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DRI Press is proud to announce the newest publication. Star Wars and Conflict Resolution: There Are Alternatives to Fighting edited by Noam Ebner and Jen Reynolds Available now on Amazon.com               This publication was recently featured in The Harvard Gazette, as well as a webinar and book launch sponsored …

DRI Press announces newest publication: Star Wars and Conflict Resolution

Professor David Allen Larson was the featured guest for a 30-minute ThinkTech Hawaii program titled “Online Dispute Resolution (Life in the Law).” The video of the show was streamed live on April 6. The show is available on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/696403877 and on YouTube at https://youtu.be/B2WnO6RlTGQ.  

David Larson presents on ThinkTech Hawaii

Recent graduates Austyn Boothe and Daniel Sheikhan, who won an international ABA negotiation competition last year, wrote about that experience and offered some pro tips for the negotiating table. Read their article for Bench & Bar magazine, via Minnesota State Bar Association: Some pro tips for the negotiating table

Austyn Booth and Daniel Sheikhan: Some pro tips for the negotiating table.

Guest Speaker: Michelle LeBaron, Professor of Law at Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia. Professor Michelle LeBaron is an internationally recognized interdisciplinary scholar on conflict transformation, arts, and resilience. Her current research is on two main areas: conflict across religious and worldview differences, and the role of arts in collective …

April 21: Spring 2022 Colloquium: Negotiating Across Worldviews

Lidice “Lilly” Calero Calafell, a Dispute Resolution Institute Certificate in Conflict Resolution student hasn’t only spent the last few weeks finalizing her last semester in law school. She was also diligently supporting President Biden’s Summit for Democracy, first announced on the campaign trail last year. Read more fully about Lilly Calafell.

Certificate in Conflict Resolution student, Lilly Calafell, supports efforts in planning first-ever Summit for Democracy

Professor Larson has received a $1,500 mini grant from the Executive Committee of NAA (National Academy of Arbitrators) Research and Education Foundation to provide financial awards to MHSL students who write the best papers focused on preventing and resolving employment disputes involving persons with disabilities.

David Larson awarded grant from National Academy of Arbitrators, Research and Education Foundation

Brian Gruber ’20, was recently named to the Florida Supreme Court’s Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee. Appointed by Florida’s chief justice, this nine-member panel issues written advisory ethics opinions for all mediators in the state. They’re advisory opinions but mediators, attorneys, courts and the general public use those opinions as guidance in Florida when the existing …

Brian Gruber ’20 appointed to the Florida Supreme Court’s Mediator Ethics Advisory Committee.

After prepping for and competing in an international competition for more than a week without much sleep, Mitchell Hamline students Austyn Boothe and Daniel Sheikhan decided to stay up until 4 am a few nights ago to watch the results. It proved a good choice. The duo won first place last week in the 2021 International Negotiation Competition. This …

Austyn Boothe and Daniel Sheikhan win global negotiation competition

Just published by Adrienne Baker, MHSL Candidate for the Class of 2021  Online Dispute Resolution: Mediating in the Time of COVID-19 It has been one year since our law school transitioned entirely online. The phrases “novel coronavirus” and “social distancing,” once peculiar word pairings, quickly became ubiquitous, upending our expectations for the foreseeable future. However, …

Online Dispute Resolution: Mediating in the Time of COVID-19