Roger Fisher to Deliver Keynote Address at Dispute Resolution Symposium
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AUSTIN, Texas — Roger Fisher, a renowned mediation and dispute resolution expert and Harvard Law School professor, will speak on international conflict at the University of Texas School of Law on Friday, April 19.
The lecture, entitled “Coping with international conflict: From El Salvador
and Ecuador to Jerusalem and Taiwan”, will take place at 10:10 a.m. in
the Townes Hall Charles I. Francis Auditorium and is open to the public. Seating
capacity is limited, so please arrive early.
Fisher, the director of the Harvard Negotiation Project and the Williston Professor of Law Emeritus at Harvard Law School, has 30 years of experience dealing with international conflict as an advisor and strategist. He advised both the Iranian and U.S. governments in negotiations for the release of the American hostages in l98l and helped design the process for the successful Camp David negotiations between President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel. He met with the presidents of three of the five Central American countries in advance of the l987 Esquipulas II treaty on a regional peace plan and also was present in Guatemala City during the negotiations at the request of President Vinicio Cerezo of Guatemala.
"Roger Fisher is a world-renowned expert on international law and international conflict, and has dedicated his career to analyzing and improving the way that organizations and governments deal with their differences," said Jan Summer, executive director of UT Law's Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution. "The Center is deeply honored to present Fisher, a Professor Emeritus of Harvard Law School, co-author of Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In and the director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, as our keynote speaker."
Fisher, who has taught at Harvard since l958, also worked for the U.S. Government in Paris, practiced law in Washington, D.C., and served as an assistant to the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice.
The lecture is sponsored by the UT Law's Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution
and is part of an annual symposium for the graduates of the Portfolio Program
in Dispute Resolution. The Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution promotes
the appropriate use of alternative dispute resolution by Texas governmental
entities and provides ADR education and research to the UT community and the
citizens of Texas.