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April 14, 2003

Press Contact: Kirston Fortune, UT Law Communications, 232-1229
Press/Event Contact: Natalie Gray, Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution, (512) 471-3507

Event: Dispute Resolution Symposium Features Expert on Negotiation
and Student Presentations on Resolving Conflict, April 28

Deborah Kolb, author and professor at Simmons Graduate School of Management, is keynote speaker

WHAT: Symposium featuring student presentations on research on conflict resolution and keynote address by expert on management and negotiation.
WHEN: Monday, April 28, 2003, 7:45 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Keynote speech at 10:20 a.m.
WHERE: Kraft W. Eidman Courtroom, UT School of Law
WHO: The public is invited to attend

AUSTIN, Texas – The Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution at The UT School of Law will host its Third Annual Spring Dispute Resolution Symposium featuring keynote speaker Deborah Kolb on Monday, April 28, at 7:45 a.m. in the Eidman Courtroom. Eleven UT graduate students will also present research on varied dispute resolution topics.

The symposium culminates the third year of the Graduate Portfolio Program in Dispute Resolution (GPPDR). The Portfolio Program is an interdisciplinary academic program selecting graduate students with good academic-standing and who are interested in the study and research of conflict and dispute resolution. Because professionals and leaders in society spend substantial time managing interpersonal and inter-organizational conflict, portfolio graduates take these extremely useful skills and apply them in their diverse careers.

The public is invited to attend the program’s keynote speech by Dr. Kolb at 10:20 a.m. in the Eidman Courtroom and student presentations between 8:15-10:00 a.m in the Eidman and Jeffers Courtrooms, 1:00-2:45 p.m. and 3:00-4:05 p.m in the Eidman Courtroom.

Student presenters will be graduating from the following schools: College of Communication, LBJ School of Public Affairs, School of Architecture, and the School of Law. Students will present their research on topics ranging from Mediation Ethics, US/China Bilateral Negotiations, How Ombudsmen Construct Neutrality, and Children’s Rights in Family Law Mediation. To view the symposium program go to: Symposium Program.

Kolb is a management professor at Simmons Graduate School of Management and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons in Boston. She served as executive director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University from 1991-1994, where she now co-directs The Program on Negotiations in the Workplace. Her speech will focus on research associated with her book, “Everyday Negotiation: Navigating the Hidden Agendas of Bargaining,” which she has co-authored with Judith Williams (Jossey-Bass, January 2003). Williams has taught both at Boston College and Harvard and is the co-founder of theshadownegotiation.com, the first web site to offer negotiation training for women.

Sponsoring the Dispute Resolution Symposium through their financial contributions are the Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Center for Risk Management and Insurance, McCombs School of Business, and the School of Social Work.

Related links:
Visit the website of the Graduate Portfolio Program in Dispute Resolution for a schedule of the symposium’s events and to find more information on dispute resolution: http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/centers/cppdr/portfolio/.

 

April 28th, 2003 Symposium 

Symposium Schedule:

7:45 – 8:15 am           Breakfast & Welcome

8:15 – 10:00 am           Student Presentations

 

EIDMAN

JEFFERS

8:15 – 8:45 am

Liz Herre-

Playing By NO Rules:  The Need for Enforcement Mechanisms in the Mediation Profession”

Robert Mitchell-

“Paying the Piper: Funding DRCs in Texas

8:50 – 9:20 am

Casey Becker-

Lawyer-Mediators: Ethical Dilemmas And The Law”

Linhda Nguyen-

Privatization of Public Disputes Via Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement”

9:25 – 10:00 am

Kathleen Weir-

“Issues in Neutrality:

 An Exploration of the Communication Practices of University Ombudspersons”

Angela Jacobs-

“The Hainan Incident: Lessons for the U.S.-Chinese Dispute Resolution Process”

10:00 – 10:15 am         Break & Regroup in Eidman

10:20 – 11:30 am         Keynote Speaker- Dr. Deborah Kolb

11:40 – 1:00 pm           Faculty & Student Lunch with Speaker, Ralph Hasson

1:00 – 2:45 pm            Student Presentations

 

EIDMAN

 

1:00 – 1:30 pm

Renita Sanders

Lower Colorado River Authority: Alternative Dispute Resolution Proposed Blueprint”

 

1:35 – 2:05 pm

Marisa Higgins

Dispute Resolution and Environmental Law”

 

2:10 – 2:40 pm

Jing Chen

Restorative Justice”

 

2:45 – 3:00 pm            Break

3:00 – 4:45 pm            Student Presentations

 

EIDMAN

 

3:00 – 3:30 pm

Mary Smith

“The Influence of Inquiry: How Mediators’ Questions

May Affect Mediation Sessions”

 

3:35 – 4:05 pm

Meredith White

“Letting the Children Speak in Custody Disputes:Suggestions for ADR Processes and Litigation”

 

4:10 – 4:15 pm            Closing Remarks