Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop

“Smart Resolutions: Exploring the Role of AI in Alternative Dispute Resolution”

Wednesday, Feb. 25, noon-1:30 p.m. ET

Quinnipiac University School of Law (QUSL)

Presenter: Dr. Nadia Ahmad, Assistant Professor at Prince Mohammad bin Fahd University, in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Commenter: Prof. John Lande, Isidor Loeb Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri School of Law

RSVP to Kaisha or Victoria by noon ET, Monday, Feb. 23.

“The Strike” Screening and Discussion

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Yale Law School SLB Room 129

A new documentary chronicles how thousands of incarcerated individuals at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison overcame decades of extreme solitary confinement practices by orchestrating the largest prison hunger strike in U.S. history. The screening will be followed by a discussion with JoeBill Muñoz, one of the directors, and Michael Saavedra, one of the strikers featured in the documentary.

Cosponsored by the Yale Investigative Reporting Lab, the Yale Prison Education Initiative, the Yale Ludwig Program in Public Sector Leadership, and the Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop. Open to the Yale University and Quinnipiac Law School communities. Registration required by Oct. 12. Register here.

“Trouble, Trouble, Trouble: Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster and Arbitration”

Thursday, October 30, 2025, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. EDT, in person and via Zoom

Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 312

Presenter: Pace Law Professor Imre Szalai
Commenter: Arbitrator & Mediator, Attorney David Reif

For those attending in Person, RSVP to jessica.dellaratta@quinnipiac.edu by Noon, Monday, October 27.
For those attending by Zoom, RSVP to charles.dumais@quinnipiac.edu by Noon, Monday, October 27.

For more information, please contact Prof. Charles Pillsbury
Co-Director, QUSL Center on Dispute Resolution, at charles.pillsbury@quinnipiac.edu

Hybrid Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop

Thursday, May 29, 2025, 6:00-7:30 p.m. EST

Quinnipiac University School of Law (QUSL)

Library Commons, Room SLE 221

"Challenges Facing Connecticut Immigration Lawyers in the Age of Trump" 

Sheila Hayre, QUSL Clinical Professor of Law
Michael Boyle, Immigration Lawyer 
Brittany Eckard, Ogletree Deakins Immigration Lawyer
Emily Norman, Attorney & Managing Director, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), Hartford Office 

For those attending In Person, RSVP to: jessica.dellaratta@quinnipiac.edu by 3:00 PM, Monday, May 26

For those attending by Zoom, RSVP to: charles.dumais@quinnipiac.edu by 3:00 PM, Monday, May 26

Co-Sponsored by: QUSL Center on Dispute Resolution, QUSL Civil Justice Clinic, and The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

NOTE: the CT Bar Association will provide 1.5 CT CLE Credits (general).

For more information, please contact Charlie Pillsbury, Co-Director, QUSL Center on Dispute Resolution, at charles.pillsbury@quinnipiac.edu

Co-sponsored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law
and the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

SERAPHIM: A Novel by Former CT Solicitor General Joshua Perry

Thursday, February 13, 2025

5:00 P.M.-6:00 P.M. EASTERN
Quinnipiac University School of Law (QUSL), North Haven Campus, Room SLE 350

Joshua Perry

Juvenile Public Defenders in Post-Katrina New Orleans, "Why Storytelling Matters"

In Conversation with Brian R. Gallini, QUSL Dean & Professor of Law

Intersections: Immigration & Labor

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

12:10 pm – 1:00 pm Room 129

Ibrahim Diallo

2024 Curtis-Liman Fellow

Former Staff Attorney, New York Taxi Workers Alliance

Juan Fernando Luna León

UNITE HERE Local 11, Los Angeles, 2024 Liman Fellow 

Michael K.T. Tan

Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law, Associate Research Scholar in Law, and 

Executive Director, The Movement Project, Yale Law School, 2008 Liman Fellow

Mary Yanik

Associate Clinical Professor of Law & Director of Immigrant Rights Clinic,

Tulane Law School, New Orleans, 2015 Liman Fellow

RSVP by January 24

VOTING 2024: The TRUST Network

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Via Zoom

Jennifer Grubbs

National Strategic Architect for the TRUST Network

Mediators Beyond Borders International

Madhawa "Mads" Palihapitiya

TRUST Network, Co-Convenor

Program Director, Conflict Early-Warning Analytics Program

UMASS Boston McCormack’s Center for Peace,

Democracy and Development

D.G Mawn

TRUST Network, Co-Convenor

President, National Association for Community Mediation

Jill Cardenas

Executive Director

The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire, Inc.

Savannah, Georgia

RSVP to denise.gehring@yale.edu by Monday, October 14. Zoom link will be provided.

VOTING 2024 ACCESS, RIGHTS, AND RISKS

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Alice Clapman

Senior Counsel, Voting Rights Program, Brennan Center

Daniel Freeman

Trial Attorney, Voting Section, Department of Justice (in personal capacity)

Danny Haidar

Liman Fellow, Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Attorney General's Office

Terin Patel-Wilson

Liman Fellow, N.A.A.C.P. Legal Defense Fund, "Black Voters on the Rise" Team

Elizabeth Pierson

Attorney, Pines Bach LLP

Larry Schwartztol

Professor of Practice, Harvard Law School

Faculty Director of the Democracy and Rule of Law Clinic

RSVP to denise.gehring@yale.edu by September 15 if attending in person (hosted non-pizza lunch) or September 17 if attending via Zoom (link will be provided)

Co-sponsored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law
and the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

Evan Milligan
Plaintiff
and
Deuel Ross (via Zoom)
Deputy Director of Litigation
NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc.
and
Moderated by:
Miriam Gohara
Clinical Professor of Law and
Director of Jerome N. Frank Legal Services at Yale Law School
"The Impact of Allen v. Milligan (2023): Race, Redistricting, and the Right to Vote"
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Attend either in-person (Yale Law School SLB Room 127, non-pizza lunch will be served) or via Zoom.
To register, please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu no later than noon on Friday, January 19, and indicate whether you will be attending via Zoom or in-person.
Co-sponsored and Co-organized by:
YLS Black Law Students Association (BLSA) 
Quinnipiac University School of Law (BLSA) 

Leonard L. Riskin
Visiting Professor of Law and Distinguished Senior Fellow
Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Moderated by:
Jennifer Gerarda Brown
Dean and Professor of Law
Quinnipiac University School of Law
"Managing Conflict Mindfully: Don't Believe Everything You Think"
Thursday, February 15, 2024 5:10 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. via Zoom
To register, please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu no later than Monday, February 12

Joshua Civin '03
Chief Legal Officer
Baltimore City Schools
and
Commentators:
Zachary Liscow
Professor of Law
Yale Law School
and
Kayla Vinson
Executive Director
Law and Racial Justice Center, Yale Law School
“Lawyering on Behalf of Baltimore City Public Schools:
From Equitable Financing to School Discipline Reform”
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
12:10 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. EST
Attend either in-person (Yale Law School SLB Room 124, non-pizza lunch will be served) or via Zoom.
To register, please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu no later than noon on Friday, March 1, and indicate whether you will be attending via Zoom or in person.
Co-Sponsored by:
The Law and Racial Justice Center, Yale Law School


 

Co-sponsored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law
and the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

Alice Siu 
Associate Director, Deliberative Democracy Lab
Stanford University
and
Commentator: 
William DeVane Logue (“Bill”) 
Professor
Quinnipiac University School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution
“America in One Room: Bridging the Climate Divide”
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
Alivia Langley
Program Manager
CT Violence Intervention Program
New Haven, CT
and
Kayla Vinson
Executive Director
Law, and Racial Justice Center at Yale Law School
New Haven, CT
and
Dr. Jeffrey A. Butts
Research Professor and Director
Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York City, NY
"Decentering Police in Public Safety:
Violence Intervention in New Haven and Beyond"
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

David Horton 
Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law
UC Davis School of Law
and
Commentator
Judith Resnik 
Arthur Liman Professor of Law
Yale Law School 
“The Limits of the Ending Forced Arbitration of  
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act”
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 12:10 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Zoom

Hon. Ellen N. Biben
Administrative Judge,
Judge of the New York County Supreme Court,
Criminal Term
and
Joe Barrett
Project Director,
Manhattan Justice Opportunities,
Center for Court Innovation
and
Moderated by:
Grace Li
Liman Fellow in Residence
"No Prison Time for Felonies: A New Criminal Court"
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Amy Cohen
Robert J. Reinstein Chair in Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
and
Commentator: 
Judith Resnik 
Arthur Liman Professor of Law
Yale Law School 
"The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Informal Justice and the Death of ADR"
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
 

Co-sponored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law and
the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

Deanna Pantin Parrish
Harvard Law School
and
Commentator:
Anika Singh Lemar
Yale Law School
"Designing Solutions to the Eviction Crisis: Best Practices"
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Isabelle R. Gunning
Southwestern Law School - Los Angeles
and
Sharon B. Press
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
"Is Whiteness Embedded in Mediation?"
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Carl Smallwood
Divided Community Project (DCP), Ohio State Moritz College of Law
Director
and
William Froehlich
Divided Community Project (DCP), Ohio State Moritz College of Law
Deputy Director
"Campus Division? Dispute Resolution Strategies for Campus Leaders"
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

Michael Z. Green
Professor of Law & Director, Workplace Law Program
Texas A&M University School of Law
and
Commentator:
Alyssa Work
Attorney, The Bronx Defenders
"The Racial Rhythm and Blues of Reforming Police Arbitrations"©
Friday, February 18, 2022 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom

2020-2021 Speakers
Co-sponsored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law and
the Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

Amy Schmitz
University of Missouri School of Law
"ODR through the Lens of A2J: Who Benefits?"
     Examining ODR's Successes and Failures in Advancing Justice
Friday, October 23, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
To receive Zoom link for talk, RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu

Grande Lum
Menlo College
and
Commentator:
Joseph ("Josh") Stulberg
The Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law
"America's Peacemakers: The Community Relations Service and Civil Rights"
Friday, February 19, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu 

Jean Sternlight
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
and
Commentator:
Judith Resnik
Yale Law School
"Justice in a Brave New World?"
Friday, March 12, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu

Calvin Duncan
Program Director for the Light of Justice
"Lawyering on the Inside: Access to Justice Behind Prison Walls"
Wednesday, March 17, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu

Ryan Sakoda
University of Chicago Law School
and
Commentator:
Fiona Doherty
Yale Law School
"Probation to Prison: Race and the Structure of Sanctions in Probation Supervision"
Wednesday, April 14, 12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Zoom
Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu

2019–2020 Speakers
Co-sponsored by the Center on Dispute Resolution,
Quinnipiac University School of Law and
The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law at Yale

Lauren Sudeall
Associate Professor of Law
Faculty Director of the Center for Access to Justice
Georgia State University College of Law
and
Marisol Orihuela
2008 Liman Fellow
Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Yale Law School
"Unfamilar Justice: Exploring Individuals' Experiences with the Legal System Through Interdisciplinary Empirical Research"
Wednesday, September 25, 2019, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School
Baker Hall, Room 128
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu by Wednesday, September 18

Dr. Eugene B. Kogan
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Art of the Power Deal: The Four Negotiation Roles of Donald J. Trump"
Thursday, October 3, 2019, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Yale Law School
SLB Room 128
Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu by Thursday, September 26

Michael Moffitt
Philip H. Knight Chair, Professor
University of Oregon
School of Law
"Settlement Malpractice"
Friday, October 18, 2019, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law
SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, October 11

Seema Gajwani
Special Counsel for Juvenile Justice Reform and Chief of the Restorative Justice Program Section, D.C. Office of the Attorney General
and
James Forman, Jr.
Yale Law School
Co-Sponsored by YLS Defenders
"Restorative Justice"
Monday, November 4, 2019, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School
​Baker Hall, Room 116
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu by Monday, October 28

James Greiner
Faculty Director, Access to Justice Lab
Harvard Law School
and
Dalié Jiménez
Professor of Law
University of California
Irvine School of Law
"Self-Help, Reimagined: CT Debt Collection Study"
Friday, February 28, 2020, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law
SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, February 21

Cancelled:
Amy J. Schmitz
University of Missouri
School of Law
"E-Court Initiatives"
Friday, March 20, 2020, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Room EDU 187 in the School of Education
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, March 13

Cancelled:
Calvin Duncan
Program Director for the Light of Justice
"Lawyering on the Inside: Access to Justice Behind Prison Walls"

Tuesday, April 7, 2020, noon - 1:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law
SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Tuesday, March 31

Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 5:35 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Yale Law School
SLB Room 128
Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu by Tuesday, March 31


Cancelled:
Jean Sternlight
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law
"Mandatory Arbitration & #MeToo"
Thursday, April 16, 2020, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School
SLB Room 120
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Karen Crocco at karen.crocco@yale.edu by Thursday, April 9

2018-2019 Speakers

Lesley Wexler, University of Illinois College of Law
“#MeToo, Time’s Up, and Theories of Justice”
Friday, September 14, 2018, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, September 7

Randall Kiser, DecisionSet®
"How to Be an Effective Lawyer: Results From 30 Studies"
Thursday, September 20, 2018, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 121
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu

Randall Kiser, DecisionSet®
"Soft Skills for Effective Lawyering: Results From 30 Studies"
Friday, September 21, 2018, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, September 14

John Lande, University of Missouri School of Law
“Helping Parties Understand What They Have to Lose in Litigation and Trial”
Thursday, October 11, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, October 4

Daniel Shapiro, Harvard International Negotiation Program
“Bridging the Divides: Countering Tribalism in the Trump Era”
Thursday, December 6, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, MNH, Room 105
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ney at sue.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, November 29

Ellen Deason, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
"Beyond 'Managerial Judges': Appropriate Roles in Settlement"
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 128
Co-sponsored by The Arthur Liman Center for Public Interest Law
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Tuesday, January 29

Art Hinshaw, Arizona State University
"Regulating Mediators"
Friday, March 22, 2019, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Calabresi Faculty Lounge
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Friday, March 15

William DeVane Logue, Quinnipiac School of Law Center on Dispute Resolution
"An Overview of Mediation: From the Personal to the Professional and Beyond"
Monday, April 1, 2019, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 111
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Monday, March 25

2017-2018 Speakers

Jake Sullivan
Former Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. State Dept. &
Senior Advisor for the Iran nuclear negotiations
"Negotiating about Nuclear Missiles: Iran, North Korea, and General Lessons"
Monday, October 9, 2017, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Yale Law School, Faculty Lounge
127 Wall Street, New Haven
Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Monday, October 2

Lainey Feingold
Attorney/Author
“Negotiating for Equality: Two Decades of Structured Negotiation"
Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Wednesday, October 18

Hal Abramson
Distinguished Visiting Professor
US Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
and
Professor of Law
Touro Law Center, New York
"Nelson Mandela as Negotiator: What Can We Learn from Him?"
Friday, November 17, 2017, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 121
127 Wall Street, New Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Friday, November 10

David A. Hoffman, Esq.
Founder, Boston Law Collaborative, LLC
and
John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law 
Harvard Law School
"Diversity and Dispute Resolution"
Tuesday, November 28, 2017, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Faculty Dining Room
127 Wall Street, New Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Tuesday, November 21

Noam Ebner
Creighton University
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program
Graduate School
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
“Negotiation is Changing”
Friday, February 2, 2018, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, January 26

Lydia Nussbaum
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
“Trial and Error: Legislating ADR for Medical Malpractice Reform”
Friday, February 23, 2018, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, February 16

Hiro Aragaki
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
"What Mediation Legislation From Around the Globe Tells Us About How Mediation is Developing Internationally"
Friday, April 6, 2018, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 121
Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Friday, March 30

J. Kim Wright
Attorney/Author
“Lawyers as Changemakers: The Global Integrative Law Movement”
Thursday, April 12, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE Room 221 - Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, April 5

Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop

The Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop sponsors a lecture series featuring nationally recognized scholars and practitioners.
The talks are open to the public, as well as the Yale and Quinnipiac communities, and are structured to allow time for questions and discussion.

For more information, please contact:

Noah Messing
(203) 436-8111 or noah.messing@yale.edu

Charlie Pillsbury
(203) 582-8145 or charles.pillsbury@quinnipiac.edu

2016-2017 Speakers

Thomas Stipanowich, Pepperdine University School of Law
“The International Evolution of Mediation: A Call for Dialogue and Deliberation”
Thursday, October 13, 2016, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 221-Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, October 6

Chessy Prout, her family and Attorney Steven J. Kelly
"Sexual Assault at St. Paul's School: A Conversation with the Plaintiff"
Thursday, October 27, 2016, noon - 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 122
Lunch will be served
Reception to follow in the Faculty Lounge
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Thursday, October 20

Catherine Albiston, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
“The Dispute Tree and the Legal Forest”
Thursday, November 17, 2016, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 122
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Thursday, November 10

Peter Salem, Executive Director, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Michael Saini, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
“A Survey of Beliefs and Priorities About Access to Justice of Family Law: The Search for a Multidisciplinary Perspective”
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University, Center for Medicine, Nursing & Health Services, Room 105
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, November 23

Heather Scheiwe Kulp, Harvard Law School
Amanda L. Kool, Harvard Law School
“You Help Me, He Helps You: Dispute Systems Design in the Sharing Economy”
Thursday, January 12, 2017, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University, Center for Medicine, Nursing & Health Services, Room 105
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, January 6

David Noll, Rutgers Law School
"Regulating Arbitration" California Law Review, forthcoming (2016)
Friday, February 10, 2017, noon - 1:30  p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 121
Lunch will be served: Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Friday, February 3

David Laitin, Stanford University
"How Civil Wars End" 
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, noon - 1:30  p.m.
Yale Law School, Faculty Lounge
Lunch will be served: Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Wednesday, February 8

Richard Frankel, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Drexel University
"Bootstraps on the Ground: A Response to Professor Leslie" 
Thursday, March 23, 2017, noon - 1:30  p.m.
Yale Law School, Room 127
Lunch will be served: Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Thursday, March 16

Senator George J. Mitchell, Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader & Former U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace
"A Path to Peace" 
Wednesday, April 5, 2017, noon - 1:30  p.m.
Yale Law School, Faculty Lounge
Lunch will be served: Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Wednesday, March 29

Rachel Wohl, Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution & Former Executive Director, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office
“Mindfulness in the Heat of Conflict: Taking STOCK”
Thursday, April 6, 2017, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 221-Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served: PLEASE RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, March 30

Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop

The Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop sponsors a lecture series featuring nationally recognized scholars and practitioners. The talks are open to the public, as well as the Yale and Quinnipiac communities, and are structured to allow time for questions and discussion.

For more information, please contact:

Noah Messing
(203) 436-8111 or noah.messing@yale.edu

Charlie Pillsbury
(203) 582-8145 or charles.pillsbury@quinnipiac.edu

Spring 2016 Speakers

Gregory Day, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater - Spears School of Business 
“Private Solutions to Global Crises – Arbitration & Human Rights”
Thursday, February 11, 2016, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 221-Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Thursday, February 4

Cynthia Alkon, Texas A&M University School of Law
“Negotiation & Plea Bargaining”
Friday, February 26, 2016, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 221-Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, February 19

CANCELLED-March 23, 2016 Workshop
Catherine Albiston, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
“The Dispute Tree and the Legal Forest”
Wednesday, March 23, 2016, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Faculty Lounge
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Wednesday, March 16

Shyam Das, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
“Sports Arbitration”
Friday, April 1, 2016, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Quinnipiac University School of Law, SLE 221-Library
370 Bassett Road, North Haven
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Sue Ann Ney at sueann.ney@quinnipiac.edu by Friday, March 25

Christopher Leslie, University of California, Irvine - School of Law
“Antitrust Arbitration and Merger Approval”
Friday, April 15, 2016, noon – 1:30 p.m.
Yale Law School, Room A005 40 Ashmun Street/Baker Hall
Lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Pat Florio at patricia.florio@yale.edu by Friday, April 8

September 19

Theodore Rave, University of Houston Law Center
Settlement, ADR, and Class Action Superiority
 

October 10

Mark Massoud, University of California, Santa Cruz
International Arbitration and Judicial Politics in Authoritarian States
 

October 23

Michael Helfand, Pepperdine University School of Law
Amalia Kessler, Stanford Law School
Judith Resnik, Yale Law School
Arbitration, Transparency, Privatization: A Seminar
 

October 31

Charity Scott, Georgia State University College of Law
Ethics Consultations and Conflict Engagement in Health Care
 

November 7

Michal Alberstein, Fordham Law School
Yuval Sinai, Schusterman Visiting Professor of Jewish Law, Yale Law School
In Favor of Settlement: Court Discretion in Compromise Consent Verdicts
 

December 5

Andrea Schneider, Marquette University Law School
Teaching Negotiation to Health Science Professionals
 

January 30

Edna Sussman, Fordham Law School
Arbitrator Decision Making: Unconscious Psychological Influences and What You Can Do About Them
    

February 27

Thaddeus Pope, Hamline University School of Law
“ADR in Healthcare” work-in-progress
 

The Quinnipiac-Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop sponsors a lecture series featuring nationally recognized scholars and practitioners.

September 27

Daniel Klerman, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
"Mediation Settlement and Bargaining"
 

October 4

J. Ryan Lamare, Pennsylvania State University, School of Labor and Employment Relations
"Living with ADR: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations" 
 

December 6

Alma Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, PhD, George Mason University, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
"An Inclusive Peace Process for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"
 

January 31

Sean F. Nolon, Vermont Law School
"Land Use Negotiation Post-Koontz: How the Supreme Court Invaded Local Government"
 

February 28

Paul F. Kirgis, St. John's University School of Law
"Bargaining with Consequences: Leverage and Coercion in Negotiation"
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April 9

Michelle Mello, Harvard School of Public Health
"Hospitals' Responses to Medical Errors: the Role of ADR"

 

The Quinnipiac–Yale Dispute Resolution Workshop is a collaboration between Quinnipiac University School of Law and Yale Law School to host lectures by distinguished scholars and practitioners in the field of dispute resolution.

September 28

Jennifer K. Robbennolt, University of Illinois
Psychology and Lawyering: Behavioral Legal Ethics
 

October 22

Russell Korobkin, UCLA
The Borat Problem: Fraud, Assent, and the Behavioral Law and Economics
of Standard Form Contracts
 

November 5

Michael A. Helfand, Pepperdine University
Constitutionalizing Arbitration: Re-Imagining the Church Autonomy Doctrine
 

January 28

S.I. Strong, University of Missouri-Columbia
Mass Procedure as a Form of 'Regulatory Arbitration' – Abaclat v. Argentine Republic
 

February 25

Zachary Bookman, Combined Joint Interagency Task Force – Shafafiyat (Transparency) at International Security Assistance Forces, Kabul, Afghanistan
Fighting Corruption and Settling Disputes in Afghanistan, Where Custom Holds Sway
 

March 22

Susan Daicoff, Phoenix School of Law
Kindness and Healing in the Law
 

September 27

W. Mark C. Weidemaier, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Law School
Precedent in Arbitration
 

October 14

Janine P. Geske, Distinguished Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School
Mediation and Victim/Offender Dialogue-Similarities and Differences
 

October 25

Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff, Associate Professor, Washington University School of Law
Procedural Justice in Negotiation
 

December 6

Ilhyung Lee, Edward W. Hinton Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Is Culture Relevant? Cross-Cultural Issues in Dispute Resolution
 

February 24

Jill I. Gross, Professor, Pace Law School, and Lisa Catalano, Associate Professor of Clinical Education, St John’s University School of Law
Dispute Resolution in the Securities Industry
 

March 4

Charles Howard, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT
The Organizational Ombudsman: Origins, Roles and Operations
 

Robert Bordone, Clinical Professor, Harvard Law School
Dispute Systems Design and Legal Education: What, Why, How
| Paper |

James H. Stark, Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic, University of Connecticut School of Law, and
Douglas N. Frenkel, Morris Shuster Practice Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Changing Minds: The Work of Mediators and Empirical Studies of Persuasion
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Aaron Bruhl, Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law School
How Appellate Procedure Distributes the Costs of Legal Change
| Paper |

James Coben, Director and Professor of Law, Dispute Resolution Institute, Hamline University School of Law
The Ultimate Disputing Irony: Lessons to be Learned from Litigation about Mediation
| Paper |

Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor of Law & Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Program, Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, Arizona State University
Doing the Right Thing: An Empirical Study of Attorney Negotiation Ethics
| Paper |

Michael H. LeRoy, Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, and College of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Do Courts Create Moral Hazard? When Judges Nullify Employer Liability in Arbitration
| Paper | Paper |

Douglas Yarn, Georgia State Law School
The Biology of Reconciliation

Geoffrey Miller, New York University Law School
Ex Ante Dispute Resolution Arrangements in Public Company Contracts

Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University
Trust in On-Line Auctions

Ellen Deason, Ohio State Law School
A Framework for Comparison:  Building a Taxonomy of ADR System Analysis and Design

Christopher Drahozal, University of Kansas School of Law
Is There a Flight from Arbitration?

Jennifer Robbennolt, University of Illinois College of Law
Good Lawyers Should be Good Psychologists: Insights for Interviewing and Counseling Clients

Michael Lewis, ADR Associates, Washington, D.C.
The Evolution of a Mediator -- What Social Psychologists Can Teach Us About Mediation, and How it Affects Our Practice

Carol Liebman, Columbia Law SchoolMediation: An Effective Treatment for Adverse Medical Events

David Lewis Dickinson, Economics, Appalachian State University
An Experimental Examination of Nonbinding Suggestions to Improve Binding Dispute Settlement

David Larson, Hamline Law School
Technology Mediated Dispute Resolution (TMDR): A New Paradigm for ADR

John Lande, University of Missouri at Columbia Law School
Principles for Policymaking about Collaborative Law and ADR Generally

Leigh Thompson, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Negotiation

Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard University Department of Economics
Trust in On Line Auctions

Scott R. Peppett, University of Colorado School of Law
"Contractarian Economics and Bargaining Ethics: The End of the Legal Profession and the Beginning of Professional Pluralism"

Russell Korobkin, UCLA School of Law
"Roadblocks to the Road Map: A Negotiation Theory Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"

Adam Galinsky, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

Richard E. Speidel, Northwestern University Law School

Margaret L. Shaw, Principle, ADR Associates/JAMS
"Mediation Practice in and Era of Change: A View from the Trenches"

Phyllis A. Bernard, Oklahoma City University School of Law
"Harmonizing Systems and Cultures of Dispute Resolution"

Catherine A. Rogers, Louisiana State University
"Regulating International Arbitrators: A Consent-Based Approach to Enforcement of Misconduct-Tainted Awards"

Michael Moffitt, The University of Oregon School of Law
"What We Think and What We Say: An Exploration of Mediator Transparency"

John A. List, The University of Maryland and National Bureau of Economic Research
"Bargaining for Baseball Cards"

Clark Freshman, Miami University School of Law
"Efficient Emotion and Law Student Success"

Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University Law Center
"The Lawyer's Role in Deliberative Democracy: Facilitating Consensus and Other Processes"

Katherine Van Wezel Stone, Cornell Law School

Jeffrey Rachlinski, Cornell Law School
"Heuristics and Biases Among Expert Negotiators"

Jeffrey Senger, United States Department of Justice
"Federal Dispute Resolution: Using ADR with the United States Government"

Linda Babcock, Carnegie Mellon University
"A Situational Perspective on Gender in Negotiation: When Does Gender Matter?"

Richard Reuben, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
"Democracy and Dispute Resolution: The Problem with Arbitration"
Quinnipiac University Room TBA

Lela Porter Love, Cardozo Law School
"Reflections on Justice in Mediation"

Nancy Welsh, Penn State University, Dickenson School of Law
"Stepping Back Through the Looking Glass: Real Conversations with Real Disputants about the Place, Meaning and Value of Mediation" 
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Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University Law Center
"The Lawyer's Role in Deliberative Democracy: Facilitating Consensus and Other Processes" 

Eric Rasmussen, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University 
"The Economics of Agency Law and Contract Formation"

Margaret Brinig, University of Iowa College of Law 
"The Economics of Family Disputing" 

Jeffrey Stempel, Boyd School of Law, UNLV 
"Judicial Review of Arbitration Agreements on Unconscionability Grounds"