Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution 2017 Brochure

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KUKIN PROGRAM FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Dispute Resolution Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law | Yeshiva University Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution

Since 2001, Cardozo has been among the top 10 schools in the nation in the dispute resolution category in U.S. News & World Report. The school thanks our energetic and committed students and remarkable faculty for this achievement.

What do users of dispute resolution processes really want? How can we combine processes to capture all of their advantages without losing each individual process’ essential integrity? How do we train lawyers, together with other professionals, to be responsive to the crisis presented by disputes and deal-making? What can lawyers and dispute resolvers contribute to easing the current rash of incivility and extremism? And, how can we respond to the difficult conflicts of our time? We have so many exciting challenges and so little time. But, we can do it!

This past year, the Cardozo Journal for Conflict Resolution’s International Advocate for Peace, Dr. Rajiv Shah, the current President of the Rockefeller Foundation, urged in his acceptance speech that “the pursuit of peace and … justice is something we should all be passionate, committed and energetic about.” And, yes we are.

On November 13, 2017, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution Annual Jed D. Melnick Symposium— Persistent Human Divides: Creative Initiatives for Communication, Collaboration, and Cohesion—will invite theorists, storytellers, academics, journalists, ADR practitioners and leaders in the dispute resolution community to explore the creative approaches to unify our communities. In 2018–19, we are planning to have the definitive program on Global Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreements—a current UN effort that may put mediation on a par with arbitration for commercial disputes. Please join us!

Captured in this brochure are many ongoing efforts to further conflict resolution and train our exceptional students to be world leaders in the field. Enjoy!

Lela P. Love Director, Kukin Program of Conflict Resolution Cardozo School of Law

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS Stories Mediators Tell, World Edition is Published

Cardozo’s ADR Competition Teams Succeed

Pictured here are the ABA National Representation in Mediation team, from left to right: Noah Batist, Donna Erez-Navot (faculty Pictured here from left to right: Srdan Simac (Croatia),

coach), Michael Kar (student coach), Lela Love (faculty coach)

Prathamesh D. Popat (India), Jawad Sarwana (Pakistan),

and Michael DiTrapani.

Maria Cristina Camelino (Argentina), Tsisana Shamlikashvili (Russia), Glen Parker, Thierry Garby (France) and Lela Love.

In April 2017 at the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in San Francisco, Lela Love (Director, Kukin Program) and Glen Parker (Cardozo LLM ‘11), editors of Stories Mediators Tell—World Edition, were joined by many of their storytellers for a conference session. This new book is a follow-up to Professor Love’s Stories Mediators Tell (2013). The World Edition features stories by 25 top international mediators describing “moving, successful, unsuccessful, happy, sad and funny mediations.” Captured in the book are remarkable tales of transformational mediations, as well as mediations where no genuine reconciliation occurred.

Lessons about Diversity and Cross-Cultural Issues for Dispute Resolution Teachers Donna Erez-Navot (Interim Director, Cardozo Mediation Clinic), Brian Farkas (Adjunct Professor and Cardozo ’13), together with Sukhsimranjit Singh (Associate Director of the Straus Institute, Pepperdine Law School), led a session at the April 2017 ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in San Francisco on Teaching Negotiation on the Tower of Babel: Strategies in a Cross-Cultural Classroom or Workplace. Take-aways from the popular session included: diversity improves creativity and (in corporate contexts) financial earnings; cultural identity is unique for each individual (assume nothing!); insure your syllabus, small group leaders, and invited speakers include women and minorities, as that will inspire diverse students to speak up and participate more in class.

The Cardozo ADR Competition Honor Society (ADRCHS) finished second in a field of more than 100 teams in the 2017 ABA National Representation in Mediation Competition. At the 2017 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Reginald Greene ’18 received an honorable mention for the Martin Domke Award for Individual Oralists. Veronika Waldhof, an LL.M. student in the Mediation Clinic, placed first in the mediator category in the Cyberweek eMediation Competition, sponsored by the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution/Cornell University. And, out of 20 teams competing, Cardozo’s LL.M. Team won the American University Washington College of Law LL.M. International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

The Cardozo Journal for Conflict Resolution’s 2017 International Advocate Peace Award Goes to Rajiv Shah On April 6, 2017 students, alumni, faculty, and administration gathered to celebrate as the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution honored Dr. Rajiv Shah, President of the Rockefeller Foundation as the 2017 recipient of the International Advocate for Peace Award. Benjamin Dynkin, Editor in Chief, praised Dr. Shah for a lifetime of service and achievement. CJCR was ranked #7 in the country in global law journal rankings in the Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution category in the 2015 Washington & Lee rankings of law reviews.

Additionally, CJCR was the 5th most cited journal in those same 2015 global rankings for the Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution category.

ACADEMICS AND CLINICS

Certificate in Dispute Resolution Students can earn a certificate in dispute resolution. To qualify, students must satisfy competency requirements in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, counseling and dispute resolution processes, earning a minimum of 15 credits. They also must complete field work and write a paper on a conflict resolution topic.

LL.M. in Dispute Resolution and Advocacy The LL.M. in dispute resolution and advocacy requires students to take a minimum of 14 credits in courses or clinics focused on mediation, arbitration and other dispute resolution topics (of their 24 credits overall) and to complete a paper focusing on a topic in conflict resolution or advocacy.

Concentration in Dispute Resolution Cardozo students may complete a concentration in dispute resolution that is akin to an undergraduate major. The competencies required for the dispute resolution concentration correspond to the foundational dispute resolution processes: negotiation, mediation and adjudication/arbitration.

FULL-TIME FACULTY

Clinical Programs Mediation Clinic The Mediation Clinic is a year-long clinical program in which students are trained and supervised in mediating cases at community dispute resolution centers, in small claims and pro se civil courts, and through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission while studying the broad field of appropriate dispute resolution.

ADR Field Clinic Students selected for the Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Field Clinic have the opportunity to extern for various dispute resolution programs, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. They also participate in a weekly seminar.

Lela Porter Love

Elizabeth Goldman

Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution Courses: Introduction to Mediation, Mediation Clinic, Advanced Mediation Practicum, ADR Writing Seminar, ADR Competition Honor Society

Courses: Securities Arbitration Clinic, Securities Regulation, Pre-Trial Practice

Lela Love is a practicing mediator and former chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution. She has received lifetime achievement awards from the International Academy of Mediators and the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. She has co-authored three law school textbooks and a book on mediation practice, The Middle Voice, as well as co-edited the popular collections Stories Mediators Tell and Stories Mediators Tell, World Edition.

Robert K. Collins Courses: Divorce Mediation Clinic, Divorce Mediation, New York Matrimonial Drafting and Procedures

Divorce Mediation Clinic Students serve as mediators in court in matrimonial cases referred from the New York State Supreme Court through a program of the Office of Court Administration. Students co-mediate with an instructor at the start of the semester, go on to act in student co-mediation teams, and may eventually have an opportunity to mediate solo, all under direct faculty supervision.

Bob Collins has practiced and taught divorce and family mediation for the past 30 years. He is considered among the pioneers of divorce mediation in New York and is regularly invited to teach divorce mediation around the country.

Securities Arbitration Clinic Students represent claimants in securities or commodities-related claims arising from improper actions by retail securities brokers or broker-dealers or to correct mistakes or problems with executions of customer orders.

Prior to Cardozo, Donna Erez-Navot was the founding Director of the Mediation Clinic at University of Wisconsin, where she was instrumental in setting up several mediation programs. Before moving to Madison, she was employed as a mediator in the Child Permanency Mediation Program in the NYC Family Court.

Donna Erez-Navot Interim Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution Courses: Introduction to ADR in NYC and Beyond, Mediation Clinic, Advanced Mediation Practicum, ADR Writing Seminar

REGULARLY OFFERED COURSES ADR Competition Honor Society ADR Field Clinic ADR in the Workplace ADR Writing Seminar Advanced Mediation Practicum Arbitration Law: Theory and Practice

Prior to Cardozo Law, Elizabeth Goldman served as senior counsel at the Division of Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, receiving multiple awards during her tenure, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman’s Award for Excellence.

Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin Courses: Negotiation Theories and Skills, Indie Film Clinic

Michelle-Greenberg Kobrin is the director of the Indie Film Clinic at Cardozo Law, which is supported by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund. Professor Greenberg-Kobrin previously served as the dean of students at Columbia Law School, where she also taught courses in deals, negotiation and leadership.

Leslie Salzman Courses: Interviewing and Counseling, Bet Tzedek Legal Services Clinic, Disability Rights Law and Its Implications, Social Welfare Litigation

In addition to her advocacy work as the director of Cardozo’s clinical education program and its civil clinic for the elderly, Bet Tzedek, Leslie Salzman is an active mediator.

David J. Weisenfeld Courses: ADR in the Workplace, ADR Competition Honor Society, Negotiation Theories and Skills, Contract Drafting, Employment Law, Public Sector Labor, Employment Law

In addition to teaching, David Weisenfeld is an active arbitrator of labor, employment and commercial disputes. He serves on numerous neutral panels including the American Association and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, among others.

Collaborative Family Law

Introduction to Mediation

Dispute Resolution Processes

Mediation Clinic

Divorce Mediation Clinic

Negotiation Theory and Skills

Divorce Mediation Seminar

Representation in Mediation

International Commercial Arbitration

Securities Arbitration Clinic

Interviewing and Counseling Introduction to ADR in NYC and Beyond

Study Abroad Programs

PROGRAM OFFERINGS

VISITING FACULTY Harold (Hal) I. Abramson

Joseph (Josh) B. Stulberg

Ellen Waldman

Professor, Touro Law Center Course: Representation in Mediation

Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Courses: Introduction to Mediation, Mediation Clinic, Negotiation Theory and Skills

Professor and Founding Director of the Mediation Program, Thomas Jefferson School of Law Course: Representation in Mediation

Simeon H. Baum

Charles J. Moxley

Daniel M. Weitz

President, Resolve Mediation Services Course: Negotiation Theory and Skills

Distinguished ADR Practitioner, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution Principal, MoxleyADR

Director, Office of ADR and Court Improvement Programs, New York State Unified Court System Courses: Mediation Clinic, Introduction to Mediation

Adam J. Berner

Glen Parker

Principal, Law and Mediation Offices of Adam J. Berner Courses: Collaborative Law, Family and Divorce Mediation

Principal Court Analyst, Office of ADR and Court Improvement Programs, New York State Unified Court System Courses: ADR Field Clinic, Mediation Clinic

ADJUNCT FACULTY

Brian Farkas Attorney, Goetz Fitzpatrick, LLP Course: Arbitration Law: Theory and Practice

Curtis E. Pew Course: International Commercial Arbitration

Peter Halprin Attorney, Anderson Kill Course: ADR Competition Honor Society

Founding Principal, White & Associates Director, Conflict Management Program at Seton Hall Law School Courses: Dispute Resolution Processes, Representation in Mediation, Interviewing and Counseling

Michael Tsur Founder, Shakla and Tariya, Multi-Disciplinary Program for Negotiation Specialists Course: Negotiation Theory and Skills

Robyn Weinstein ADR Administrator, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York Course: Mediation Clinic

Founded in 1998 by a group of dedicated students, the highly regarded Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) each year publishes three volumes of cutting-edge scholarly articles and student notes that contribute to academic discourse in the field. The journal also regularly hosts an annual Jed D. Melnick Symposium that addresses pivotal topics in the ADR community.

CJCR instituted and administers the International Advocate for Peace Award, which honors individuals who embody a passion for and commitment to the pursuit of peace and resolution of international conflicts. Past recipients include the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, Senator George Mitchell, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, playwright Eve Ensler, Ambassador Dennis Ross, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Honorable Daniel Weinstein, folk singers Peter, Paul and Mary, and filmmaker Abigail Disney.

The Kukin Program was established in 1990 through a generous gift from the late Ira and Doris Kukin.

Dr. Ira Kukin and his son, Jonathan Kukin ’87, were both members of the Board of Directors of Cardozo School of Law. The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law acknowledges with deep appreciation the leadership, financial support and friendship extended to the Kukin Program by Ira Kukin during his life.

ADR Competition Honor Society Cardozo’s ADR Competition Honor Society is a student-run organization that selects approximately 18 competitors each year to participate in an ADR moot camp and prepare for and compete in domestic and international competitions. The competitions—sponsored by the ABA, other law schools, and various international entities such as the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris—simulate negotiation, client counseling, representation in mediation, and arbitration. Cardozo faculty assist in preparing students for the competitions.

Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society Under dynamic student leadership, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society (CDRS) programs complement the curriculum, offering workshops, brown-bag lunches, films and panels. CDRS is active in the greater ADR community, working closely with such organizations as Mediators Beyond Borders, the New York State Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association to promote and expand the field of conflict resolution.

Pictured here from left to right are: Desmond Tutu, Professor Lela Love and the late Ira Kukin at the 2003 IAP Award Ceremony.

Hope B. Winthrop

Tracey B. Frisch Staff Attorney, American Arbitration Association Course: Mediation Clinic

David M. White

The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Mediator, New York Peace Institute Course: Mediation Clinic

Steven A. Yadegari Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn Course: Negotiation Theory and Skills