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Featured news:

• 13th Annual International Arbitration Conference,
  4–5 March 2010, London, England 
   
• Draft revised IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
  A revised version of the IBA Rules has been developed by the IBA Rules of Evidence Review Subcommittee, assisted by members of the Working Party who prepared the original version as issued in 1999. Download both the draft revision and the current (1999) version:

*Draft revision
*Current (1999) version

The committee plans to present the revised rules to the IBA Council for approval in May 2010. 

Featured publications:

• The October 2009 issue of Dispute Resolution International is now available to access online for all members of the IBA Dispute Resolution Section. 
• Arbitration Committee newsletter, March 2010 
• Due Process in International Arbitration Transcripts - February 2009 conference - available to all conference attendees 

Dispute Resolution Section Scholarship

This year the Dispute Resolution Section will again award a scholarship to a young lawyer who wishes to participate in the IBA Annual Conference, but may find financial difficulties in doing so. The scholarship award for 2010 includes the following:

• Free registration for the IBA 2010 Annual Conference, 3-8 October 2010, Vancouver, Canada.
• A contribution towards travel costs to the conference.
  
• A contribution towards accommodation costs while attending the conference.
  
• Two years’ free membership of the IBA, LPD and PPID including membership of one committee within the awarding section and one free PPID committee.
  
• A waiver of either the next IBA Annual Conference registration fee or the registration fee of one of the chosen committees' specialist conferences.
  
• Free membership of the Scholarship Alumni Group.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 26 April 2010.

For further information please download the Scholarship Application Form here.