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Willem C. Vis Moot 2019-20 Team Tryouts  September 11, 12, 13, 14 Each year, over 300 teams from around the world  compete in the Willem C. Vis Moot in Vienna, Austria. Procedurally, the moot involves international commercial arbitration. Substantively, the moot focuses on international sales law (CISG). The competition takes place in mid-April but the …

Willem C. Vis Moot Team Tryouts | September 11-14

Conflict Resolution from Religious Traditions Offered in cooperation with the Rothberg International School at Hebrew University of Jerusalem Conflict Resolution from Religious Traditions provides insights into the concepts and methods diverse religious communities use to resolve conflicts. You can gain a fresh perspective on the interaction of law and religion while challenging assumptions and preconceptions …

Applications are now being accepted for the 2019 Israel Study Abroad Program

Sharon Press, DRI Director presented at the 2018 International Conference on Restorative Practices on Saturday, August 1 with John Thompson, Director, Fight for Justice LLC: Community Activist and friend of Philando Castile and Elizabeth Dressel, graduate Research Assistant, Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Community Conversations: A Case Study John Thompson, Elizabeth Dressel and Sharon Press …

Sharon Press presents at 2018 International Conference on Restorative Practices

A series of community conversations put on with help from Mitchell Hamline’s Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI) has been honored by a statewide local government organization. The League of Minnesota Cities honored Falcon Heights with a 2018 City of Excellence Award for its Policing and Inclusion Community Initiative. The effort was in response to the shooting …

Falcon Heights project assisted by Dispute Resolution Institute honored

Article in the June 2018 edition of Attorney at Law Magazine #Me Too and Alternative Dispute Resolution, by Allen Blair, Senior Fellow, Dispute Resolution Institute, Robins Kaplan Professorship in Litigation Skills and International Dispute Resolution  Professor of Law and Sharon Press, Professor of Law and Director, Dispute Resolution Institute.

#Me Too and Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Alumni CLE Series Presents: “Research Insights: Lessons Learned to Improve Decision-Making & Advocacy Negotiations” Professor James Coben will explore lessons lawyers can learn from contemporary social science research to improve decision-making and advocacy in negotiation and other forms of conflict resolution. Professor James Coben will provide an entertaining, multi-media presentation. Prof. James Coben is a professor …

CLE | Research Insights: Lessons Learned to Improve Decision-Making & Advocacy in Negotiation

The Impact on Housing   A presentation by Emily Baxter Friday, April 20 | 5-8 pm Great Room Free and all are welcome 2.5 hours of Diversity credit available for Mitchell Hamline students “Increasingly, lawmakers are enacting policies that restrict persons with records (particularly drug convictions) from access to public housing. Likewise, many private landlords …

April 20: We Are All Criminals: The Impact on Housing

For 18 consecutive years DRI has been ranked in the TOP 10 in the nation in dispute resolution by U.S. News & World Report. #1 Pepperdine University #2 Ohio State University (Moritz) #3 Harvard University #4 Mitchell Hamline School of Law   U.S. News & Word Report

DRI Ranks 4th in the nation!

Spring 2018 Certificate Colloquium On March 26, 2018 Professor Lela P. Love, Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, will be joined by  Jim Coben, Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Ken Fox, Hamline University School of Business to share their perspectives on truth and stories in mediation ripped from their recently published …

Spring 2018 Colloquium

Congratulations to the ICC Mediation Competition team of Susana Munoz and Abdisamed Awed! Our Mitchell Hamline students had a GREAT showing in the International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Competition in Paris. Susana Munoz and Abdisamed Awed started out among a field 66 teams from across the globe, and made it to the semi-finals—coming in third! …

Congratulations to the Susana Munoz and Abdisamed Awed, ICC Mediation Competition Team