From July 12-14, 2023, CLDP co-hosted a workshop on international commercial arbitration with the Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan for more than 50 attorneys in Baku. The comprehensive three-day program raised awareness among legal professionals of the benefits of arbitration as an...

On June 15-16, CLDP conducted a PPP dispute resolution workshop for participants from the Ministry of Planning and Investment of Lao PDR. The workshop covered mechanisms found in infrastructure contracts, such as dispute resolution boards, mediation, and arbitration. The program will allow...

From June 12 to 14, CLDP held a workshop in Vientiane, Laos PDR on International Commercial Arbitration for participants from the Center for Economic Dispute Resolution of Laos, the National University of Laos Faculty of Law, and the Lao Bar Association. 

The workshop focused on core arbitration...

Congratulations to the Vis Moot team representing the Royal Institute of Colombo, coached by The Moot Court Bench for making history as the first Sri Lankan team to win the Willem C. Vis East Moot!  After 8 months of intensive training, drafting memoranda, facing multiple practice rounds with...

From March 19-26, 2023, law students representing 8 universities from Sri Lanka, Nepal, the Maldives, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and the Kyrgyz Republic competed among 111 universities in the 20th Annual Willem C. Vis East Moot in Hong Kong. CLDP sponsored the teams' participation in this premier...

From March 20 – 22, 2023, CLDP organized a workshop and roundtable series in Hong Kong in support of Uzbek ADR stakeholders, including practitioners, representatives from the Tashkent International Arbitration Center (TIAC) and officials from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Investment, Industry...

From February 24 – 27, CLDP organized a series of round tables in Karachi, Pakistan, in support of three ADR Centers: the Musaliha International Center for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution (MICADR), the Center for International Investment & Commercial Arbitration (CIICA) and the Institute of...

On February 10, CLDP provided a one-day workshop on International Commercial Arbitration to staff of the Centre for Economic Dispute Resolution and the National University of Laos. The program specifically covered arbitral agreements and enforcement of awards.

On January 14, 2023, CLDP supported partners, the Legal Aid Society, as they conducted a Workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanisms for Judges of the Islamabad High Court. The workshop opened with an introduction to mediation, before proceeding to host a mediation simulation and...

From February 22-26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), in coordination with Arbitration Initiative Georgia, led the 12^th Annual Tbilisi Vis Pre-Moot with three programs to prepare law students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, and Germany to...