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Studying the Impact of Stepped Clauses

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Studying the Impact of Stepped Clauses

The Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot has been held in Vienna for 31 years, The 32d Moot takes place 11-17 April, 2025. By now the Vis attracts over 1,000 law students and over 350 law schools from around the world. All of them, this year,...

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Mediation, Icebergs and Humility

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Mediation, Icebergs and Humility

A recent vacation prompted re-assessment of the mediation room, the parties, and the mediator. Partnered by the excellent Danielle Shalov, I spent quite a bit of time during the pandemic training lawyers, including New York State Court staff, basic and advanced mediation skills.  And part of that training was always to...

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UIA World Mediation Forum, Malaga, 16-17 September 2022

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UIA World Mediation Forum, Malaga, 16-17 September 2022

The UIA has sponsored the World Mediation Forum every nine months since 2004. Alas, the gatherings were suspended after the meeting in Zurich in February 2020. Now it has resumed, and the 30th Forum was held in Malaga, Spain, on 16-17 September 2022, to general relief and happiness. Created...

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Guest Author: Stefano Pavletic on Lessons Ukraine Teaches About Neutrality

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Guest Author: Stefano Pavletic on Lessons Ukraine Teaches About Neutrality

My dear friend Stefano Pavletic, a mediator from Milan Italy, has sent me this thoughtful and timely article that I hope readers will reflect upon. A strange idea of neutrality by Stefano Pavleti? * It is well known that "third party status" of the mediator with respect to the parties, the dispute...

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Innovations in Mediation: Australia and Africa

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Innovations in Mediation: Australia and Africa

At the 27th meeting pf the UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres, in Milan, Danielle Hutchinson of Melbourne Australia and Jill Goldson of Auckland New Zealand offered a provocative discussion on “Innovative Approaches to Mediation.” Danielle introduced “MyDRHub,” an initiative in party-centric dispute resolution.  Referring to Global Pound Conference data, she...

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The Fruits of Teaching Lawyers How to Negotiate

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The Fruits of Teaching Lawyers How to Negotiate

I have been teaching negotiation for nine years now, and the gratification never ends. For the past several years, I've made a final assignment called the "Blue Paperclip Exercise," brought to my attention by Hal Abramson, in which a student is given a paperclip and assigned to increase initial value...

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