Competition History
Two American University Law Schools, one at Creighton University and the other at Pepperdine University, sponsored the first annual International Negotiation Competition, hosted by Pepperdine University. The competition held in July 1998 was modeled on the Negotiation Competition sponsored by the American Bar Association Law Student Division. Following the success of the Louis M. Brown International Client Counseling Competition, the International Negotiation Competition develops negotiation skills in the context of international transactions and disputes.
The countries represented at the inaugural competition were Australia, Canada, England, and the United States. The Australian team from University of Sydney was the first winner of the travelling plaque presented by the Practicing Law Institute of New York City.
Since then the competition has become truly international with teams having competed from Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands, Denmark, England and Wales, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Sweden, and USA.
Past Competition Hosts
2008 - University of Westminster, London
2007 - Singapore Mediation Centre, Singapore
2006 - College of Law, Florida A&M University, Orlando, Florida U.S.A.
2005 - Law School, Law Society of Ireland and the Honorable Society of King’s Inns, Dublin
2004 - The University of San Diego School of Law
2003 - Fraser Milner & Casgrain LLP and the University of Calgary Law School
2002 - Kingston University Law School, U.K.
2001 - Chapman University School of Law
2000 - Faculty of Law University of Wollongong
1999 - University of Westminster
1998 - Pepperdine University School of Law