Meeting for Development Cooperation in the Field of Mediation

In the Dean`s Office of Law Faculty it was held a meeting with the attorney Victor Schachter, President of the Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives (FSRI), San Francisco, USA, Jennifer Brandt, attorney, Ambassador of FSRI, David Vice, founder and Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution and visiting researcher at the Business Faculty of New Jersey City University, Simona Takova, Chairwoman of the Center for Arrangements and Mediation to the Sofia Regional Court and Sofia City Court, judge Evgeny Georgiev from the Sofia Regional Court, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Petya Nedeleva. By the UNWE party in the meeting took part Assoc. Prof. D.Sc.(Law) Jivko Draganov, Dean of the Law Faculty, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vladya Borisova, Head of the Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Department and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetla Boneva, Vice Dean of the International Economics and Politics Faculty. 

During the meeting

During the meeting were discussed the opportunities to establish cooperation between the Foundation for Sustainable Rule of Law Initiatives (FSRI), San San Francisco and the New Jersey City University and to develop the knowledge in the field of mediation for students and practicing jurists.

It was also discussed the cooperation with the Law Faculty, Institute of Intellectual Property and Leadership as well as with the Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Department. 

 

Participants in the meeting

The participants were unanimous about the advantages of mediation as a method for extra-judicial settlement of disputes and the necessity of developing the knowledge and practical skills to achieve higher level of understanding and use of mediation in the practice.