Founded in 1986, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) has become an important international educational forum in the field of transnational arbitration, counting among its members and contributors today many of the leading arbitrators and arbitration counsel in the world.

Through our annual international arbitration workshops and conferences, our Advisory Board which meets annually during the June Workshop in Dallas, our quarterly publication News and Notes (with its regularly updated Scoreboard of Adherence to Transnational Arbitration Treaties), our DVD Library developed through the work of our Academic Council, our co-sponsorship of KluwerArbitration.com through the work of our Board of Reporters and our newest publication World Arbitration Mediation Review (a law journal edited by our Board of Reporters), the ITA is making a significant contribution to the international arbitration legal community.

Membership in the Institute for Transnational Arbitration is available to individuals, law firms, corporations and other organizations. Please join us.

Photo Gallery:
ITA-CBAr Joint Conference on International Arbitration, São Paulo, Brazil
Over 280 registrants and speakers participated in the first joint conference of ITA and the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr). Click links below to view event photos.

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6^th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference
When Arbitrations Go Bad
March 25, 2009
Washington, D.C.

Co-sponsored by
Institute for Transnational Arbitration’s Academic Council American Society of International Law (ASIL)

Led by Conference co-chairs Prof. David J. Bederman (Emory University School of Law, Atlanta) and Prof. Loukas A. Mistelis (Queen Mary University of London, London), the 6th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference will be held on March 25, 2009, at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C.

More Conference details coming soon. Click here for program details from the 5th Annual ITA-ASIL Conference.
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2^nd Americas Roundtable For Young International Arbitrators
April 1, 2009
Mexico City

Co-sponsored by
Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial de la Cámara Nacional de Comercio de la Ciudad de México (CANACO)

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Co-chairs: José María Abascal, Andrea K. Bjorklund, Stephen Jagusch and Claudia T. Salomon.

ITA-CANACO Americas Workshop
Damages in International Arbitration:
Strategies, Techniques & Presentation
April 2, 2009
Mexico City

Co-sponsored by
Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial de la Cámara Nacional de Comercio de la Ciudad de México (CANACO)

Led by Conference co-chairs José María Abascal (Abascal & Asociados, Mexico City), Andrea K. Bjorklund (UC David School of Law, Davis), Stephen Jagusch (Allen & Overy LLP, London) and Claudia T. Salomon (DLA Piper US LLP, New York), the ITA-CANACO Americas Workshop will be held on April 2, 2009, at the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico, City.
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4^th Annual Dallas Roundtable for Young International Arbitrators
June 17, 2009
Dallas, TX

Presented by
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
ICDR Young & International
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
USCIB Young Arbitrators Forum

The three primary young international arbitration organizations will join again with ITA and present a special program on the eve of the Workshop. The Roundtable will include two substantive panels of young and not-so-young international arbitration specialists and conclude with a networking reception. The Roundtable is designed for young lawyers under the age of 40 who are practicing or interested in practicing international arbitration.

More Conference details coming soon. Click here for program details from the 3rd Annual Dallas Roundtable for Young International Arbitrators.
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Co-chairs: James E. Castello, Kenneth B. Reisenfeld and Catherine A. Rogers.

20^th Annual ITA Workshop
Ethics in International Arbitration
June 18, 2009
Dallas, Texas

Led by Workshop co-chairs James E. Castello (Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Paris), Kenneth B. Reisenfeld (King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C.) and Catherine A. Rogers (Pennsylvania State University, University Park), the 20th Annual ITA Workshop will be held June 18, 2009, at The Westin Galleria in Dallas, Texas.

Members of the ITA's Advisory Board will gather for the Annual Advisory Board Dinner, and then again the following morning on June 19, for the annual open discussion Friday Forum. Click here to learn how to join ITA and its Advisory Board and attend these events and the Workshop itself cost-free.

More Conference details coming soon. Click here for program details from the 19th Annual ITA Workshop.

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For more information about ITA membership and the benefits of membership, click here.