INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION & RESOLUTION INC

IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE CPR INSTITUTE PRODUCED MANY PROGRAMS, CONFERENCES, AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CORPORATIONS AND LAW FIRMS INTERESTED IN RESOLVING LEGAL DISPUTES BEYOND LITIGATION. THESE INCLUDED THREE ADR SKILLS TRAININGS, THREE SUBSTANTIVE REGIONAL MEETINGS AND NUMEROUS COMMITTEE PRESENTATIONS ON TOPICS FROM DISPUTE PREVENTION, CHOOSING ARBITRAL INSTITUTIONS AND OMBUDS TO MEDIATION AND TARIFFS. THE INSTITUTE ALSO PROMULGATED AN EMPLOYMENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROGRAM TEMPLATE AND MODEL EMPLOYMENT MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, WHICH MAY BE ADOPTED BY COMPANIES WISHING TO USE MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION TO RESOLVE EMPLOYMENT DISPUTES. THE INSTITUTE ALSO REVISED AND RELEASED A NEW VERSION OF ITS MEDIATION PROCEDURE FOR THE USE OF COMPANIES AND ITS DRS SUBSIDIARY. THE CPR INSTITUTE PRESENTED EIGHT INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING TWO OF ITS FLAGSHIP INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS THE 2ND ANNUAL AFRICA ARBITRATION DAY-NEW YORK CONFERENCE AND ARBITRATION MOOT COMPETITION, WHICH AWARDED THREE SCHOLARSHIPS AND INCLUDED SPEAKERS AND STUDENTS FROM AFRICA, AND THE 9TH YEAR OF ITS INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION COMPETITION IN BRAZIL, WHICH INCLUDED TEAMS FROM 18 LAW SCHOOLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO INTERNATIONAL TEAMS AS PART OF THE BRAZIL COMPETITION. CPR INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS MET NINE TIMES, INCLUDING IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN SO PAULO, LONDON, AND MADRID, AND CONTINUED TO ADVANCE VARIOUS INITIATIVES GEARED TOWARD THE BUSINESS AND LEGAL COMMUNITIES IN EUROPE, BRAZIL, AND CANADA. CPR INSTITUTE'S Y-ADR STEERING COMMITTEE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROGRAMMING BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, PRESENTING THEIR OWN BESPOKE PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS COLLABORATING ON SEVERAL PROGRAMS OF BOTH THE CPR INSTITUTE AND CPR DISPUTE RESOLUTION. CPR DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVIDED A NUMBER OF TRAININGS FOR ITS PANEL OF ARBITRATORS AS WELL AS TO ADVOCATES. THE CPR ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN MIAMI ADDRESSING DISPUTE PREVENTION, ETHICS, MEDIATION, AND INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED WITH CPR'S ANNUAL IN-PERSON GALA, WHERE VERIZON AND ITS GENERAL COUNSEL WERE HONORED WITH THE CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR THEIR EFFORTS IN IMPLEMENTING DISPUTE RESOLUTION INTO THEIR CORPORATE CULTURE.