Professor Bjorklund to Deliver Speech at International Arbitration Symposium

Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund will deliver a lunch address at the 2010 Stefan A. Riesenfeld symposium hosted by the Berkeley Journal of International Law on February 10 at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall. 

The symposium, entitled "Advancing Arbitration: Modern Trends in International Arbitration: The Case for California," will focus on new trends in international arbitration, examining the developing movement for transparency in international proceedings and the challenges to establishing a code of professional conduct for transnational practitioners. The program will investigate how California can evolve as a place of arbitration and establish as a venue at the forefront of these developing movements.  Professor Bjorklund's speech will explore how issues of transparency and concerns about ethics have intersected as the arbitral community focuses on instituting "best practices."

Andrea Bjorklund is a Professor at the UC Davis School of Law.  Her research focuses on international investment disputes and she has published widely in that area, with articles in the Virginia Journal of International Law, the American Review of International Arbitration, and the Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law.