As regular readers know, we own and co-manage with Don Philbin, Jr., Karl Bayer, and Robert Bear LinkedIn‘s Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group. The group actively discusses issues pertaining to domestic and international ADR, and features a distinguished and diverse membership of arbitrators, mediators, business people, attorneys, law professors, students, and other persons interested in ADR. Our members hail not only from the United States, but many other countries as well.
The group, which was formed in May 2009, is now 1,008 members strong and is growing by the week. Many different industries are represented, including the insurance and reinsurance industry. The group enables members to share information; discuss and debate issues; directly access numerous excellent ADR-related blogs; and network with others in the domestic and international ADR community.
The group welcomes new members, and encourages (but does not require) active participation. The only requirement for membership is a bona fide interest in ADR. The group is not a forum for, and does not permit, advertising or blatant self-promotion, so our members need not be concerned about being subject to sales pitches and the like.
If you are already a member of LinkedIn, please click here to apply for membership in the group. If you are not a LinkedIn member, click here, and you will be guided through the process of creating a profile (which does not need to be completed in one step). Once your profile is started, and you have a user name and password, you can apply for membership in the group (which entails no more than clicking on a button). Joining LinkedIn is free, as is joining the group.
We hope you’ll join up!
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