From 23 to 27 March, we celebrated the 10th -anniversary edition of Paris Arbitration Week (“PAW”). What began as a bold initiative has grown into a global platform that now united practitioners from every region and background.
Yet PAW also reminded us that beyond the technical dedication of our profession, what happens in hearings and negotiations is fundamentally human. Not the facts we present or the arguments we craft, but our nervous system shapes how we think, listen, speak, and lead. Using insights from neuroscience, the discussion hosted by Laborde Law and presented by ARBalance invited arbitration practitioners to look beyond the technicalities of advocacy and explore the biology underlying human interaction.
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Read the full article by Nilufar Tahery Boeini, published on Kluwer Arbitration Blog , on 2 April 2026.