MISSION STATEMENT:

The Corporate Counsel Division seeks to serve the Forum and its members by:

• Educating members of the Forum regarding franchise legal issues from the perspective of corporate counsel.
• Educating members of the bar regarding franchise legal issues from the perspective of corporate counsel.
• Educating members of the forum in private practice regarding the special needs of corporate counsel on franchise legal issues.
• Educating corporate counsel regarding the supervision of franchise legal matters and outside legal services.
• Expanding membership in the forum by providing a forum to address the unique needs of corporate counsel.
• Providing corporate counsel with a vehicle for communicating directly with other corporate counsel as well as outside counsel.

Forum Committee on Franchising: CORPORATE COUNSEL DIVISION

MISSION STATEMENT:

Study and presentation of traditional and non-traditional approaches to resolving legal disputes in the franchisor-franchisee relationship; increasing the receptiveness of Forum members to non-traditional approaches to problem solving; and enhancement of the skills of Forum members in applying such approaches.

Forum Committee on Franchising: LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVISION

The IFDI’s mission is to serve the Forum and its members by:

1. fostering efforts to publish monographs and other materials on international franchising and distribution;
2. proposing and developing programs and speakers on the subject of international franchising and distribution for Forum publications;
3. proposing articles on the subject of international franchising and distribution for Forum publications;
4. expanding membership in the Forum from within and outside the U.S. to address the unique needs of international franchising and distribution practitioners; and
5. proposing and developing programs and speakers, and otherwise working cooperatively, with the International Bar Association, the ABA Section of International Law and Practice, and other appropriate bar groups.

Forum Committee on Franchising: INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE AND DISTRIBUTION DIVISION