Harvard in Paris* Conference : Latest (R)evolutions from Harvard in Negotiation, Arbitration, Mediation and Collaborative Law

*From Harvard, he is in Paris for you today!!

David A. Hoffman teaches courses on mediation, collaborative law, legal ethics, and diversity at Harvard Law School, where is the John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law.  He is also the founding member of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, where he serves as an arbitrator, mediator, negotiator, and Collaborative Law attorney. He is also an instructor at the PON, Program on Negotiation, a consortium between Harvard, the MIT and Tuft University.

The conference is fully translated simultanously in French and English.

After the International Symposium on Unifying Collaborative Law in Europe, held in Monaco last November, David and Ad Augusta have extended their partnership, to bring to european professionals the standard of excellency in teaching Dispute Resolution from this Harvard Lecturer. This conference will be followed by trainings, both certified by David Hoffman, Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and Instructor at the Program on Negotiation.

 

Program

This full-day program will provide an overview of developments in the major areas of alternative dispute resolution.

Negotiation: Recent developments in the psychology of negotiation have provided new tools for understanding how to overcome the cognitive barriers and emotional elements that complicate the task of negotiation.


Mediation: Video technologies have broadened the availability of mediation globally, while greater awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion issues in mediation has provided new tools for fostering understand and reaching agreement.


Arbitration: While arbitration has begun to look more and more like litigation, experienced arbitrators using creating methods of streamlining arbitration and making it more efficient.


Collaborative Law: Although the advent of collaborative lawyering came from the area of family law, it is now broadening its scope to other areas of legal practice, where it will prove to be just as useful.

 

Our Speaker David A. Hoffman Esq.

David is past chair of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, and currently co-chairs the Ethics Subcommittee of the Section’s Collaborative Law Committee.  He is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators.  He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution gave him its D’Alemberte-Raven Award, the Section’s highest honor.

David is listed in the book “The Best Lawyers in America” in five categories (Mediation, Arbitration, Collaborative Law – Civil, Collaborative Law – Family, and Family Law Mediation), including Boston’s Lawyer of the Year for 2022 in the field of Arbitration.  He has been listed in Boston’s Super Lawyers Directory each year since the listing began.  And he is listed in Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers for 2022.

Breakfast and coffee 9am - 9.30am

Introduction 9.30am - 10am

Dr. Charlotte ROCHAT
Managing Partner and Founder of
Ad Augusta

Madame la Bâtonnière du Barreau de Paris Julie COUTURIER,
Head of Paris Bar Association
or her representative

Brian GALBRAITH
IACP President (International Academy for Collaborative Practice)
Lawyer, Toronto, Canada

10am-10.45am : 
Collaborative Law 

David A. HOFFMAN Esq. 
Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Lawyer
John H. Watson Jr Lecturer
Harvard Law School
Instructor at the Program on Negotiation

10.45am-11.15am Round Table on
Collaborative Law

Anne-Marie BOUDART
Lawyer, Member of the Bar Association Board, Belgium

Charlotte BUTRUILLE-CARDEW
Lawyer in Paris, and REL England and Wales 
Member of the Board of Paris Bar Association (MCO)

Juliette GRISET
AFPDC President (French Association of Collaborative Practioners)
Lawyer, Paris

Dr. Christoph LEON
ENCP Representative (European Network on Collaborative Practice)
Lawyer, Collaborative and Arbitrator, Wien, Austria

Prof. Natalie FRICERO
Associate Professor in Nice University,
Former Member of French Judicial Council ,
Independant Expert to the European Council

11.15am - 11.30am Break

11.30am - 12.15pm Mediation

David A. HOFFMAN Esq. 
Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Lawyer
John H. Watson Jr Lecturer
Harvard Law School
Instructor at the Program on Negotiation

12.15pm-12.45pm : Round Table on Mediation


Romain CARAYOL
Federation of Mediation Centers President( FFCM),
 Lawyer, Mediator, Arbitrator, Trainor, Paris

 Hirbod DEHGHANI-AZAR
Lawyer, Mediator and Trainor, Member of the Paris Bar Association Board, Head of the National Bar Council committee on ADRs

Prof. Natalie FRICERO
Associate Professor in Nice University,
Former Member of French Judicial Council ,
Independant Expert to the European Council

Fabrice VERT
French Judge, Vice-President of the European Group of Magistrates for Mediation, 
France Section

12h45-14h Lunch

2pm - 2.45pm Arbitration

 David A. HOFFMAN Esq. 
Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Lawyer
John H. Watson Jr Lecturer
Harvard Law School
Instructor at the Program on Negotiation

2.45-3.15pm Round Table on Arbitration

Maria Beatriz BURGHETTO
ArbitralWomen Organization
Arbitrator, Lawyer, Paris

Prof. Maximin COURT DE FONTMICHEL
Associate Professor at West Britany University and 
Geneva University (Switzerland) Center for International Dispute Settlement, CIDS
Director of Arbitration and International Business Master

Louis DEGOS
Lawyer, International Arbitrator, arbitrator and mediator,
Avocat au Barreau de Paris, Arbitrage international, arbitre et médiateur,
Former member of the Paris Bar Association Board, and the National Bar Council Board

Prof. Natalie FRICERO
Associate Professor in Nice University,
Former Member of French Judicial Council ,
Independant Expert to the European Council

Dr. Christoph LEON
ENCP Representative( European Network on Collaborative Practice)
Lawyer, Collaborative and Arbitrator, Wien, Austria

3.15-3.30 Break

3.30-4.15 Negotiation

David A. HOFFMAN Esq. 
Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Lawyer
John H. Watson Jr Lecturer
Harvard Law School
Instructor at the Program on Negotiation

4.15-4.45 pm  Conclusive and prospective Round Table on ADR:
Common tools, new ADRs

Prof. Natalie FRICERO
Associate Professor in Nice University,
Former Member of French Judicial Council,
Independant Expert to the European Council

Sophie HENRY
General Delegate of  the Mediation and Arbitration Center of Paris (CMAP) and Institut 131, Training Center in Mediation and Arbitration for Business Companies

Jeremy LACK
Lawyer in Geneva ((Switzerland), New-York, and London, Arbitrator, Mediator,
Co-president French Speaking Mediation International Association President,
President of the Swiss Chamber of Business mediation, Romandie Section,
Vice president of the International Mediation Institute Independent Committee
Co-founder of  www.neuroawareness.com. 

Maggie RAE
Lawyer, Collaborative Practitioner, Family Arbitrator
Newton Kearns London,UK


4.45-5.15pm : Conclusion 

David A. HOFFMAN Esq. 
Mediator, Arbitrator and Collaborative Lawyer
John H. Watson Jr Lecturer
Harvard Law School
Instructor at the Program on Negotiation

5.15pm : Closings

Dr. Charlotte ROCHAT
Managing Partner and Founder of
Ad Augusta


5.30 Cocktail


 

Intervenants

Maria Beatriz BURGHETTO

ArbitralWomen Organization, Arbitrator, Lawyer, Paris

Maximin DE FONTMICHEL

Associate Professor at West Britany University and Geneva University (Switzerland) Center for International Dispute Settlement, CIDS Director of Arbitration and International Business Master

Louis DEGOS

Lawyer, International Arbitrator, arbitrator and mediator, Avocat au Barreau de Paris, Arbitrage international, arbitre et médiateur, Former member of the Paris Bar Association Board, and the National Bar Council Board

Sophie HENRY

General Delegate of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of Paris (CMAP) and Institut 131, Training Center in Mediation and Arbitration for Business Companies

Jeremy LACK

Lawyer in Geneva ((Switzerland), New-York, and London, Arbitrator, Mediator, Co-president French Speaking Mediation International Association President

Maggie Rae

Lawyer, Collaborative Practitioner, Family Arbitrator, Newton Kearns London,UK

Christoph Leon

Dr. Christoph LEON ENCP Representative( European Network on Collaborative Practice) Lawyer, Collaborative and Arbitrator, Wien, Austria
  • Date March 14th 2023
  • Place
  • Public Lawyers, Notaries,
    Arbitrator, Mediator
  • Pre-registration Yes

Prices

  • Full day 380 €
  • Zoom 220 €
  • Students up to 23 years old 25 €