REAL - Racial Equality
for Arbitration Lawyers
REAL - Racial Equality
for Arbitration Lawyers
Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL).
REAL is a group of global lawyers practicing in international arbitration and striving to achieve racial equality for arbitration lawyers.
This is one of the most dynamic, international and diverse fields to work in law – where our love of international law and cross-border disputes naturally mix an array of identities, cultures, and languages, in addition to many other factors.
Race and REAL stand at the center of this roundabout, where each member is an anchor. Together we will achieve dialogue, action, and change.
MEMBERSHIP
We are open to everyone! Please consider joining us!
The good news? Since we are a body advocating for “access” we do not charge a membership fee. All we request is that you become an active member and help facilitate the cause for greater representation in international arbitration.
We are especially focused on issues of intersectionality (i.e., possessing more than one attribute of diversity).
So, have you signed up for REAL? If not, please sign up. Remember, everyone is WELCOME!!!
STRATEGIC GOALS
Access to this “arbitration club,” where we each represent different racial platforms across different jurisdictions, to open the door to more practitioners. One avenue is to address the socio-economic limitation for many entering our field with a focus on community building for young and mid-level practitioners.
To this end and unless deemed necessary, we will not charge a membership fee to join REAL.
We are in the process of creating a scholarship for our members to attend arbitration events and training courses. {to be developed here}
Fellowships
Awards
To create a level-playing field, we want to share knowledge on international arbitration. {we can have the opportunities below built out to separate pages}
To go ahead in life it is necessary to have mentors. We therefore are in the process of developing a mentorship program. {to be developed here}
We want to share events that deal with diversity and where our members participate {we can build all the links on a separate page that we add here}
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If you have a show case an event relating to diversity or where our members are speaker, please contact us.
Representation and inclusion in all forms are important. Together we are stronger.
We want to share all other local, regional, and global efforts dealing with international arbitration. {we can build all the links on a separate page that we add here}
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If you have a diversity initiative that you would like us to share, please contact us.
Advocacy to build awareness and spotlight the absence of racial diversity in our field. A second avenue is to address the lack of racial parity in arbitral appointments with a focus on community building with stakeholders — arbitral institutions, law firms, clients, third party funders, expert shops, and onwards.
Where we conceive of a relevant nexus, we build cooperation, and create change therewith.
#REALPARTNERS {institutional partners} {law firm partners}
Creating an inclusive environment requires participation from everyone involved. Institutions have generally been on the forefront of supporting diversity initiatives. REAL is proud of collaborate with the following institutions and law firms to deal with representation of underrepresented groups in international arbitration:
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#REALPROGRAMS {TBD}
CONTACT US
We are open to everyone! Please contact us!
SIGN UP
We are open to everyone! Please sign up!