in a variety of Young ICCA activities (including the Mentoring Programme, training sessions, regional conferences, publications and ad hoc projects)

A complete list of current Young ICCA Buddies is available here. (To request the email address of a Young ICCA Buddy, please contact mpincombeATpca-cpa.org). New applicants who meet the above criteria will be added to the database and the listing on this site updated regularly.

Members and Buddies are encouraged to network with each other, and to propose projects for Young ICCA to take up.

Click here to fill out and submit the application form

The 2015-2016 Young ICCA Mentoring Programme is now underway. The next opportunity to apply for the Mentoring Programme will be at the end of 2016.

The Young ICCA Mentoring Programme connects successful applicants to a Mentor (an ICCA Governing Board Member or ICCA Advisory Member) and to a Young ICCA Advisory Member (“Buddy”) for a period of two years. During this period, Mentees can benefit from the exchange of arbitration know-how and career advice within their Mentoring Groups, which typically comprise a Mentor, a Buddy and three Mentees.

Places are limited.

The Programme works according to the following guidelines:

• Mentors and Buddies answer reasonable queries from their Mentees regarding career development, arbitration practice and arbitration know-how.
• Mentors and Buddies “meet” with Members together or individually at least twice per year (by phone, video conference or in-person meetings).
• Buddies answer reasonable requests from Members for know-how (e.g., academic articles and, where appropriate, practice related materials).

No fee is charged for participation in the Mentoring Programme and no financial benefits or funding are available through the Mentoring Programme.

In selecting Young ICCA members for participation in the Programme, Young ICCA aims to achieve broad diversity and a wide geographical distribution, and to include candidates from countries that currently are underrepresented in the practice of international arbitration.

For questions, please contact: mentoring@youngicca.org