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 Directory is now posted at the host web site, www.BusinessConflictManagement.com, under the title “ADR Resources.” Read more »
Two interesting conferences will take place in Virginia during the month of March — one focusing on investor-state dispute prevention and the other on a variety of challenges and opportunities faced by Virginia mediators. Read more »
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. Read more »
In our field, there are many more meetings, conventions, conferences, workshops and trainings than there is work. It’s impossible to attend them all and it’s sometimes hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Three instances of real “wheat” are coming up that should be on the short list for corporate end-users of conflict resolution tools, and for the attorneys who counsel them. Read more »