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Dear Young Professional,
As we welcome a new calendar (and lunar) year, we wish you a bright and successful year ahead!
CPR's Y-ADR Steering Committee has been hard at work developing many great programs and events for you, our Y-ADR subscribers, to train deeper into mediation, arbitration, and other dispute prevention techniques, to help you develop your careers further, and to facilitate beneficial networking and connection opportunities throughout the world.
In particular, I draw your attention to Y-ADR's popular "Speed Mentoring" program, back by popular demand, which will see both virtual and in-person offerings this year!
Please send me a note to let me know how Y-ADR can help you. We would love to hear from you and hope to see you at a Y-ADR event soon.
Here's to a great 2025!
Knar A. Nahikian, Esq.
CPR Institute - Director, International Initiatives
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“Seven Questions” with the Y-ADR Steering Committee | |
Get to know the Y-ADR Steering Committee members and learn from young professionals in various industries who are passionate about dispute prevention and resolution! Each Y-ADR newsletter will feature a few Y-ADR Steering Committee members answering “Seven Questions”. | |
2025 CPR International Mediation Competition | |
The 2025 CPR International Mediation Competition will be held in-person in São Paulo, Brazil on April 3-5. This annual event draws law students and experienced mediators from around the world for competition, learning and networking. | |
Calling All Young Practitioners and Law Students! | |
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In this free, online program, you will first hear from Kate Germano, seasoned executive coach and trainer at Fringe Professional Development, who will provide practical guidance and recommendations for young professionals.
Next, you will be introduced to several mid- to senior-level practitioners (in-house, law firm, and neutrals) who will share the practical career advice they wish they had received when they were starting out their legal careers.
And finally, you will join in a fast-paced and fun speed mentoring session with practitioners of your choice where you can ask them the candid questions you always wanted to have answered.
This program will feature the the following members of the Y-ADR Steering Committee serving as mentors during the speed mentoring sessions:
Register today for this unique opportunity!
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Houston Regional Meeting Recap! | |
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Houston Regional Meeting on January 15. It was a great event with an excellent panel, and we are very grateful to our host BakerHostetler.
The panel discussed third-party funding and judgement insurance, getting input into the process from funders and broker, in-house and outside counsel, and the neutral.
Thank you to our Panel Moderator and Y-ADR Steering Committee member, Andrew Edelman, Senior Counsel-Disputes, LyondellBasell and our panel speakers, Peter Petyt, CEO & Co-Founder, 4 Rivers, Mani Walia, Managing Partner & General Counsel, Siltstone Capital, Sashe Dimitroff, Partner and Global Lead for International Arbitration & Litigation, BakerHostetler; and arbitrator on the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, and Dana MacGrath, Independent Arbitrator and CPR Distinguished Neutral.
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The 2025 Annual Meeting Recap! | |
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Thank you to all that attended and supported the 2025 Annual Meeting in Miami, Florida!
Leaders in alternative dispute resolution, dispute management, and dispute prevention held thought-provoking discussions on important issues and developments.
Corporate counsel that attended include Bayer, ConocoPhillips, Microsoft, ADT, Airbus, Ryder System, Inc., Amgen, and Ecolab.
The Annual Meeting is coming to sunny San Diego!
Save the Date for February 11-13, 2026 at Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, CA.
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In these interviews, we speak with attorneys and others in the conflict management field, from in-house corporate counsel to ombuds. Each interviewee is asked to share their perspectives on dispute resolution mechanisms and their advice for young practitioners.
This series is part of Y-ADR’s goal of educating the next generation of leaders on the full spectrum of dispute prevention and resolution mechanisms and to provide an insider’s view into how CPR’s community of corporate counsel, law firm counsel, and other experts in the field are using dispute prevention and resolution techniques to manage conflict to enable purpose.
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CPR Dispute Resolution Services | |
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CPR Dispute Resolution is a boutique-style provider of leading-edge dispute management services – mediation, arbitration, custom appointing services, a panel of dispute prevention specialists, and more - that leverages resources generated by the CPR Institute.
Invite CPR Dispute Resolution to speak at your firm or organization about our services.
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Alternatives has moved!
All CPR members receive a free subscription to Alternatives.
NEW! Alternatives is now available to CPR members directly through the CPR website at cpradr.org/alternatives-newsletter. Members need to be logged in to the CPR website, cpradr.org, to access each issue starting with March 2024. For assistance setting up your log-in credentials, please email Micah Seigel, Programming & Membership Manager, at mseigel@cpradr.org.
If you would like to receive an email at the beginning of each month with a link to the new issue of Alternatives, please email Lili Schroppe, Director of Marketing & Membership, at lschroppe@cpradr.org.
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Alternatives has moved from Wiley and can now be found on the CPR website here.
Not a member? Join CPR today.
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