Collaboration -- a practice so often touted by the world's leading ADR organizations -- is too seldom practiced by those organizations themselves. Therefore it is with great pleasure that I note a conference in February being jointly conducted by the ICC and the CPR Institute....
The International Bar Association has published this month an "e-book" on Mediation Techniques, edited by Patricia Barclay and including practical and pointed insights for professionals and end-users alike....
Giuseppe de Palo and I first met in 1999 or 2000, when I was bowled over the first time I learned about his work with The ADR Center in Rome. Since that time, every occasion I meet Giuseppe I am reminded what a powerhouse of talent, ambition, energy and aspiration...
Arbitrators, mediators, lawyers, ADR trainers and professors have many excellent guides to assist them in doing their job. But what about the guy inside the company who has a cross-border dispute on his hands and needs to deal with it with intelligence, elegance and efficiency? Or at least not flub...
I had written here in anticipation of the March 29, 2010, Joint Symposium on International Investment Law and ADR, held by UNCTAD and the Washington and Lee School of Law. It was a smashing and impressive success, due to the remarkable convening powers of hosts Susan D. Franck of Washington and...
My periodic attendance at the UIA's World Mediation Forum, as well as the opportunity to attend the Chamonix Conference last April and the contacts and friendships I made while serving the CPR Institute for ten years, have all prompted the creation of a "Directory" of ADR organizations around the world. This...
The third and final student paper I intend to share addresses the emergence of Islamic law in countries that are, or promise to be, important trade partners with western businesses. ...