Diversity Award

In 2007, the National Task Force on Diversity in ADR created an Award for Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR to recognize a person or organization who has contributed significantly to diversity in the alternative dispute resolution field. Submissions are reviewed by a panel consisting of past winners, along with CPR’s Co-Chairs of the National Task Force on Diversity and CPR’s President. 

The awards ceremony is held in conjunction with CPR’s Annual Meeting.

The 2024 award will be presented at the CPR 2025 Annual Meeting on February 6, 2025, in Miami.

CPR reserves the right to submit outstanding candidates that have not been nominated.


2023 Diversity Award Winner

Dr. Emilia Onyema, Professor at SOAS University of London and independent arbitrator, is the recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Diversity in ADR award.

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Previous Diversity Award Winners:

Benjamin Davis

Amanda Lee

REAL – Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers and its co-founders Dr. Crina Baltag; Dr. Kabir Duggal, Esq.; and Rekha Rangachari, Esq.

Gail J. Wright

Ambassador David Huebner (ret.)

Hon. Timothy Lewis (ret.)

Lucy Greenwood

Mirèze Philippe

Barry Leon

PD Villarreal

Louise Barrington

Laurel Pyke Malson

Marvin Johnson