Bio
Professor Michael T. Colatrella Jr. is an expert in alternative dispute resolution and legal education. He is co-author of the interdisciplinary text Mediation—Skills & Techniques, which is widely used in law schools, graduate schools, and schools of diplomacy. Professor Colatrella is also a noted scholar and speaker on legal education and learning. He is Co-Director of the Institute for Law Teaching and Learning, a non-profit organization that organizes national teaching conferences about legal education and offers individualized training for law schools to enhance teaching and learning. He teaches courses in Negotiation; Mediation; Mediation Clinic; Civil Procedure; Professional Responsibility; The Legal Profession; and Leadership. Professor Colatrella is a member of the full-time faculty at McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. In addition to his work as a professor at McGeorge, he has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Interim Dean. Before pursuing a full-time academic career, Professor Colatrella was a litigator in New Jersey at Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, which is listed among The American Lawyer’s top 100 law firms in the United States.