Dina
Prokic
Member of the Quebec Bar since 2020
Member of the New York State Bar since 2018
Languages: English, French, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Spanish
Member of the Quebec and New York State bars, Dina Prokic acts primarily in the fields of litigation and international arbitration. Multilingual and trained in both common law and civil law, she has previously worked at the UN Commission on International Trade Law, as well as international law firms in London and Vienna, where she assisted in proceedings under the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules.
Dina is an Assistant Editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog for the US and Canada, and an Arbitrator Intelligence Ambassador for Canada. She was also the judge of the 5th Gary B. Born Essay Competition on International Arbitration organised by the Indian Journal of Arbitration Law and the Centre for Advanced Research and Training in Arbitration Law.
DISTINCTIONS
First prize at the 2019 YSIAC Essay Competition
First prize at the 2018 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration
Pieter Sanders Award at the 20th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
EDUCATION
2017 McGill University, Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Civil Law, (B.C.L./LL.B.)
2014 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law
Master of Commercial Law
2013 University of Belgrade, Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Laws
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ASSOCIATIONS
Associations
Quebec Bar
New York State Bar Association
Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioners (YAAP)
Young SIAC (YSIAC)
YCAP (Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners) – member of the Policy and Advocacy Committee
ICC Canada
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
“The Contribution of Canadian Law to International Mining Arbitration” in The Guide to Mining Arbitration, ed. Jason Fry and Louis-Alexis Bret, Global Arbitration Review, June 2021, coauthored with Eric Bédard.
Canada Chapter in the International Arbitration Review, ed. James H. Carter, Eleventh Edition, 2021, co-authored with James A. Woods and Eric Bédard
Canada Chapter in the International Arbitration Review, ed. James H. Carter, Eleventh Edition, 2020, co-authored with James A. Woods, Eric Bédard, and Charbel G. Abi-Saad
Canada Chapter in the GAR Know How: Commercial Arbitration, co-authored with Laurence Ste-Marie and Stephen L. Drymer (2020)
“Is Increasing Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Arbitral Tribunals a Valid Concern and Should Arbitral Institutions Play a Greater Role in Ensuring Diversity?”, YSIAC Newsletter (first-ranked paper at the 2019 YSIAC Essay Competition)
“The Contribution of Canadian Law to International Mining Arbitration,” co-authored with Eric Bédard, in: J. Fry and L.A. Bret (eds.), The Guide to Mining Arbitrations, Global Arbitration Review, 2019 (online edition)
“The Principle of Equal Treatment in International Arbitration,” co-authored with Prof. Maxi Scherer and Ms. Dharshini Prasad, in: A. Björklund, F. Ferrari and S. Kröll (eds.), Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Cambridge University Press (to be published)
“SIAC Proposal on Cross-Institution Consolidation Protocol: Can it Be Transplanted into Investment Arbitration?” published in the Journal of International Arbitration, 2019, Vol. 36, No. 2 and the ICC Bulletin, 2018, No. 4 (first-ranked paper at the 2018 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration)
“Mitigating Arbitration’s Flaws? The 2017 ICC Expedited Procedure Rules,” published in the American Review of International Arbitration, 2018, Vol. 29, No. 1, available at: http://aria.law.columbia.edu/mitigating-arbitrations-flaws-the-2017-icc-expedited-procedure-rules-vol-29-no-1/
“The Freedom of Form Principle Under the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods,” published in Serbo-Croatian in Harmonius Journal of Legal and Social Studies in South East Europe, 2018, available at: https://www.harmonius.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pages-from-Harmonius-2018-26.pdf
Abstract of case law on the Limitation Convention, CLOUT case 1456, available at: http://www.uncitral.org/clout/clout/data/srb/clout_case_1456_leg-3209.html
“The Adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts in Serbia – A Way to Facilitate Cross-Border E-commerce,” published in the Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 2016, Vol. 64, No. 3, available at: http://ojs.ius.bg.ac.rs/index.php/anali/article/view/199
“Consumer Protection regarding Food Safety,” published in Serbo-Croatian in the Student Economic Law Review, 2011/2012, No. 2, available at: http://selr.bg.ac.rs/uploads/useruploads/Documents/SELR-2011-2012-No-2-(4---Thematic-1).pdf