Amidst the global impact of the coronavirus, the 28th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Moot in Vienna was hosted online. CLDP sponsored teams from Burma, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, and Southern Europe and Caucasus regions to compete with more than300law school teams from over 100 countries.

CLDP, in collaboration with UNCITRAL and the University of Pittsburgh's Center for International Legal Education (CILE), supported over 20 teams to compete in the 29th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Moot in Vienna and in the 18th Vis East Moot in April 2021.

The Vis Moot is the...

On November 3, 2020, CLDP conducted a virtual preconference at this years virtual Internet Governance Forum (IGF).

CLDP held an event to launch the 2020-21 Willem C. Vis International Arbitration Moot (the Vis Moot).

On December 13 to 18, CLDP held a Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) arbitration certification program and an advanced arbitration training for Maldivian and Sri Lankan arbitrators.The first three days, the six Maldivian arbitrators and seven Sri Lankanarbitrators took the Advanced Route to...

On December 7-10, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, CLDP held its first in-person training for the two teams selected to represent Sri Lanka in the Vis East Moot in Hong Kong and the Vis Moot in Vienna in March and April 2020, respectively. CLDP selected the Royal University of Colombo and the University of...

On August 16-18, 2019, CLDP held its first joint training for 4 Sri Lankan Willem C. Vis Moot (Vis Moot) teams in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The 15 students and 5 coaches came from the Royal Institute of Colombo, the University of Colombo, the University of Peradeniya, and the Asian Pacific Institute of...

On March 1-5, CLDP led a delegation from Sri Lanka to the P3C Conference in Dallas, which is the largest conference on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the United States.

Amidst the global impact of the coronavirus, the Annual Willem C. Vis Moot in Vienna and Hong Kong was cancelled. More than 400 teams from over 80 countries had anticipated to compete in the premier program this April. In response, on March 10-14, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CLDP, in cooperation...

On August 19-21, 2019, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, CLDP held a conference in cooperation with the World Bank and Sri Lanka Customs on Article I of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). Experts from the International Trade Administration provided guidance to Sri Lanka...