Participation

The contest is open to trainee lawyers and newly qualified lawyers (in their first year after qualification) nominated by their Bars.

The number of places available for participants is limited. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.

Participation at the whole contest is required and participants’ presence will be recorded.

A list of participants including each participant’s address will be made available to all participants unless ERA receives written objection from the participant no later than one week prior to the beginning of the event.

The participant will be asked to give permission for their address and other relevant information to be stored in ERA’s database in order to provide information about future ERA events, publications and/or other developments in the participant’s area of interest.

A certificate of attendance will be distributed at the end of the conference.

Language

Participants should have a working knowledge of English.

Costs

Participation from young lawyers nominated by Bars financing the project or participation from members of EYBA are free of charge. For participants applying on their own or through other Bars, a fee of 170 Euro will be charged, including costs for documentation, lunch, coffee breaks and dinner.

Travel

Participants will receive a fixed contribution towards their travel and accommodation expenses. The amount of the contribution will be determined by the EU unit cost calculation guidelines, which are based on the distance from the participant’s place of work to the seminar location and will not take account of the participant’s actual travel and accommodation costs. To calculate: https://era-comm.eu/go/calculator

Participants are asked to arrange their own travel.

Accomodation

For the semi-finals: Accommodation for 1 night will be booked and paid by ERA. For the final: Accommodation for 3 nights will be booked and paid by ERA.