I’m happy to announce that the Center for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution at UC Hastings will be hosting a lunchtime ADR workshop on Gary Spitko’s (Santa Clara) new work in progress, entitled Arbitration Secrecy. Professor Spitko is a Visiting Professor of Law at UC Hastings this semester. The workshop will hold on November 17, 2022, … Continue reading UC Hastings Lunchtime ADR Workshop on Arbitration Secrecy
Readers of Indisputably may be interested in this job opportunity that was recently brought to my attention: Search for the Director, William D. Ruckelshaus Center Washington State University & University of Washington Seattle, WA The William D. Ruckelshaus Center seeks an experienced and visionary leader to serve as the next Director. Inspired by the life … Continue reading Job Posting in Conflict Resolution
After several attempts over many years, on 10 May 2022 the Nigerian Parliament passed a new Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Bill (H.B. 91). The Bill is currently awaiting signature of the President, at which time it will become law. If enacted, it is set to replace Nigeria’s Arbitration and Conciliation Act, originally enacted in 1988. … Continue reading The New Nigerian Bill on Arbitration & Mediation: Lessons for the Singapore Convention?
There have been many conversations of late about the future of our field, including about how to diversify our constituents and help new practitioners transition into an ADR career. I am excited to be participating in a program on this subject tomorrow, Feb. 2, 2022, at 1 p.m. ET. For those interested, a description of … Continue reading ABA Program on Developing ADR Practitioners and Leaders
There has been an ongoing effort in India for at least the past 5 years to try and introduce a national mediation bill in Parliament. It now appears these efforts are finally bearing fruit. The Ministry of Law and Justice recently released a first-ever draft mediation bill, and there is talk that Parliament could take … Continue reading New National Mediation Bill in India
The Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA) has recently announced the launch of its new Dispute Board Rules. In doing so, it joins a relatively small and rarefied group of international institutions and arbitration centers that currently have such rules. CRCICA has been working on drafting the Rules since about 2019 in consultation … Continue reading New Dispute Boards Rules from CRCICA
The Africa Arbitration Academy (AAA) and The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) have launched a Survey on Costs and Disputes Funding to understand from the perspectives of users of litigation and arbitration in Africa. This is a significant effort to gather important empirical data about the costs of dispute resolution in Africa, which will help … Continue reading New Survey on Costs and Disputes Funding in Africa
The UK Civil Justice Council recently issued a report determining that parties to a civil dispute can legally be compelled to participate in an ADR process (e.g., mandatory mediation) and that doing so could also be desirable under certain circumstances. The report is a significant addition to existing debates in the UK about the permissibility … Continue reading New UK Report on Mandatory ADR
Diversity in ADR is an important topic of late. For example, it has been the subject of numerous conversations on listservs, at conferences, and between in-house and external counsel. Providers such as JAMS and the AAA have rolled out key initiatives designed to promote diversity–some of them years before Jay-Z made headlines when he claimed … Continue reading The African Promise
The Commonwealth Secretariat is conducting a Study on challenges to accessing international commercial arbitration across the Commonwealth, and potential solutions. The aim of the study is to understand the use of international commercial arbitration in addressing commercial disputes across the Commonwealth, as well as ways in which member countries may strengthen the accessibility and effectiveness … Continue reading Commonwealth Arbitration Study
