In the course of completing my contribution to Rick Bales and Jill Gross’s forthcoming edited volume, The Federal Arbitration Act: Successes, Failures, and a Roadmap for Reform, I conducted research on new arbitration law developments as of 2023.  Here is what I found, which I hope will be of interest: New Legislation Seven countries  introduced … Continue reading Arbitration Roundup 2023: Passed and Pending Around the World →

As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law SF will be holding a conference entitled, DEI and Dispute Resolution: Reimagining the Field, on November 3, 2023 starting at 9:00 a.m. PT. The conference will take place in a hybrid in-person and Zoom format, and there … Continue reading Conference on DEI and Dispute Resolution @ UC Law SF →

On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) passed the new national mediation bill that had been pending for about two years. It marks the end of many, many years in the making of backroom discussions and negotiations, including the work of the Expert Committee on Mediation, Supreme Court … Continue reading New Mediation Law for India →

India’s chequered history with arbitration may soon take another turn after the Central Government announced the formation of an Expert Committee to consider further reforms to the 1996 Arbitration and Conciliation Act. The Expert Committee is chaired by the decorated lawyer and law professor T.K. Vishwanathan. India was one of the early adopters of the … Continue reading New Arbitration Reforms on the Horizon for India? →

Please join us for our last event on April 18, 2023.  Our speaker is Bruce Edwards, whose talk is entitled, “Mediation Begins with Me: A Look at Self-Reflection, Self-Management, and Self-Compassion.” Bruce has been an industry pioneer in developing the field of alternative dispute resolution. As a founding partner of JAMS, he has worked at … Continue reading Last Event in UC Law SF’s 2023 ADR Speaker Series →

The Center for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings College of Law), in collaboration with key institutional partners, is putting on an ADR Speaker Series with some terrific guests who will be presenting on cutting edge issues relating to negotiation, mediation, and international arbitration. All except two sessions … Continue reading 2023 ADR Speaker Series at UC Law SF →