Ravenna Summer School 2025: Call for Papers and Presentations
The upcoming edition of the Ravenna Summer School on Cross-Border Litigation and International Arbitration will be held between 13-19 July 2025 in Ravenna (Italy), hosted by the University of Bologna.
The Summer School is aimed at law students as well as law graduates and law practitioners who wish to develop a better knowledge of international civil procedure and arbitration.
Confirmed speakers are Marie Elodie Ancel (University Paris-Panthéon-Assas), Cristina Antonello (Paragon Advocac, Vienna), Letizia Ceccarelli (Squire Patton Boggs, Milan and Geneva), Giovanni Chiapponi (University of Florence), Maria Beatrice Deli (Univeristas Mercatorum, Rome), Marco Farina (European University, Rome), Francesca Ferrari (University of Insubria), Franco Ferrari (New York University), Aleksandrs Fillers (Riga Stradiņš University), Albert Henke (University of Milan), Nina Jankovic (Aceris Law, Geneva), Michele Angelo Lupoi (University of Bologna), Marck McLaughlin (Singapore Management University), Dominika Moravcova (University of Trnava), Shamila Nair (Peter Ong & Nar, Malaysia), Pietro Ortolani (Radboud University), Ilaria Pretelli (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law), Catherine Rogers (Bocconi University), Catherine Sali (Milan Chamber of Arbitration), Marco Torsello (University of Verona), Stefaan Voet (Univeristy of Leuven), Anna Wysocka-Bar (Jagiellonian University, Kraków), Elena Zucconi Galli Fonseca (University of Bologna).
Registration will be opening soon.
In the meanwhile a call for papers has been issued aimed at aw students and law graduates under the age of 30 (as of 1 January 2025). The authors of the best two papers will be admitted to the Summer School for free. The three best papers will be published in the Linkedin Newsletter of the Summer School Transnational Litigation Pills.
Those wishing to submit a paper must send their application to Michele Angelo Lupoi (micheleangelo.lupoi@unibo.it) by 30 April 2025. The application shall include an original and previously unpublished paper in English on a topic chosen by the applicant in the area of cross-border civil litigation or international arbitration (Word format, length between 15.000-30.000 characters including spaces), with a CV in English and a copy of the applicant’s ID document to verify the date of birth.
The winners will be selected by the Scientific Directors of the Summer School and will be announced on the Summer School’s Linkedin page by 15 May 2025.
In addition, PhD students and those who hold a PhD are encouraged to apply to make a 45-minute presentation on one of the Summer School topics, and to publish the text of their presentation in the Yearbook of the Summer School. Applicants must be aged 35 or less.
Proposals for presentations must be submitted to Michele Angelo Lupoi at the address above by 28 February 2025. They must be accompanied by an original PowerPoint presentation in English on a topic of the applicant’s choice in the area of civil cross-border litigation or international arbitration (max 10 slides for a 45 min presentation) and a written outline (max 1 page), a CV and a copy of the candidate’s ID document to verify the date of birth.
The top three applicants will have the possibility to attend the Summer School for free.