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Attend a Conflict Resolution Day event on Oct. 17

Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024
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Join the Massachusetts Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section as we virtually celebrate Conflict Resolution Day on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 4–6 p.m.

A panel of outstanding dispute resolution (DR) professionals will share their knowledge of the arbitration process and how it has changed over the years.

The panel will be preceded by a short presentation on Conflict Resolution Day by the DR Section Council and the reading of a proclamation issued by Governor Maura Healey. Afterward, Arnold Zack will receive the 2024 Professor Frank E.A. Sander Award in Dispute Resolution, honoring the memory and legacy of Frank Sander, a luminary in the field of conflict resolution.

The event will also pay tribute to Judge Paul Chernoff, an accomplished ADR neutral who passed away in 2024, presented by former Sander Award recipient Judge John Cratsley (ret).

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The 2024 Frank E.A. Sander Award Recipient: Arnold M. Zack

Arnold M. Zack has demonstrated extraordinary leadership, innovation and dedication in the dispute resolution field for more than 60 years. His established contributions in labor relations, employment arbitration and mediation, and beyond, are legion. In addition to the over 5,000 arbitrations and mediations he has handled, are the many books he has authored, courses he has taught, arbitrators and mediators he has mentored, and the many countries and fields of practice that have benefited from his experience and dedication.

Zack’s intellectual and moral leadership has been an integral part of building a superior cadre of experienced arbitrators and mediators locally, nationally and across the world. Notably, he created a code of ethics for arbitrators now widely used globally. Zack has been a member of six Presidential Emergency Boards, three of which he chaired. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and has served as a consultant for  Australia, Cambodia, Greece, Israel, Italy, the Philippines, South Africa, the International Monetary Fund, the Inter-American Development Bank and the UN Development Program. A graduate of Tufts University and Yale Law School, he taught the first ADR course at Yale Law and for many years in a program of Harvard Law. He also served as president of the National Academy of Arbitrators.

To read more about our honoree, Arnold M. Zack, go to: https://naarb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Spring-2020-Chronicle.pdf or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_M._Zack.

This free webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 15. An email from MassBar Education with the Webinar ID and Password will be sent before the program.