This year the sections and committees of the IBA's Legal Practice Division are once again offering scholarships to young lawyers who wish to participate in the IBA Annual Conference, but may find financial difficulties in doing so.
 
The 2010 scholarship awards include 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 year's 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 for the next specialist conference of their chosen committee; and
• free membership of the Scholarship Alumni Group.

The following LPD sections and committees are awarding scholarships. Please click on the relevant section/committee for more information:

• Antitrust and Trade Law Section
• Corporate Law Section
• Criminal Law Section
• Dispute Resolution Section
• Financial Services Section
• Human Resources Section
• Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Section
• Intellectual Property, Communications and Technology Section
• International Sales, Franchising and Product Law Section
• Law and Individual Rights Section
• Leisure Industries Section
• Maritime and Transport Law Committee
• Public Law Section
• Real Estate Section
• Taxation Section

Each application must be accompanied by a 2,500 word paper on a subject selected by each of the sections, further details of which are available by clicking on the above links.

Please be advised that applicants are only permitted to apply for one section or committee scholarship and must be 35 years or under at the time of the conference.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 26 April 2010.