Say what? Arbitrator speech, ethics, and the edges of impartiality
Key information
- Date
- Time
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6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
- Venue
- Online
- Event type
- Webinar
About this event
Arbitrator impartiality is usually focused on personal and financial relationships.
This program will examine when questions about impartiality arise out of an arbitrator’s words—in hearings, awards, dissents, emails, resignation letters, conference remarks, and yes, even social media. This program will examine a growing body of cases in which arbitrators have been challenged for everything from snarky asides, to rhetorical flourishes, to bombastic awards, and to public-facing comments about current events.
After mapping this new terrain discussion will shift to what these new cases mean for ethics and reform: clearer confidentiality expectations, smarter norms around tone and reasoning, and a sharp line for truly 'outrageous' speech that may destroy parties' basic confidence in the arbitrator's ability to exercise detached professional judgment.
About the speaker
Professor Catherine Rogers is a Full Professor of Law at Bocconi University and an Affiliated Research Professor at UC Law, San Francisco. Her research focuses on legal ethics in international arbitration, the market for global legal services, and how system design affects the international Rule of Law. She is currently working on the second edition of her book, Ethics in International Arbitration (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Moderator
This webinar is moderated by Prof Hiro Aragaki.
