Michael Cover acted as a Judge at the 7th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, which was held in Paris from Friday 3 to Wednesday 8 February 2012. This follows his recent involvement as a Judge in the 2nd UK Mediation Skills Competition.
This excellent ICC competition, won by the South Texas College of Law team, brought together 66 University Teams from 32 countries, pitting their skills against each other in mock mediations in front of leading professional mediators.
The focus of the Competition was the effective combination of the use of the mediator, active listening and responding and client representation and teamwork. For each mediation, the teams fielded two students, one playing the role of the client and the other the client?s lawyer.
Michael commented: 'I was delighted to have the opportunity to act as a Judge in this Competition and to contribute to what might be seen as the development of an international model of mediation. There are close parallels with the way that international arbitration began to develop around 50 years ago, again featuring a significant contribution from the ICC, and this is enormously encouraging.'
