Delos has launched its latest initiative, known as "LONDAP", which stands for "London Delos ADR Place" and concerns the creation of a hearing and conference centre in London for use by the international arbitration community. Recently, Delos announced its Design Committee for LONDAP, chaired by Gary Born and ArbitralWomen member Anneliese Day QC. The Design Committee is comprised of a diverse group of arbitration experts, including several members of ArbitralWomen: Justin D'Agostino, Jose Astigarraga, Nigel Blackaby, Professor Daniel Cohen, Kate Davies, Alec Emmerson, Steven Finizio, Dr Hamid Gharavi, Douglas Jones AO, Elie Kleiman, Christopher Lau SC, Erin Miller Rankin, Reza Mohtashami QC, Gabrielle Nater-Bass, Anne Véronique Schlaepfer, John Terry, Baiju Vasani, Aimee-Jane Lee, Thomas Granier, Ziad Obeid and Mahesh Rai. The Design Committee is launching a survey globally, encouraging the international arbitration community to share what their ideal hearing centre in London would be like. The survey can be accessed here and the deadline is 19 July 2019.

ArbitralWomen has been conducting and publishing interviews of many amazing women in dispute resolution since 2013. These women are inspiring role models who have shared with us their experiences and insights. We take this opportunity to provide a recap of the many interviews that we have published in our Newsletters to date. The interview series started with women leaders of dispute resolution institutions throughout the world. Newsletter n°7 issued in February 2013 featured interviews with India Johnson, President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association (USA), and Sarah Lancaster, Registrar of the London Court of Arbitration (UK). The Newsletters that followed introduced women leaders from four distinct geographic regions:

• Newsletter n°9 issued in October 2013 featured women leading dispute resolution centres in Europe: Beata Gessel-Kalinowska vel Kalisz, President of the Lewiatan Court (Poland), Annette Magnusson, Director and Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (Sweden), and Sophie Henry, Secretary General, Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris (France);
• Newsletter n°10 issued in February 2014 featured women leaders in Latin America: Diana Droulers, Executive Director of the Arbitration Centre of the Caracas Chamber (Venezuela), Carolina Diab, General Director of CRECIG, Comisión de Resolución de Conflictos de la Cámara de Industria de Guatemala (Guatemala), and Karin Helmlinger Casanova, Executive Director and Secretary General of Arbitraje Internacional Santiago (Chile);
• Newsletter n°11 issued in July 2014 featured women leaders in Asia, all three in Hong Kong: Chiann Bao, Secretary General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Wenying Wang, Secretary General of CIETAC Hong Kong and Cheng Yee Khong, Director and Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration, Asia Office;
• Newsletter n°13 issued in March 2015 featured women leaders in Africa: Megha Joshi, Executive Secretary/CEO of the Lagos Court of Arbitration (Nigeria), Bernadette Uwicyeza, Secretary General of the Kigali International Arbitration Centre (Rwanda), Bintou Djibo Boli, Secrétaire Permanent Centre d’Arbitrage et de Médiation (Burkina Faso) and Coumba Diatigui Diarra, Director of the Conciliation & Arbitration Centre of Mali (Mali).

Thereafter, in Newsletter n°14 issued in May 2015, the series of interviews featured women leaders in the Vis Moot and Vis East: Louise Barrington, Patrizia Netal and Ingeborg Schwenzer. Since then, we have consistently published interviews of other prominent women leaders in dispute resolution:

• Newsletter n°18 issued in June 2016 featured Alice Fremuth-Wolf
• Newsletter n°19 issued in September 2016 featured Lucy Reed
• Newsletter n°20 issued in December 2019 featured Juliet Blanch
• Newsletter n°21 issued in April 2017 featured Wendy Miles, QC
• Newsletter n°24 issued in January 2018 featured Deborah Tomkinson
• Newsletter n°25 issued in March 2018 featured Cherie Blair CBE, QC
• Newsletter n°26 issued in June 2018 featured Lorraine Brennan
• Newsletter n°30 issued in December 2018 featured Dana MacGrath
• Newsletter n°32 issued in April 2019 featured Anne Joubin-Bret
• Newsletter n°33 issued in June 2019 featured Cecilia Flores Rueda

ArbitralWomen is delighted to have shared with its readers interviews with 28 women leaders in dispute resolution. Stay tuned for the upcoming interviews with other role models.

Submitted by Mirèze Philippe, ArbitralWomen Co-Founder & Board Member, Special Counsel, ICC International Court of Arbitration

We are excited to announce the official launch of YAWP Inspire by the Steering Committee of Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners! Following the conception of the idea by former YAWP Steering Committee member Ema Vidak-Gojkovic during the previous term, YAWP Inspire is now spearheaded by current YAWP Steering Committee member Cherine Foty. What is YAWP Inspire?

• A project to support younger members of the community by giving them a chance to hear first-hand from inspiring, successful arbitral women from jurisdictions around the world about the secret to their success and career tips.
• An opportunity for younger colleagues to be advised, taught and mentored – even if remotely, and even if for only a few minutes.

How does YAWP Inspire work?

• YAWP Inspire is almost like a podcast: it is comprised of audio-recorded short interviews where interviewed arbitral women answer a set of pre-selected questions. The audio file is then incorporated into a set of slides including the YAWP logo, brief information about the interviewee, her photo, and a written transcript of the interview questions.

The YAWP Inspire videos will be available for viewing on the ArbitralWomen website and on ArbitralWomen’s social media outlets. What are the goals of YAWP Inspire?

• To allow women leaders in the field to mentor younger colleagues through remote communication.
• To inspire YAWP members to lead and excel.
• To highlight accomplishments of notable ArbitralWomen members.

Stay tuned for the first audio-recorded interview, which will go live in a few weeks!

The ICC published its Dispute Resolution statistics for 2018 on 11 June 2019. The statistics confirm that the number of women appointed and confirmed has increased and nearly doubled, from 136 in 2015 to 273 in 2018, which corresponds to 18.4% of the arbitrators appointed in 2018. This is an increase also from 2017 (249 women appointed). Parties nominated as many women arbitrators as appointed by the ICC Court, 115 and 113 respectively. The number of women acting as president or sole arbitrator has also increased. In 2018, 32% of women appointed or confirmed as arbitrators acted as president (31% in 2017) and 30% as sole arbitrators (26% in 2017). The ICC statistics also note a rising proportion of younger arbitrators with 35% of arbitrators under the age of 50. The ICC Dispute Resolution statistics for 2018 can be found here.

The Arbitral Women Mentorship Programme, now in its 13^th year, is designed to connect experienced female practitioners in the field of dispute resolution with talented and ambitious women to help them to achieve their goals of professional development. The deadline to apply to become an ArbitralWomen Mentor is 31 July 2019. ArbitralWomen encourages its experienced members to become ArbitralWomen Mentors. We welcome all Members to apply to serve as ArbitralWomen Mentors, including experienced practitioners, in-house counsel and those with backgrounds in forensic evaluation, compliance, and mediation to apply. It is not necessary to have prior experience as a mentor. If selected to be an ArbitralWomen Mentor you will be matched with a mentee and provided with guidance materials and support from ArbitralWomen for the duration of the mentoring engagement (1 year). ArbitralWomen Mentors have a meaningful impact on the career development of a female practitioner and make a significant difference to their career. As an ArbitralWomen Mentor you will have the opportunity to:

• Share your knowledge and experience
• Inspire and guide a fellow practitioner
• Develop your international network
• Influence the next generation of practitioners
• Have your profile showcased on the AW website

If you have any questions about the Mentorship Programme then please contact Directors Alison Pearsall and Amanda Lee (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). To apply to become an ArbitralWomen Mentor and be part of the Mentorship Programme success story, please complete the form available here and send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 31 July 2019.

We are delighted to share the news of a recently released book honouring the life and words of the late Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Judith S. Kaye (1938-2016). Judith Kaye was the first woman appointed to the New York Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. Ten years later, she was the first woman appointed Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals. At her retirement in 2008, Judge Kaye had served longer as Chief Judge than any of her predecessors. Judge Kaye was a trailblazer in many ways and an ardent supporter of women. Judith S. Kaye in Her Own Words: Reflections on Life and the Law, with Selected Judicial Opinions and Articles, celebrates Judith Kaye’s successful career as a seasoned advocate and the first woman Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals. The book covers various periods of Judge Kaye’s life, concluding with opinions, articles, and speeches. Judge Kaye was highly respected and dearly loved by her colleagues and the New York legal community. She was an ardent leader, modernizing the practice of law with an eagle eye on efficiency. She selected specialized, thoughtful platforms to launch key initiatives in New York, including for women and children. Of crucial importance to the arbitration community, Judge Kaye launched the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC), inspired by her belief that New York should have a dedicated space for arbitration hearings seated in New York as well as a centralized venue for arbitration practitioners, academics and arbitrators to exchange and develop thought leadership in arbitration and capitalize on New York’s role at the epicentre of trade, commerce, and law. Judge Kaye was the founding Chair of NYIAC’s Board of Directors. During her tenure as Chair, she promulgated best practices and invited the arbitration community to think critically about arbitration jurisprudence. "Judge Kaye was an inspiration and had a unique way of making each of us feel special. She was tenacious in pursuing her objectives while succeeding in accomplishing them with the utmost grace," commented Edna Sussman, Chair of NYIAC's Board of Directors. "We were fortunate to have her choose international arbitration in New York as one of her two missions after her mandatory retirement from the bench, along with improving the lives of children." The book offers pathways to Judge Kaye’s life and work, including her resilience and warmth. “Judge Kaye was a larger-than-life figure who inspired her audience no matter the size with a unique mix of tenacity, kindness, and humour,” noted Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of NYIAC. “It is an honour to work in the space Judge Kaye created, advancing her goals for New York as a pivotal player in the international arbitration landscape." Judge Kaye was an ArbitralWomen Member and supporter. We were honoured to have Judge Kaye attend and participate in our 2011 ArbitralWomen Annual General Meeting (AGM). ArbitralWomen Co-Founder Mirèze Philippe remembers Judge Kaye’s kindness and modesty at the 2011 ArbitralWomen AGM and how she contributed meaningfully to the discussions and offered suggestions in an understated and humble way, as would a young newcomer to the field as opposed to a seasoned and respected judge and arbitrator. “She was a truly noble person and an amazing role model,” Mirèze Philippe commented. Submitted by Rekha Rangachari, Executive Director of the New York International Arbitration Center