Bryan Clark

Bryan Clark is Professor of Law and Civil Justice at Newcastle University Law School and course leader of the online LLM in Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution.  His teaching and research interests fall mainly in the areas of civil justice, dispute resolution and ADR.  He is Chair of the Accreditation and Validation Panel at Relationships Scotland, a Trustee of the Arab Mediation Centre and former Board Member of Scottish Mediation.

Workshop Title: The rise of online mediation in teaching and practice.

This session shall focus on the increasing use of online platforms in both the practice of mediation and also in the context of mediation education and training.   The speaker will draw on his experience as course leader of the online LLM in Mediation and International Commercial Dispute Resolution at Newcastle University as well as recent interview-based research he has conducted with international commercial mediators drawn from a range of jurisdictions.