On August 17-18, in Islamabad, CLDP, in collaboration with the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Vis Alumni Network, Pakistan, and NUST Law Moot Society organized the first Pakistan National Rounds of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court. Out of...

From September 13-15, 2024, CLDP held a Summer Course on International Commercial Arbitration in Kraków, Poland, hosted by Jagiellonian University. The course gathered 58 participants from Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, and Lithuania/Belarus, representing a mix of law students and legal professionals...

The Georgian Association of Arbitrators (GAA), in cooperation with the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce (CLDP), have successfully conducted the Borjomi Summer School for Georgian Law Students from 6 – 11 September. Over the last week, 24 students from 13...

CLDP is hosting a Regional Western Balkans Judicial Capacity Building Workshop in Tivat, Montenegro focused on best practices in commercial dispute resolution, from both a litigation and mediation perspective. This workshop will feature a US federal judge, 2 Croatian judges, a Montenegrin judge, and...

On June 14, CLDP, in collaboration with the Georgia chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and ICC Dispute Resolution Services, held a one-day program on the event of the official translation and publication of the ICC Arbitration and Mediation Rules into the Georgian language. The...

From May 19-21, CLDP conducted a workshop on Commercial Mediation with participants from the Attorney General's Office of the Maldives. As a form of alternative dispute resolution, commercial mediation allows parties to efficiently and amicably work towards win-win solutions. The workshop included...

From May 13-15, CLDP in partnership with The International ADR Center, (The CCC-ICLP International ADR Center) Sri Lanka conducted a Regional ADR Symposium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, for local practitioners, commercial lawyers, government attorneys, and students. The symposium brought together...

From April 22-26, CLDP organized consultations in New York and Washington D.C. for a delegation from the Office of the Attorney General of Thailand (OAG). The consultations included meetings with private practitioners, academic institutions, arbitral institutions, and government entities that...

From February 5-9, CLDP, in partnership with Abu Dhabi Global Market, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for International Legal Education, and United Arab Emirates University, conducted the 14th Annual MENA Vis Pre-Moot in Abu Dhabi. The Pre-Moot is an...

From March 21 - March 29, 2024, CLDP will sponsor various teams from Eastern Europe, MENA, South Asia, Western Balkans, and the Southern Caucasus to attend the 31st Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that will take place in Vienna, Austria.