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Mediation in action! Our Department of Legal Studies will host the first INADR Mediation Tournament in Italy: applications are now open.
The University of Bologna and the Department of Legal Studies will host the INADR Mediation Tournament, which will be held for the first time in Italy. The event is an excellent opportunity for students to accrue first-hand experience in mediation and will gather mediation professionals from all over the world.
The UNIBO-INADR Tournament in Bologna is organized by Elena Gabellini (Junior assistant professor in Civil procedural law), with the support of the Conflict Managers of Tomorrow Project (University of Trento).
The International Academy of Dispute Resolution (INADR), based in Chicago, IL, USA, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate in consensual conflict resolution in order to globally promote the power of peaceful dispute resolution. For more than 20 years, INADR has organized the International Law School Mediation Tournament, the most prestigious of its mediation competitions, which is aimed particularly at law school students. This tournament is held every year in a different university around the world and every second year at Loyola University (Chicago, IL).
The UNIBO-INADR Tournament will take place from Wednesday, 8 March to Saturday, 11 March 2023 in Bologna. The competition generally will host around 40 teams, consisting of law students, from all over the world, and special emphasis is placed on the educational aspect of the tournament. The first day is usually devoted to training sessions conducted by experienced mediators and academics specializing in responsible conflict management. This year, day 1 of the tournament (March 8, 2023) will there be mediation congress on the topic Women in mediation.
Deadline for applications is 15 December 2022: apply now here!
More information at inadr.org and elena.gabellini4@unibo.it