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Dear Young Professional,
Happy Spring!
CPR's Y-ADR Steering Committee has been hard at work developing many great programs and events for you, our Y-ADR subscribers, to train deeper into mediation, arbitration, and other dispute prevention techniques, to help you develop your careers further, and to facilitate beneficial networking and connection opportunities throughout the world.
In particular, I draw your attention to Y-ADR's popular "Speed Mentoring" program, back by popular demand, which will offer in-person offerings this year!
Please send me a note to let me know how Y-ADR can help you. We would love to hear from you and hope to see you at a Y-ADR event soon.
Here's to a great rest of your 2025!
Knar A. Nahikian, Esq.
CPR Institute - VP, Global Initiatives
| | “Seven Questions” with the Y-ADR Steering Committee | | Get to know the Y-ADR Steering Committee members and learn from young professionals in various industries who are passionate about dispute prevention and resolution! Each Y-ADR newsletter will feature a few Y-ADR Steering Committee members answering “Seven Questions”. | | Y-ADR Steering Committee Applications are now Open! | | |
Applications for the current cycle is now open and will close on June 30, 2025.
Accepted candidates will be notified in August and will begin a 3-year term running September 2025 though June 2028.
The Y-ADR Steering Committee is an international body composed of CPR member representatives from leading law firms and in-house legal departments as well as a select number of independent neutrals from around the world.
| | Y-ADR Speed Mentoring Recap | | |
Thank you to all that joined this engaging three-part mentoring and skills-building program featuring a valuable session with Kate Germano, executive coach at Fringe Professional Development, who shared practical strategies for effective communication and relationship-building in hybrid and remote work settings. Many thanks to Kate for her insightful guidance.
Thank you to the Y-ADR Steering Committee members, experienced mid- to senior-level ADR practitioners, who shared the practical professional and career advice they wish they had received when they were starting out their legal careers.
We hope you can join for the next Y-ADR Speed Mentoring event on May 20, 2025 in London!
| | International Mediation Competition Recap! | | |
Our thanks to all who participated in and supported the 2025 CPR International Mediation Competition in beautiful São Paulo, Brazil! Many thanks to the Organizing Committee, which included Y-ADR Steering Committee members Giulia Spalletta (Souto Correa) and Tatevik Kechiyants (TK Mediation).
The event was a great success! You can find the full recap of winners, photos, final rounds and award ceremony by clicking the button below.
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Thank you to everyone who attended the first event of #CPRIMC Week 2025, a panel discussion at Souto Correa titled "Between Decision and Agreement: The Arbitrator, the Mediator, and Emotions in the Field of Conflict." Attendees were treated to a rich discussion of the intersection of emotions, law, and ADR, examining how each discipline approaches conflict and the individuals involved.
Moderator Giulia Spalletta and speakers Diego Faleck of Faleck & Associados, Rafael Alves of Souto Correa Advogados, and Helen Winter, PhD, LLM of Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Caruso Law delved into the distinct roles of mediators and arbitrators, highlighting their differences and respective contributions to conflict resolution nowadays — whether psychological, legal, cultural, or interpersonal.
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2nd Annual CPR + USP Collaborative Event, presented by CPR’s Brazilian Advisory Board
The CPR Institute and the CPR Brazilian Advisory Board were proud to once again collaborate with the University of São Paulo to present a dispute resolution program for the legal community in São Paulo as part of CPR's IMC Week in April 2025.
Under the theme “Mediation, Negotiation, Facilitation, and Dialogue: Prevention and Management of Conflicts, Disputes, and Litigation in 2025,” participants attended a foundational panel and then chose from three concurrent workshops designed to deepen practical skills and knowledge in both English and Portuguese.
Thank you to our event sponsors: Pact and Legal Insights
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The CPR Institute and the CPR European Advisory Board will present a program in the London office of Clyde & Co. on May 19 to examine how legal departments in the energy sector work to prevent and/or successfully manage legal disputes.
"The Energy Industry And Its Rapid Evolution in a World of Uncertainty" will feature a panel of in-house counsel and experts in the energy sector who will share their experience and discuss some of the key elements of these disputes.
This event is free and open to the public with pre-registration.
Thank you to Clyde & Co for hosting and to HKA for sponsoring this program!
| | Speed Mentoring in London | | |
Young practitioners and others new to the field of ADR and dispute management are invited to an in-person program presented by the Young Leaders in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Y-ADR) and hosted at Orrick's office in London on May 20, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
The agenda features practical and professional career advice from several experienced mid- to senior-level ADR practitioners, a fast-paced and fun speed mentoring session, and a networking reception.
This event is free and open to the public with pre-registration. We hope to see you there!
(Please note this edition is an in-person event, no remote option is available.)
| | Old Dog, New Tricks: How ISDS Must Innovate To Resolve The Disputes Of The Future | | |
CPR Institute's Y-ADR Steering Committee is pleased to present this program, together with Queen Mary University of London and Three Crowns, for the 2025 London International Disputes Week (LIDW). CPR is a proud supporter of LIDW.
This program will explore how ISDS can evolve to ensure that investors and states can prevent and resolve the disputes of the future. The panel, moderated by Y-ADR Steering Committee member Richard Trinick (Three Crowns) will feature representatives from private practice, investors, and states to provide a variety of viewpoints on how ISDS can help companies and states respond to global risks.
This event is free and open to the public with pre-registration.
| | New Book and Networking Reception | | |
Please join us for a special event taking place on Tuesday, June 3, at 5:30 pm in Midtown Manhattan. CPR is celebrating the publication of a new book devoted to dispute prevention.
Preventing the Dispute Before It Begins: Proven Mechanisms for Fostering Better Business Relationships was recently published by the ABA Business Law Section to help practitioners understand and adopt more proactive dispute prevention practices.
A comprehensive guide, it explains 18 dispute prevention mechanisms that can help control and eliminate contract disputes and successfully manage better business relationships.
Transactional lawyers, litigators, in-house counsel, and other dispute resolvers are invited to this fireside chat with the authors and in-house counsel, followed by a networking reception.
Many thanks to our generous host, DLA Piper.
| | Future Dispute Resolution Conference | | |
CPR is joining the AAA and its international division, ICDR, for a forum called “The Hague Future Dispute Resolution Conference.” This will be a a dynamic, day-long conference where leading experts and practitioners critically examine the transformative impact of AI on international dispute resolution.
Taking place on June 10 at The Peace Palace in The Hague, the event will bring together top experts in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and will include lunch and a cocktail reception.
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In these interviews, we speak with attorneys and others in the conflict management field, from in-house corporate counsel to ombuds. Each interviewee is asked to share their perspectives on dispute resolution mechanisms and their advice for young practitioners.
This series is part of Y-ADR’s goal of educating the next generation of leaders on the full spectrum of dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms and to provide an insider’s view into how CPR’s community of corporate counsel, law firm counsel, and other experts in the field are using dispute prevention and resolution techniques to manage conflict to enable purpose.
| | CPR Dispute Resolution Services | | |
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It’s just one more reason why businesses choose CPR Dispute Resolution: practical, efficient solutions that reflect the real world of dispute resolution.
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Alternatives has moved!
All CPR members receive a free subscription to Alternatives.
NEW! Alternatives is now available to CPR members directly through the CPR website at cpradr.org/alternatives-newsletter. Members need to be logged in to the CPR website, cpradr.org, to access each issue starting with March 2024.
For assistance setting up your log-in credentials, please email Micah Seigel, Programming & Membership Manager, at mseigel@cpradr.org.
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Alternatives has moved from Wiley and can now be found on the CPR website here.
Not a member? Join CPR today.
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