Approaching Pro Bono Work in ADR
Wednesday 23rd August | 11.15am
Speakers: Polly Pope, Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin, Catherine Green and Darryn Aitchison
Key Objectives
Educate participants about successful pro bono initiatives
Identify opportunities for enhancing pro bono impact
Increase the visibility of pro bono efforts
Overview:
This panel session, led by Polly Pope, aims to examine how the arbitration and mediation community can and should approach pro bono work. Drawing inspiration from the Australian pro bono pledge and developments in New Zealand, the session will delve into the potential for members of the community to enhance the ambition, impact, and visibility of their pro bono endeavours. The discussion will highlight practical steps, strategies, and initiatives that can be undertaken to strengthen the pro bono culture within the field.
Polly Pope
LLB (Hons), MIR, FAMINZ (Arb), FCIArb (UK)
Polly Pope is a disputes partner at Russell McVeagh, arbitrator and adjudicator. She is on the arbitration and adjudication panels of AMINZ and the NZDRC, and the reserve panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre. Polly's commercial disputes practice spans insolvency, construction, class actions and financial regulatory disputes. Polly edits the arbitration chapters of the leading procedural text, Sims Court Practice (Lexis Nexis).
Panel Discussion: Approaching Pro Bono Work in ADR
Darryn Aitchison
LLB (Hons), MIR, FAMINZ (Arb), FCIArb (UK)
Darryn Aitchison is the Director of Te Ara Ture (Aotearoa’s pro bono clearinghouse). Te Ara Ture is a division of Community Law, where he has worked as a lawyer and in leadership roles since 2008. Darryn has a deep knowledge of both legal needs in the community and effective ways of promoting access to justice. He has researched effective models of legal assistance and pro bono practice. Every day, through his work with Te Ara Ture, he sees how pro bono can make a significant contribution to the promotion of access to justice.
Panel Discussion: Approaching Pro Bono Work in ADR
Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin
BA, LLB(Hons) (Auck), LLM (Harv), PhD (Otago)
Dr Bridgette Toy-Cronin (LLB(Hons), BA Auckland, LLM Harvard, PhD Otago) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Otago, the Director of the Civil Justice Centre, and Co-Director of the Otago Centre for Law and Society. Her research has an empirical focus, investigating access to justice, the legal profession, judging, dispute resolution, and civil procedure.
Panel Discussion: Approaching Pro Bono Work in ADR
Catherine Green
FCIArb | LLM (International Law) | PRI | A.AMINZ | Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration | GradDipBusStuds (Dispute Resolution) | PGDipBusAdmin (Dispute Resolution) | BA
Catherine is a Director of The ADR Centre and has oversight of the Centre’s five registries: the New Zealand International Arbitration Centre (NZIAC), the New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre (NZDRC), Building Disputes Tribunal, Family Dispute Resolution Centre (FDR Centre), and the Independent Complaint and Review Authority (ICRA). In that role, she is involved in designing, developing and promoting private dispute resolution processes.
Catherine also maintains a practice as a barrister dedicated to delivering services as an arbitrator, adjudicator, and mediator for general commercial and construction matters. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Prior to specialising in the design and delivery of private dispute resolution processes, Catherine practiced as a commercial litigator both onshore and offshore in New Zealand, London, and the Cayman Islands, gaining extensive experience in a wide range of matters, involving fraud, insolvency, contractual, financial services, tax avoidance and regulatory issues.
Catherine writes and presents frequently on a wide range of private dispute resolution practice matters.
Catherine holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in international law and an MBA. She has also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (employment relations and organisational studies), GradDipBusStuds (dispute resolution) and PGDipBusAdmin (dispute resolution).