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Diversity in the Dispute Resolution Process - The Final Frontier

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
4 Times Square, 37th Floor
New York, NY
518-487-5674

6:00 - 9:00 pm

Registration for the event is now closed 

Sponsored By the NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section's Diversity Committee, The NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section, the Metropolitan Black Bar Association, the Asian American Bar Association of New York, the Dominican Bar Association, the Puerto Rican Bar Association, the Nigerian Lawyers Association,  the New York County Lawyers' Association's Committee on Arbitration and ADR, and Committee on Minorities & the Law, and the Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Diversity Committee

The steps to becoming a successful arbitrator or mediator are not clearly evident.  What is even more shrouded in secrecy is the selection process of an arbitrator or mediator for a particular matter even after an individual is placed on a roster of neutrals.  What is the role of diversity, if any, in the neutral selection process?  These panel discussions are designed to provide insights and guidance to women and minority attorneys who are considering becoming arbitrators or mediators as all or part of their practice.  The evening will provide practical tips and advice from a distinguished group of panelists with extensive experience as neutrals or with neutral selection and will provide information on training and skills needed to become a neutral.

Panel 1: Demystifying the Process of Becoming a Successful Neutral: 6:15 - 7:15 pm
Moderator:   Andrew T. Hahn, Sr., Esq., Partner, Duane Morris LLP
Faculty:       Kathleen A. Bryan, Esq., President and CEO of CPR
                    Sasha Carbone, Esq., Associate General Counsel of AAA                
                    Deborah Masucci, Esq., AIG, Immediate Past Chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution

Panel 2: Insights from the Neutrals: 7:15 - 8:15 pm
Moderator:  Cecilia Loving, Esq., Arbitrator, Mediator and Law Enforcement Attorney for NYC Commission on Human Rights
Faculty: :    Homer C. LaRue, Esq., Arbitrator, Mediator and Professor of Law, Howard University School of Law
                   Hezekiah Brown, National Academy of Arbitrators
                   Janice Tudy-Jackson, Esq., Collaboration & Conflict Management Consultant and Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School

Under new York's MCLE rules, this program has been approved for 2.0 credits in Skills.  This program will qualify for credit for newly admitted attorneys.

The last day to pre-register online was March 26, 2013.

Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities:
NYSBA welcomes participation by individuals with disabilities. NYSBA is committed to complying with all applicable laws that prohibit discrimination against individuals on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of its goods, services, programs, activities, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations. To request auxiliary aids or services or if you have any questions regarding accessibility, please contact Kathy Heider at 800-582-2452 or kheider@nysba.org.