The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) has sold its dispute resolution provider service, IDRS Ltd., to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CeDR). Both organizations see the sale as the beginning of a closer, mutually beneficial, relationship.
The New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators is holding its Annual Conference all day Saturday, November 19. The keynote speaker is Joanna Jacobs of the US Department of Justice’s Office of Dispute Resolution. Read more »
The tireless Hanna Tuempel of the Dispute Resolution Services of the International Chamber of Commerce reminds us that the 7th ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition takes place in Paris on February 3-8, 2012.
In the competition, law students are faced with complex interational commercial problems that they must attempt to resolve by mediation conducted by the ICC’s ADR Rules. Around 60 student teams and over 120 professional mediators are expected to participate in around 200 mock mediation sessions. Students’ performance is evaluated by some of the world’s leading dispute resolution specialists who participate in the competition as judges.
Registration is now open. If you attend, can you let us know how it went?
The American [sic] Bar Association’s Annual Meeting will be held this coming week in Toronto [sic] and promises the usual array of gifted and unique presenters, as well as mucho networking and conviviality. Blue Jays are unfortunately on the road, but you can’t have everything, eh?
