Columbia Law School – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators New York Branch Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration

COMPREHENSIVE COURSE – MAJOR TOPICS

The Course includes simulations of both a Preliminary Conference and an Evidentiary Hearing.  The Course’s substantive discussions focus on essentially every aspect of the international arbitration process – hence the “Comprehensive Course” title — such as:

-Introduction, New York Convention, Model Law and Other National Statutes, and UNIDROIT Principles
-Agreement to Arbitrate – Lecture and Simulation
-Emergency Relief, Security for Costs, and Interim Measures
-Striking the Right Balance: Reconciling Quality and Efficiency – Arbitral Institutions and Ad Hoc Arbitration
-The Arbitral Seat
-Separability, Allocation of Competence
-Applicable Law (including Rome Convention)
-Illegality, Arbitrability, and Other Factors Relating to the Nature of the Dispute
-Preliminary Conference – Lecture & Simulation
-Establishment and Organization of the Tribunal: Powers, Duties, Jurisdiction, and Grounds for Challenge
-Ethical Issues for Arbitrators & Counsel, Use of AI, and Confidentiality
-The Award: Categories, Form and Content, Costs, Interest, and Attorneys’ Fees
-Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
-Overview of Investor-State Arbitration
-Mock Hearing Simulation (including Evidentiary Issues)