Events

On November 22, 2004 in the Ukraine the regime-controlled media claimed victory for Viktor Yanukovych, handpicked by the corrupt sitting president. But credible exit polls showed Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate, had won. It was shocking enough that Yushchenko had been poisoned — and nearly killed– while on the campaign trail. When reports came in … Read Orange Revolution

John Lande, Director of the LLM Program in Dispute Resolution and Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law

Professor Lande will present results from two recent studies relevant to mediators and lawyers. As a member of the Task Force on Improving Mediation Quality of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, he designed and … Learn More About This Program

Join us for a discussion with Zoe Cooprider, Program Manager at the Alliance for Peacebuilding (AfP), to learn about the Global Peace Index and how it can contribute to the public debate on peace.

The Global Peace Index was developed last year (with the assistance of AfP and its members) by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The … Read The Global Peace Index

Free admission, pizza and drinks.

Confronting the Truth shows how countries that have experienced massive human rights violations created official, independent bodies known as truth commissions. Since 1983, truth commissions have been established in over 20 countries, in all parts of the world. Confronting the Truth documents the work of truth commissions in South Africa, Peru, … Read Confronting the Truth

UNSETTLED is a prizewinning documentary about the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the resulting conflict between Israelis who supported the exit and the Gaza settlers who didn’t want to leave. The film juxtaposes interviews with young activists with footage of the withdrawal process. Powerful scenes unfold as soldiers do their best to exercise … Read Unsettled: A Documentary

Steve Price, former President and CEO of JAMS: The Resolution Experts

Join us for a discussion with Steve Price, Harvard Business School ’63, recently retired from a ten-year tenure as President and CEO of JAMS: The Resolution Experts.

Under his leadership, JAMS was transformed from a California centric company that was losing money to the premier national … Read Life After JAMS

Michael Moffitt, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the ADR Center, School of Law, University of Oregon

What, if anything, helps to assure mediation consumers that they will receive high-quality services? Mediation’s dramatic expansion has increased the salience of this question in recent years. Most responses to the impulse toward quality control, however, have been disparate, … Learn More About This Program