Global Impact
Where research meets reform.
CNDR advises governments around the world, courts, NGOs, and bar associations on the design, reform, and scaling of dispute resolution systems, translating field-leading scholarship into policy, programs, and institutions that work.
From court ADR system design to international training institutes, CNDR has worked with partners across 14 countries on six continents.
AFRICA: Ethiopia, Kenya
ASIA–PACIFIC: Fiji, India, Pakistan, Thailand
EUROPE: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Georgia, Romania, Ukraine
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN: Brazil
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA: United Arab Emirates
NORTH AMERICA: United States
How CNDR helps governments build mediation ecosystems
Ways to Partner
CNDR partners with courts, governments, NGOs, bar associations, and academic institutions in three principal ways.
Custom Institutes and Training
We work with national and regional court systems to design, pilot, and scale ADR programs. From judicial training to tailored courses for future lawyers.
RECENT EXAMPLE: Partnership with India’s National Law School of India University (NLSIU) developing ADR curriculum across Indian law schools.
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Court ADR System Design
We design intensive trainings for delegations of judges, court administrators, and ADR leaders from around the world. Programs are tailored to a country’s regulatory environment, court structure, and capacity goals.
FLAGSHIP EXAMPLE: IMDLI — convening cohorts from 20+ countries since its inception, with alumni now leading ADR reform efforts across four continents.
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Program & Technical Assistance
Our faculty advise multilateral organizations, government bodies, and NGOs on ADR reform, including drafting enabling statutes, designing mediator certification regimes, and evaluating program outcomes.
PAST PARTNERS INCLUDE: American Bar Association (ABA), USAID, World Bank–affiliated programs, and national bar associations across multiple regions.
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If your court, agency, or organization is exploring an ADR initiative, we’d like to hear from you.
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International Cross Border Family Mediation
Taught by Melissa Kucinski in 2019, in 2021, and 2023, for a group of international participants, this 14-hour advanced training focused on helping family mediators identify potential issues that require additional consideration between parents, and help the mediator have a more sophisticated understanding of how to approach these complex multi-jurisdictional situations. It covered the legal and practical aspects of international custody, child relocation, and child abduction that may arise when a family’s background includes more than one jurisdiction.
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Resolving Disputes with Asian Companies: What is the Best Approach?
CNDR hosted this 2016 day-long event at UC Law SF in partnership with the Charted Institute of Arbitrators, North America Branch. Topics included Choosing the Forum, Structuring the Process, In-House Counsel Perspectives, Enforcement of Awards and Court Judgments, and featured distinguished attorneys and speakers form across Asia.
Cross Cultural Mediation and Dispute Resolution
A salon led by Adjunct Professor Karenjot Bhangoo based on her research in Malerkotla, an Indian city on the border of Pakistan which has enjoyed peace and no incidents of violence despite the unrest and violence that has surrounded the area for centuries.
