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2008 International Arbitration Summer Session, REGISTER NOW!
May 27-June 12, 2008

The Summer Session is a unique program that offers law students and practitioners the opportunity of immersing themselves into a compact three week program that addresses the fundamental issues and forums of commercial arbitration from a theoretical and a practical point of view. More...

CURSO EN ESPAÑOL!
June 2-5, 2008

Desde el año 2007 el Programa de Arbitraje ofrece un curso en español a cargo de Horacio Grigera Naón y denominado Arbitraje Comercial Internacional. Para mayor información marque aquí....

Private Resolution of International Intellectual Property Disputes
June 2, 2008

The seminar, part of the International Arbitration Summer Session, will take place on June 2, 2008, from 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. at American University Washington College of Law, 4910 Massachusetts Ave N.W., and is co-sponsored with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.The seminar is free and open to the public, however, registration is required. To register, please click here

Using Senior Executive Appraisal Mediation to Handle a Large Dispute

Ian Hanger AM QC, a leading commercial dispute resolution practitioner from Australia and adjunct professor at the Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Queensland will share his perspectives on using Senior Executive Appraisal Mediation (SEAM) to handle a large dispute. The lecture will take place on Monday, June 9, 2008, from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at American University Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC in Room 403.  The event is free and open to the public, however, registration is required. To register, please click here

Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration
September 25, 2008

Established in 2006, the American University Washington College of Law Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration is delivered by a leading practitioner in the field of international commercial arbitration. The annual lecture offers an eminent figure in international arbitration a platform on which to share his or her ideas on novel issues and current trends in international arbitration from his or her own perspective and provides practitioners and academics an exclusive opportunity to participate. The 2008 annual lecture will feature The Hon Sir Vivian Ramsey, QC, Justice of the High Court, London. More...

Fifth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration:
How to Handle Intellectual Property and Telecommunication Cases
October 27 – 30, 2008.

This year’s seminar will feature a mock case that will be discussed principally from the perspective of the Rules of Arbitration of the American Arbitration Association's (AAA) International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Through dynamic interactive lectures and scenario-based exercises, participants will be taught skills, strategies, and tactics for successfully conducting international arbitration cases on various factual and legal bases. More...

Highlights

Marc Lalonde Prize in International Arbitration

The prize of CAD $5,000 will be granted yearly starting in the summer of 2008 to a Canadian student (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) studying issues related to International Arbitration. The prize will be awarded to the author of an outstanding article on the subject of International Arbitration including commercial and investment arbitration. More...

WCL team takes First Place in ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition

WCL students, Whitney Robinson and Sebastian Astrada, took first place in the ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition held in Paris from February 16-19, 2007. The same team had reached the national championship round of the American Bar Association Representation in Mediation Competition, held in Atlanta in April, 2006. More...

Arbitration Program Webcasts

International Commercial Arbitration in the Americas: A Look Ahead
April 14, 2008

Leading practitioners in the field will analyze recent practice trends and developments in the Americas in the area of international arbitration focusing specifically on the challenges and progress experienced by numerous countries in the region. Conference panels will focus on North, Central, and South America respectively. Special emphasis will be given to the involvement of local courts in decisions made by arbitral tribunals.
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Does National Court Involvement Undermine the International Arbitration Process?
October 15, 2007

Sponsored by Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP, the Second American University Washington College of Law Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration, was presented by DR. JULIAN D M LEW QC, 20 Essex Street, London.
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