Fifth Annual Seminar: How to Handle IP and Telecomm Cases
October 27 – 30, 2008, Washington D.C.

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...

Annual Lecture on International Commercial Arbitration
September 25, 2008, Washington D.C.

Delivered by a leading practitioner in the field of international commercial arbitration, the 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 lecture will feature The Hon Sir Vivian Ramsey, QC, Justice of the High Court, London. More...

Highlights

Third Annual New York Conference on ICC Arbitration Today: Bridging the Cultural Gap in International Arbitration
September 15, 2008, New York

The conference will explore cross-cultural issues that play an important role in international arbitration, and provide arbitration users and counsel with practical insights into how these differences should be understood and managed in order to ensure an efficient, functional, and successful international arbitration. Horacio Grigera Naón, Director of the International Arbitration Program will participate in a panel of current and former members of the ICC International Court of Arbitration's Secretariat. For program details and registration information, please click here.

WCL Participation in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot  Competition

The WCL team placed 39th in the competition overall out of 203 teams at this year’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot which took place from March 14-20, 2008.  T eam member Jerald Hess placed third for best oralist overall, from among over 1,000 students and was the highest ranked oralist from a United States law school.  More...

Recent Webcast

International 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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