On March 15-18, 2022, CLDP, in coordination with Association ARBITRI, the University of Zenica and GIZ, held a three-day training on oral advocacy to prepare law students from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, and the Southern Caucasus for the 29th Willem C. Vis Moot competition (Vis Moot) that...

CLDP, in collaboration with Association ARBITRI, continued supporting the Vis Moot students by conducting a series of webinars that aimed to help the students with their Claimant Memo submissions. Due to the legal culture, systems, and education, students are not generally well versed in persuasive...

On September 23-24, CLDP held assessment meetings in Vilnius, Lithuania with counterparts from the Belarusian legal community. This included a brief workshop at the European Humanities University (EHU), a Belarusian university that has relocated to Vilnius, Lithuania due to academic freedom concerns...

On September 20-21, CLDP, in coordination with USPTO, several Ukrainian universities, and the Ukrainian National Bar Association hosted a workshop for Ukrainian law students on intellectual property law and legal writing/oral advocacy. This event was the kick-off event for the CLDP-organized 2021-22...

On September 15-16, CLDP, in coordination with Embassy Baku and the Azerbaijan Justice Academy, will hold a two-part webinar on Secured Lending Transactions for Azerbaijan judges.  The first webinar series will focus on the foundations of secured transaction, including a review of the Azerbaijan...

On February 17, CLDP in coordination with Embassy Baku and the Azerbaijan Justice Academy will hold a two-part webinar on International Arbitration for Judges.  The first webinar series will focus on international treatises such as the New York Convention and the application of such treaties and...

On April 13-15, CLDP organized the second meeting of Central Asia Regional Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Working Group. The three-day virtual meeting gathered private sector women entrepreneurs from the five Central Asian countries and Afghanistan, as well as experts from U.S. government...

On Monday, March 29, 2021, CLDP led the working group session of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting. CLDP reported on the work of its Expert Level Working Groups on Customs, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures, and...