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Center Highlights
Careers in International Arbitration Panel Discussion
March 8, 2012
Arbitration practitioners will share their thoughts and answer questions about the best ways to break into the field. Speakers include Marcelo Lamego Carpenter, Ricardo Loretti and Leonardo Campos Melo, attorneys at Sergio Bermudes Advocados, and Eckhard Hellbeck, Associate at White & Case. More
LL.M. Moot Competition
Competencia de Arbitraje
Student Involvement
International Arbitration Brief
Newsletter January 2012
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Ethical Issues in Commercial and Investment Arbitration
March 8, 2012
The conference will discuss issues related to the ethical conduct of parties, counsel and arbitrators in international arbitration. Speakers included: Christian Albanesi, ICC International Court of Arbitration; Marinn Carlson, Sidley Austin LLP; Claudia Frutos-Peterson, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle; Horacio Grigera Naón, Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Jean Kalicki, Arnold & Porter; Luis M. Martínez, International Centre for Dispute Resolution; Caline Mouawad, King & Spalding LLP; Jeffrey F. Pryce, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Andrés Rigo, Arbitrator; Catherine A. Rogers, Penn State Dickinson School of Law; Eduardo Siqueiros Twomey, Siqueiros y Torres Landa SC; and Ignacio Torterola, Embassy of Argentina.
This conference is sponsored by the Latin-American Arbitration Association, the International Arbitration Law Committee of the Inter-American Bar Association, and the New York-DC Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club. Ethics CLE available! More
First LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition
March 9-10, 2012
The LL.M. Moot competition is designed to give students enrolled in a Master of Laws (LL.M.) program, an opportunity to develop their arbitration skills in an environment which closely resembles current International Commercial Arbitration. More
International Arbitration Summer Program
May 29 – June 14, 2012
Participants will gain first-hand knowledge of the complexities of International Arbitration and may take a wide variety of seminars/courses for CLE or academic credit in English and Spanish. More
September 26 – October 1, 2012
V Competencia Internacional de Arbitraje Comercial
The competition aims to promote the study of International Commercial Law and Arbitration as a method of conflict resolution in international business and is conducted only in Spanish. The Competition will be co-organized with the University of Buenos Aires, (Argentina) and the University of El Rosario (Colombia). More
Ninth Annual Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration:
How to Handle a BIT Arbitration
October 2 - 4, 2012
Mock case will primarily focus on ICSID Rules of Arbitration.
Co-sponsored by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association, and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
PAST EVENTS
m: Symposium: Salient Issues in International Commercial Arbitration
November 16, 2011
Webcast will be available soon!
Leading practitioners and academics analyzed salient issues in BIT and ICSID arbitration and current developments in international commercial arbitration in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and East Asia. Speakers included: Padideh Ala’i, American University Washington College of Law (WCL); Juan Fernandez-Armesto, Armesto & Asociados; George A. Bermann, Columbia University School of Law; Nigel Blackaby, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Bernardo Cremades, Cremades and Associate; Ahmed Sadek El-Kosheri, Kosheri, Rashed & Riad; Paul Friedland, White & Case; Horacio A. Grigera Naón, Center on International Commercial Arbitration; Hon. Dominique Hascher, Court of Appeal, Reims; Alastair Henderson, Herbert Smith; Joongi Kim, Professor of Law, Yonsei Law School; Pierre Mayer, Dechert; William Park , Boston University School of Law ; David Snyder, WCL; Perry Wallace, WCL; Todd Weiler, Investment Treaty Expert, Counsel & Arbitrator; and Anne Marie Whitesell, Dechert.
LLM Specialization in International Commercial Arbitration
The law school’s International Legal Studies LLM Program (ILSP) prepares lawyers to meet new international law challenges and become leaders in the global practice of law. The LLM program is intellectually and culturally diverse, and is consistently recognized as one of the top international law programs in the nation. The specialization in International Commercial Arbitration is designed to educate and train students in the theory and practice of International Commercial Arbitration by focusing on procedural and substantive law issues that arise in the practice of international commercial arbitration, as well as foreseeable future developments. Taught by leading practitioners in the field, the specialization covers the theory and practice of international commercial arbitration. Students will acquire working knowledge of the legal principles and practical implications underlying international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration. Students will learn, among other skills, to negotiate and draft arbitration clauses, claims and responses. They will also learn strategies to perform in arbitration hearings, and key aspects of the enforcement of arbitral awards. More
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