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Biography

James Claxton has 15 years of experience in international dispute resolution including roles as mediator, arbitrator, attorney, and academic. He is currently Associate Professor of Law at Waseda University and Mediation Training Expert at the Office of the Ombudsman for United Nations Funds and Programmes.

James is a member of mediation committees of the International Mediation Institute and the International Bar Association. He has worked with the United States Agency for International Development and the International Finance Corporation on mediation capacity-building projects. His publications on mediation appear in the Asian Journal on Mediation, The Journal of World Trade, and the Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. A Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, James began his career as an attorney specializing in international arbitration in Paris and was legal counsel at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank in Washington.