CDRC

Johannes P. Willheim, internationally trained disputes lawyer, mediator and professional negotiator, opened up this year's Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna with a keynote on the Future of Dispute ... Read More

When did you first hear about the CDRC event? The first time I heard about the CDRC was when I participated at the ICC. I had joined as a member ... Read More

What is your background, how did you get into the field? I came into mediation via an unconventional route. As a commercial diver and budding entrepreneur I started a diamond ... Read More

When did you first become interested in mediation? We mediate every day—formally and informally. I have been mediating informally between divorced parents since I was young and I think this ... Read More

IMI Interns Nicklas Böhm and Ruxandra Gheorghe, with the help of Jasmine Anouna made up this year's media team at the Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC) in Vienna, which took ... Read More

The preliminary rounds have started! Keen students from around the world competed against each other, simulating legal negotiations with the support of a mediator in each round ... Read More

According to mediator, Catherine Davidson, “to be present is to be in the moment, in the zone […].” She was co-conducting a workshop titled 'Mediator Presence' with her colleague Greg Bond at ... Read More

Some 200 participants, coaches, and assessing experts are gathered in the main hall of the University of Economics and Business Vienna waiting eagerly for the annual opening ceremony of the ... Read More

A short insight into national education and development in mediation around the world from four former participants of IBA-VIAC CDRC - the Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition Vienna, representing Lebanon, Georgia, ... Read More

Two years ago, the International Bar Association (IBA), the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), and the European Law Students' Association (ELSA) launched the first edition of the Consensual Dispute Resolution ... Read More

This year I have been privileged to attend three wonderful international commercial mediation competitions, in which students from around the world come together with mediators and other professionals to practice ... Read More

One year has already passed since my journey at the IBA-VIAC Consensual Dispute Resolution Competition (CDRC), held in Vienna. It was a year of exciting opportunities, hard choices and fulfillments, ... Read More