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July 2024
“To Court or Not? The Case for Arbitration”
Calling all Young lawyers ! Registration is now open for the Young Commonwealth Lawyers Association (YCLA) webinar aimed at a pan profession audience of practitioners, students of law or those wishing to gain insight and understanding of implementing mediation by one of the leading professionals in the field. The YCLA welcome Gregory Vijayendran SC, the CLA's Council Member for Singapore and Fellow at the Singapore Institute of Arbitrator to present a 60 minute Webinar on “To Court or Not? The…
Find out more »Handling Privy Council Appeals
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association invites you to join us for a discussion chaired by Lloyd De Vincenzi, and led by Richard Clayton KC, Desiree Artesi and Louise di Mambro OBE with a focus on "Handling Privy Council Appeals". Register here to attend Our panellists Desiree Artesi will be exploring 'constituting an appeal', particularly focusing on composition of panels, instructing local attorneys vs PC agents and Appeals is of right, with leave of Court of Appeal from local court. Richard Clayton…
Find out more »The Nivaaran-Mediators of the Supreme court of India 5th Annual Virtual International Mediation Summer School 2024
The popular annual summer school is back with a full programme of online sessions. This year, the event is in partner with both the CLA and the Singapore International Mediation Centre. The opening ceremony on 26th July will be followed by 10 sessions with pan Commonwealth speakers, finishing on 6th August. Read more for the full programme, speaking faculty and registration details. Register here Opening Ceremony on 26th July at 5.00 pm IST Guests of Honour: 1.Dr.Peter Maynard, President, CLA…
Find out more »September 2024
PNG Continuing Legal Education for Mediation and Commercial Law : 3rd September 2024
Join the CLA at this lawyers only continuing legal education event, where a distinguished panel of speakers will present sessions on the theme of mediation and commercial law. Open to all practicing lawyers free of charge, the event is co- hosted with the PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence, the Law Society of Papua New Guinea, the Bar Association of Queensland,the PNGAus Partnership and vLex. Whilst lawyers are encouraged to attend in person, the event will be live streamed with the…
Find out more »The Commonwealth Lawyers Association Family Law Committee in partnership with the International Academy of Family Lawyers presents a webinar on “Cybercrime in the intimate partner and honour-based abuse contexts: signs and preventative strategies”
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association and International Academy of Family Lawyers invites you to join us for webinar focusing on "Cybercrime in the intimate partner and honour-based abuse contexts: signs and preventative strategies". Register here to attend Over recent years social media has advanced communication on an exponential level, especially in the context of COVID – 19 where most of the world started working virtually, as the outside world shut down. Unfortunately, one of the disadvantages has been an increase of…
Find out more »Guest Lecture Series – “Mediators; Not Judges, not Arbitrators, not decision makers. What, really, is mediation?””
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association invites you to join us for a mediation guest lecture series, with episode 1 kicking off the the CLA's Immediate Past President and the Chair of the Northern Ireland Law Society Mediation Service, Brian Speers. Register here to attend As mediation in civil justice has evolved over the past 25-30 years its relevance and process and core values have changed. What was once a voluntary process may now be mandated. What was essentially a facilitative process…
Find out more »The future of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making in Public Law”?
The CLA's Public and Administrative Law Committee invite you to join them for a webinar held by Katie Schwarzmann, Churchill Fellow and Human Rights & Public Law Solicitor, and Siddharth Sijoria, The YCLA Committee Co-Convenor and of the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, as they examine "The future of Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making in Public Law”? ", moderated by Adam Riley, Barrister, 3 Hare Court Register here Webinar Overview Governments have adopted and…
Find out more »October 2024
Guest Lecture Series – “Can ADR transform a Society? The Jamaican Experience”
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association invites you to join us for a mediation guest lecture series as episode 2 takes place with the CLA's Council member for Jamaica, John Bassie. Register here to attend The various forms of ADR mechanisms are touching global societies and groups. Jamaica has been experiencing growth with ADR for over 30 years. This will provide a review of ADR' s effect on the Youth, communities, the Legal system and Private Sector and a peak into the…
Find out more »Guest Lecture Series – “Mediation – The Changing face of Access to Justice”
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association invites you to join us for a mediation guest lecture series as episode 3 takes place with the CLA's Council member for St Vincent and the Grenadines, René M. Baptiste CMG. Register here to attend Referring different matters to Mediation is growing in importance allowing parties more freedom to be actively engaged in resolving their issues. Is it the alternative for Smaller States and their citizens? Date: 17th October 2024 TIME: 7.00 am Jamaica 8.00 am…
Find out more »Guest Lecture Series – “Peace jurisprudence and constitutional reform- incorporating Mediation Principles into Supreme Law”
The Commonwealth Lawyers Association invites you to join us for a mediation guest lecture series as episode 4 takes place with Justice Vasheist V Kokaram JA. Register here to attend Constitutions must respond to developing norms of shared regional and international values of human rights and the rule of law. It is a visioning of a community of human beings collaborating to create an optimum environment for the celebration of our human dignity, flourishing of our human potential, sustainability of…
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