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CICL Symposium

The Center for International and Comparative Law
International Arbitration and Mediation Symposium
Co-Sponsored by the International Law Section of The State Bar of California
Whittier Law School, April 16, 2010

The Center for International and Comparative Law held its twenty-seventh annual International Law Symposium devoted to International Arbitration and Mediation. Attendees met some of the most acclaimed, dynamic and successful practitioners in these fields. In addition some of the nation’s foremost law firms were represented.

The Foundations

Presenters considered the legal foundations of international arbitration and examined the importance of arbitration clauses, arbitrator selection and arbitration advocacy.

• Jeffery J. Daar, Daar and Newman, Los Angeles
• Professor Jeffrey Dasteel, UCLA School of Law
• Douglas F. Galanter, Norris and Galanter, Los Angeles
• Peter K. Rundle, Rundle Law Corporation, Irvine, Calif.

International Dispute Resolution

An analysis of international dispute resolution in U.S., bilateral and multilateral fora and the way in which arbitration is perceived and utilized in various parts of the world.

• Mark N. Bravin, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, Washington, D.C.
• Shelley Liberto, Law Offices of Shelley Liberto, Huntington Beach, Calif.
• Lawrence R. Walders, Sidley and Austin, Washington, D.C.
• Edwin V. Woodsome, Jr., Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe, Los Angeles

To Litigate or Arbitrate?—That is the Question

Advantages and disadvantages of international arbitration.

• Brent Caslin, Jenner and Block, Los Angeles
• Professor Virginia Greiman, Boston

International Mediation

The process of international mediation and its merits.

• The Honorable Stephen Haberfeld (Ret), JAMS, The Resolution Experts, Los Angeles
• Matthew Vafidis, Holland and Knight, San Francisco
• Paul J. Wright, International Mediation and Arbitration Center, Malibu, Calif.

Finale

Exploration of what must be done to establish Los Angeles and Southern California as a venue for international arbitration.

• Barbara Reeves Neal, JAMS, The Resolution Experts, Los Angeles