East Meets West: An International Dialogue on Mediation and Med-Arb in the United States and China

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Thomas Stipanowich

Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law

Jung Yang

Independent

Jay Welsh

JAMS

Chen Qiming

Independent

Peter Rufo Robinson

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law

Tan Jinghui

Independent

Chen Guang

Independent

Jeff Kichaven

Independent

Denise Madigan

Independent

Wang Hongsong

Independent

Zhang Jianhua

Independent

Date Written: February 1, 2009

Abstract

This verbatim transcript of the second international videoconference co-sponsored by the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC) and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution of Pepperdine University School of Law, offering various Chinese and U.S. perspectives on the BAC initiative to establish the first free-standing mediation program, the first ever by an official arbitration commission in the People’s Republic of China, as well as evolving attitudes toward mediation and med-arb. Topics include: (1) the development and current state of business mediation in the U.S.; (2) the challenges and opportunities confronting China in developing stand-alone business mediation; (3) reflections on the skills necessary for mediators; (4) common pitfalls in mediation; (5) perspectives on med-arb (as opposed to stand-alone mediation); and (6) how to most effectively use mediation in conjunction with arbitration procedures.

Keywords: Mediation, conciliation, med-arb, arb-med, cross-cultural disputes, Chinese mediation, Chinese arbitration, U.S. mediation, U.S. arbitration, business mediation, hybrid processes, conciliation in arbitration, conflict management, dispute resolution, commercial disputes, corporate disputes

Suggested Citation

Stipanowich, Thomas and Yang, Jung and Welsh, Jay and Qiming, Chen and Robinson, Peter Rufo and Jinghui, Tan and Guang, Chen and Kichaven, Jeff and Madigan, Denise and Hongsong, Wang and Jianhua, Zhang, East Meets West: An International Dialogue on Mediation and Med-Arb in the United States and China (February 1, 2009). Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2009, Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2423459

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Jung Yang

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Jay Welsh

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Chen Qiming

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Peter Rufo Robinson

Pepperdine University - Rick J. Caruso School of Law ( email )

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Tan Jinghui

Independent

Chen Guang

Independent

Jeff Kichaven

Independent

Denise Madigan

Independent ( email )

Wang Hongsong

Independent

Zhang Jianhua

Independent

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