International Impact

This annual one-of-a-kind certificate program has brought together judges, court administrators, attorneys, and mediator participants from over 41 countries to learn how to design court ADR programs for their jurisdictions. Faculty are drawn from the top directors of local court
ADR programs.

In addition to providing in-country technical assistance, CNDR faculty have been invited to serve as ADR design experts for the American Bar Association, the US Agency for International Development and UN related programs.

An annual CNDR event honoring Weinstein JAMS International Fellows. This Fellowship Program provides opportunities for qualified individuals from out-side the United States to study dispute resolution processes and practices in the U.S. to assist them in their efforts to advance the resolution of disputes in their home countries. Dozens of countries have been represented at ADR Around the World.

In 2016, CNDR hosted a fundraiser to support the Ihumure Peace Center and the work of mediation and trauma recovery services in Rwanda.

In 2017, CNDR hosted the SF Global Pound Conference, a global conversation about how to improve the resolution of commercial disputes in the 21st century. The series spanned 38 cities and 22 countries, bringing together numerous stakeholders in person and online.

In its 13th year, CNDR and Stanford Law co-hosted this international conference on ODR over three days in 2014. Previously held in 11 different countries, this event brought together technology, financial, commerce, dispute resolution, academic, social justice, and legal communities to explore using innovative technologies to leverage change. The conference included a unique Tech for Justice Hackathon.

Taught by Melissa Kucinski in 2019 and virtually in 2021 for a group of international participants, this 14-hour advanced training focused on helping family mediators identify potential issues that require additional consideration between parents, and help the mediator have a more sophisticated understanding of how to approach these complex multi-jurisdictional situations. It covered the legal and practical aspects of international custody, child relocation, and child abduction that may arise when a family’s background includes more than one jurisdiction.

CNDR hosted this 2016 day-long event at UC Law SF in partnership with the Charted Institute of Arbitrators, North America Branch. Topics included Choosing the Forum, Structuring the Process, In-House Counsel Perspectives, Enforcement of Awards and Court Judgments, and featured distinguished attorneys and speakers form across Asia.

A salon led by Adjunct Professor Karenjot Bhangoo based on her research in Malerkotla, an Indian city on the border of Pakistan which has enjoyed peace and no incidents of violence despite the unrest and violence that has surrounded the area for centuries.

CNDR attended this 2018 two-day program hosted with Singapore Management University’s Center for Cross-Border Commercial Law. It explored topics such as mandatory and court-connected mediation, access to justice, and expanding dispute resolution.

CNDR’s Director Sheila Purcell spoke at this three-day long event in 2015 in Delhi, India, presented by the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Section in association with UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, the Association of Indian Mediators and other ADR organizations. Topics such as building sustainable mediation programs, best practices in court-connected and community mediation programs, commercial mediation and cross-border international mediation were explored through presentations and interactive discussions. Speakers included Justices of the Supreme Court of India, the Chief Justice of Singapore, and the Secretary of Justice of Hong Kong, together with a diverse range of other high profile dispute resolution practitioners, academics, judges, and attorneys.

Hosted by the Croatian Mediation Association and Mediation Center in 2016, this fulled funded summer internship allowed students to observe first-hand the practice of ADR in an emerging democracy through daily involvement with the Center in Zagreb.