Alumni María Julia Milesi, Senior Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and Charles (Chip) Rosenberg, Caunsel at King & Spalding LLP, will provided important guidance for students looking to enter this growing field of dispute resolution. This event is part of the International Suite Talks organized by the International & Comparative Legal Studies. 

This conference has been organized to welcome the participants of the VIII LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition.

Organized by American University Business Law Review, this symposium will discuss topics related to International Arbitration, aimed to bring the corporate and legal fields together in a discussion that is highly beneficial to both sides. Please join us! Registration is free but required – 2 CLE Credits will be applied for – cost is $110.

This discussion is timely as in practice more and more parties attempt to reject the jurisdiction of courts of justice and arbitral tribunals on the ground that the contract at issue is tainted by corruption. This type of allegations have an impact on the admissibility of claims as well as on the merits. They also pose important questions on international and domestic public policy and the relationship of civil or private adjudication with the criminal justice system.

On February  7, 2019,  from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room N101, young practitioners will discuss the Confidentiality-Transparency Spectrum. Speakers include: Álvaro Awad, Partner, Contreras Velozo from Chile; Javier Jaramillo, Senior Associate, Pérez Bustamante & Ponce in Ecuador; and Francisco Sepúlveda, Senior Associate, Sepúlveda Figueroa in Chile and LLM Candidate at AUWCL.  Pizza will be served. Registration is not required. 

Distinguished academics, arbitrators and practitioners will discuss the most relevant decisions involving disputes between States and investors and States. Speakers include: Rebecca Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Law, WCL; Padideh Ala’I, Professor of Law & Faculty Director, ILSP, WCL;  Claudio Grossman, Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus, WCL; Lucinda Low, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP; Hernán Salinas Burgos, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Chile to the OAS; Nigel Blackaby, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP; Kenneth Juan Figueroa, Partner, Foley Hoag LLP; and Claudia Frutos-Peterson, Managing Partner, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP. This event is free and open to the public. Please register at https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration 

This seminar will present an introduction to commercial and investment arbitration.  This event is organized for a group of Italian attorneys who are participating in an exchange organized by the Amerigo Association.  Amerigo is an Italian association that aims at establishing a network of Italian alumni in the US, easing partnerships with the academia, Governments and the business sector.

On Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 2:00 to 6:00 PM. ET, American University Washington College of Law Center on International Commercial Arbitration and CPR Institute will co-organize a half-day symposium on Mediation in Transnational Arbitration. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. 

Esta mesa diálogo organizada por la Sección de Promoción y Capacitación de la CIDH y Centro de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional de American University Washington College of Law. La misma tiene por fin ofrecer un foro de diálogo sobre la perspectiva de los Estados en mediaciones y resolución de disputas internacionales, la perspectiva de usuarios particulares de sistemas internacionales de facilitación en negociaciones con Estados y los retos y oportunidades de los sistemas de facilitación internacional de disputas entre Estados y particulares. No se requiere registro. 

May 29 - June 14, 208 | Taught by leading practitioners and arbitrators from around the world, the Specialized Summer Program is a unique and concentrated three-week program that addresses fundamental issues of international commercial arbitration from a theoretical and a practical point of view. Courses are available in English and Spanish.