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Austrian Arbitration Academy

Unit 1 & Unit 2
Paul Oberhammer July 19 – July 31 8 ECTS credits

The Austrian Arbitration Academy is an intensive two-week program on
international commercial arbitration for both regular students of the
univie: summer school and participants who only take part in this spe-
cial arbitration course.
It addresses the following groups of participants:
• Students and law school graduates interested in the world of inter-
national dispute resolution.
• Young practitioners looking for a comprehensive course giving them P. Oberhammer
firsthand insights into international arbitration.

The Austrian Arbitration Academy program takes place from July 18 to
August 1, 2020 and consists of 64 contact hours. (Each contact hour con-
sists of 45 minutes class time).
After an introductory session on the first Sunday, July 19, classes will be
held Monday to Friday mornings. In additional afternoon workshops the
participants will discuss salient issues of international arbitration with M. Glassman Bock
special guests from the international arbitration community.
On July 31 a written exam will take place. On the day before the exam, a
Q&A session will help the participants to prepare for the exam.

Successful participants will receive the University of Vienna Austrian Arbi-
tration Academy Diploma.

Professor Paul Oberhammer (Vienna/London/St. Gallen) acts as course C. Koller
director.
First class international arbitration practitioners from both the bar and
academia will teach the classes:
• Michelle Glassman Bock, Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
Dorr (Frankfurt/Washington DC)
• Christian Koller, Professor, University of Innsbruck
• Christian W. Konrad, Partner, Konrad & Partners (Vienna)
• Helmut Ortner, Counsel, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr C. W. Konrad
(London)
• Friederike Schäfer, Counsel, International Chamber of Commerce
(Paris)
• Patricia Shaughnessy, Professor, Stockholm University
• Michael Waibel, Professor, University of Vienna

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