International Pension & Employee Benefits Lawyers Assocation |
In 2017, as a 30th Anniversary initiative, IPEBLA announced the Young Practitioners’ Award.
The purpose of the award is to encourage Young Practitioners who practice or research in the field of pension and employee benefits law to explore issues of significance that have an international and/or comparative aspect. The person selected for the award is funded to attend the Biennial IPEBLA conference (on the basis of an economy return flight, 3 nights’ accommodation in the conference hotel and registration fees).
As a further 30th Anniversary initiative, all Young Practitioners who are looking to join IPEBLA for the first time will have the membership fee for the first year waived.
A panel appointed by the IPEBLA Steering Committee will review all papers submitted and will determine which author will be selected for the award.
All papers recommended by the selection panel will also be published in a special edition of the IPEBLA journal – the International Pension Lawyer.
The recipient of the 2019 Young Practitioners' Award was Camille M. Castro, Senior Associate, PBGC Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate at Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) in Washington, DC.
The recipient of the 2017 Young Practitioners' Award was Jessica Spence, Legal Counsel at Financial Services Commission of Ontario in Toronto, ON, Canada.