20th Annual ACR-GNY Virtual Conference

Faced with a year of challenges, how have we evolved? Share lessons learned, best practices, poetic pivots, and positive developments in conflict resolution forged from difficult circumstances at this year's conference on Celebrating Innovation, Adaptation & Resilience, which offers four days with a total of eleven programs and two featured honorees. ACR-GNY looks forward to welcoming you to a thoughtful, engaging and refreshing virtual conference!

This year, ACR-GNY is excited to honor Dr. Kabir A.N. Duggal and Supported Decision-Making, New York. Dr. Kabir Duggal is an attorney in Arnold and Porter's New York office focusing on international investment arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and public international law matters. He is also a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School. Supported Decision-Making New York (SDMNY) believes that every person has the right to make his or her own decisions, regardless of disability, and to have those decisions legally recognized. SDMNY educates and supports stakesholders.

Featured JAMS Speakers:

The Winning Edge: Resolving High-Stakes Sports Conflicts with ADR
Friday, June 4, 2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST | 1.5 NY CLE

Moderator: Hon. Ariel E. Belen (Ret.), FCIArb | JAMS New York
Panelists:

• Hon. Hugh L. Fraser (Ret.), FCIArb | JAMS Toronto
• Jill Pilgrim | Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC
• Additional Speakers Pending

Judge Belen will moderate a panel of mediators, arbitrators and sports law experts who will share their views on the use of mediation and arbitration in resolving sports-related disputes, discuss recent developments in sports law conflicts, and address changes and lessons arising out of the worldwide pandemic.

While the financial and legal impact of COVID-19 has not yet been fully realized, sporting events have been heavily impacted. This panel will examine challenges faced by amateur and professional athletes, sports clubs and leagues, and commercial markets involved in the world of sport. Speakers will consider how preventing, managing and resolving these disputes using mediation and arbitration can benefit all parties and the industry at large. Panelists will address issues ranging from multi-million-dollar employment battles, to high-profile eligibility challenges, to the implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion commitments.