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In-House Lawyers of Major Corporations Embrace Mansfield Rule to Improve Diversity
The Diversity Lab, an incubator focused on diversity and inclusion issues in the legal industry, launched the newest version of its campaign to boost diversity in legal departments. Eight companies, including PayPal, Symantec Corp., US Bank,...
23 April, 2019
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Comprenhensive Course on International Arbitration
Columbia Law School – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration A week-long systematic and comprehensive examination of the law and practice of international arbitration. The course features lecture and interactive segments and...
23 April, 2019
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Contribute to the Commonwealth International Arbitration Study
The Commonwealth Secretariat is conducting a Study on challenges to accessing international commercial arbitration across all 53 Commonwealth countries, and potential solutions. The aim of the study is to understand the use of international commercial...
18 April, 2019
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Please Welcome ArbitralWomen’s New Marketing Committee Members!
In light of ArbitralWomen’s expanding marketing activities, we recently added five AW members to our Marketing Committee: Saadia Bhatty (London), Vanessa Alarcon Duvanel (Geneva), Natalia Otlinger (London), Rekha Rangachari (New York) and Umika Sharma. These new members of the Marketing Committee will contribute to...
29 March, 2019
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Helping Women Create Better Outcomes: Take Charge Negotiations™
Take Charge Negotiations™ is a consultancy that was founded by Erin Gleason to support women in negotiations through one-on-one consulting services and group training programs. Erin created this company after hearing too many stories from...
22 March, 2019
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CIArbWomenInADR initiative
To celebrate International Women’s Day CIArb interviewed professionals from various jurisdictions, at different stages of their careers and asked them about their experiences as female practitioners in ADR. The interviewees talked about their incredible achievements...
19 March, 2019
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CPR Institute Launches New Compilation of CPR’s Female Neutrals
The International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR Institute) launched a compilation of CPR’s Female Neutrals, many of whom are ArbitralWomen members, at CPR’s 2019 Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The compilation is titled, “Look Who’s...
8 March, 2019
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Launch of AIQ Women Arbitrators Campaign on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019!
We are excited to announce that ArbitralWomen is partnering with Arbitrator Intelligence (AI) on a joint AW-AI AIQ Women Arbitrators Campaign. The campaign will launch on Friday, 8 March 2019 – International Women’s Day 2019!...
8 March, 2019
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Women Leaders in Arbitration: Dana MacGrath
Dana MacGrath on the New Generation of International Arbitrators We spoke with Dana MacGrath, of counsel to Sidley Austin’s International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation and Disputes practices, about changes in the dispute-resolution landscape and developing...
11 December, 2018
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Women Pioneers in Dispute Resolution
In a world where women outnumber men and where women are active in all business and legal fields, women remain under-represented in key positions in all fields. The under-representation is not a matter of lack...
6 December, 2018
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Join in the Campaign on Women Arbitrators: Co-sponsored by Arbitrator Intelligence (AI) and ArbitralWomen (AW)
ArbitralWomen (AW) and the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge (ERA Pledge) efforts have been having important effects on promoting women practitioners in dispute resolution. Arbitral institutions are publishing both general statistics about gender and other diversity criteria...
4 December, 2018
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Burford Capital Launches The Equity Project to Help Close the Gender Gap in Litigation and Arbitration
On 10 October 2018, Burford Capital launched The Equity Project. As described in Burford’s press release, The Equity Project is “a groundbreaking initiative designed to help close the gender gap in law by providing an...
11 October, 2018
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International construction disputes: are we falling behind our peers?
The international construction legal community is notably diverse, with men and women from many jurisdictions and cultures practising construction law at a senior level. The same is true for engineers. Yet this diversity does not...
25 August, 2018
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ArbitralWomen Announces New Leadership for 2018-2020 Term
ArbitralWomen is pleased to announce the results of the elections of its incoming Board of Directors for the 2018-2020 Term, which includes nine new members. The incoming Board of Directors selected Dana MacGrath, counsel in...
31 July, 2018
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Gender Equality Achieved on the ICC Court – Another Year of Progress
Unrivalled change! A huge progress achieved on the ICC International Court of Arbitration. For the Court’s 2018-2021 term, the ICC World Council nominated on 21 June 2018 Court members with full gender parity and unparalleled...
25 June, 2018
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