On March 22-29, 2018, CLDP sponsored three Middle East law schools: Iraqyia College of Law, Faculty of Legal, Political and Social Sciences of Tunis, and University of Jordan to participate in the 25th Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vis Moot) in Vienna, Austria.

On February 19-23,CLDP, in partnership with the Royal University for Women, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, Mena Chambers Bahrain, UNCITRAL, and ICC, hostedthe 8th Annual Middle East Vis Pre-Mootat the Royal University for Womenin Manama, Bahrain. The program broughttogether 15 teams...

CLDP hosted a delegation of franchising stakeholders from Algeria and Tunisia, including government officials and private-sector executives, in Paris, France from March 23-25, 2018, for a workshop and expo visit focused on international franchising.

On February 8, 2018, CLDP and the Kuwait Commercial Arbitration Center (KCAC) will conduct a seminar focusing on best practices in drafting arbitration legislation. Enlisting the expertise of international dispute resolution experts in local and international practices, CLDP and KCAC will conduct...

On November 14 and 15, CLDP Attorney-Advisor Arezo Yazd spoke on the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) and strengthening IPR regimes to promote entrepreneurship in Bahrain. Ms. Yazd spoke at the Bahrain Businesswomen Society Annual Forum, gathering 300 participants from across the...

On December 13 14, CLDP will conduct an international commercial arbitration writing and oral advocacy training program for the reigning-champion, all-women Vis Moot team from Dar Al-Hekma College of Law. For several years, CLDP has provided start-up assistance and continued training to the team...

CLDP organized a North Africa Regional Workshop on University-Industry Relations in Encouraging Technology Transfer from February 7-9, 2018 in Rabat, Morocco.

CLDP sponsored the participation of technology transfer specialists from Algeria, Morocco,Sri Lanka,and Tunisia to attend the 2018 Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ from February 18-21, 2018.

On February 27-28, CLDP organized a two-day inter-agencyworking group meeting in coordination withBahrains Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism (MOICT)to outline a roadmap to draft a new small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) procurement law in Manama, Bahrain. The MOICT and US Embassy Manama...

On March 26-28, in Manama, Bahrain, CLDP conducted two one-day legislative drafting programs for members of the Bahrain Council ofRepresentativesand their professional staff. Experts from CLDP and the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration discussed administrative regulation...