November Club Meeting - NY Arbitration Week and Monday Night Law

Thursday, November 13, 2025 12:00 PM to Thursday, November 27, 2025 2:00 PM

Event Location: Baker McKenzie and Zoom

Our first speaker will be Ulyana Bardyn, an independent arbitrator and Cochair of the Organizing Committee for the forthcoming New York Arbitration Week (November 17-21), who will lead a discussion on the process of organizing this year’s week of events including the selection of presentations. 

The second speaker will be fellow member Russ Bleemer, editor of CPR’s monthly newsletter, “Alternatives,” who recently received a lifetime achievement award in the City Bar Justice Center’s 2025 Outstanding Pro Bono Service Awards. Russ will discuss his experience with the Bar Association’s 35-year-old Monday Night Law, a weekly free legal clinic he oversaw for most the program’s life.