November 7, 2023
Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) Professor Clark Freshman presented a part of his larger project on Re-Negotiating LGBTQ Equality in an Age of Counter-Reformation at the 2023 AALS ADR Works-in-Progress Conference (WIP) in October 2023. Quinnipiac University School of Law and Yale Law School co-hosted…
October 15, 2023
On October 12 and 13, Professor Thalia González, affiliated faculty with the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and Co-Director of the Center for Racial and Economic Justice (CREJ) at UC Law San Francisco hosted a working conference supported by the Spencer Foundation with collaborators from…
October 2, 2023
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) is proud to welcome three new, pre-eminent ADR academics to the faculty. As a group, they help strengthen UC Law SF’s national and international reputation in arbitration, mediation, and negotiation. Catherine Rogers Catherine Rogers, Full Professor of Law at Bocconi…
September 15, 2023
CNDR International Trainees Visit the Ninth Circuit A prestigious group of judges, lawyers, and mediators took part in Promoting Mediation through Private and Court-Connected Mediation Centers: Lessons from the U.S. and other Leading Mediation Jurisdictions, a three-day training at UC Law San Francisco, September 13-15,…
August 8, 2023
On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, the upper chamber of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) passed the Mediation Bill, 2023 that had been pending for about two years. The text of the Mediation Bill may be found on this page. It is awaiting signature by the President of India, at which…
July 31, 2023
The MEND Project California has passed a new law (SB464) that requires hospital-based perinatal clinicians to receive implicit bias training, with the goal of improving care and outcomes for Black birthing people in particular. This project has engaged Black birthing people, perinatal clinicians,…
July 31, 2023
Bench to School Initiative The California Bench to School Initiative (B2S) was established by the California Legislature in June of 2021 as a collaboration between UC Law SF, UCSF, and the UCLA School of Education. This initiative aims to disrupt the school to…
July 31, 2023
Statewide Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative The Dementia Care Aware Medical-Legal Learning Collaborative is a new statewide initiative that aims to improve care for underserved Californians with cognitive impairment. This Collaborative is embedded within a broader effort known as Dementia Care Aware (dementiacareaware.org), led…
July 13, 2023
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) has a longstanding relationship with the ADR Program at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), having trained numerous administrative law judges through CNDR’s mediation trainings. In 2023, the CPUC took on its first dispute resolution-focused…
On February 7, 2023, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted a town hall style event providing an insider’s view into the practice of international arbitration. CNDR Director Professor Hiro Aragaki moderated a panel of junior and senior practitioners working at law firms, arbitral institutions, and…
In collaboration with key institutional partners, The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted a brand new Spring 2023 ADR Speaker Series. This public talk series featured eight influential thought leaders from around the country and abroad, presenting new ideas and cutting edge research to members of the…
A long-time attendee, The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) made its annual appearance at the American Bar Association Spring Dispute Resolution Conference, held May 10-13, 2023 in Las Vegas, NV. This year marked the return to an in-person event, and participants…