Tenth Annual Symposium: ADR and Diversity

This annual event examines strategies for continuing to diversify the practice of arbitration and mediation to meet the needs of diverse participants and offers real-world approaches that can accomplish the goal of ADR neutrals reflecting the diversity of the disputants with whom they work.

DATE:
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

TIME:
4:30 p.m.–7:10 p.m. ET

PLACE:
Virtual. Registrants will be sent a link closer to the event date.

CLE:
3.0 credits in Diversity, Inclusion, and Elimination of Bias (NY Non-Transitional only)

This event is free of charge.

RSVP TO THIS EVENT TODAY.

MODERATOR:
Genesis Fisher, Mediator and Arbitrator, JAMS 

FEATURED SPEAKERS:
Nathan Alder, Christensen & Jenkens
Ramz Aziz, Vice President, Muslim Bar Association of New York
Torsten Bartsch, former Associate General Counsel, Caterpillar SARL; Independent Mediator and Arbitrator
Erica McCormick-Dorst, Shell
Kabir Duggal, Senior Fellow and Advisor, Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Columbia Law School
Reginald Greene, Vice President, Metropolitan Black Bar Association
Serena Lee, President and CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Samiya Mir, South Asian Bar Association of New York
Vivian Rivera-Drohan, New York Women’s Bar Association
James Rogers, Jenner & Block, London
Janelle Romero, Dominican Bar Association
Wendy Shiba, American Bar Association
Jeffrey T. Zaino, American Arbitration Association

CO-SPONSORS:
American Arbitration Association
Young Conaway