THE TWO FACES OF MEDIATION: REASONS FOR WORRY, REASONS FOR HOPE
Texas A&M Annual Dispute Resolution Symposium
Friday, March 1, 2024
Texas A&M University School of Law
Fort Worth, Texas
Presented by Texas A&M University School of Law’s Aggie Dispute Resolution Program, law.tamu.edu/ADR
Agenda
9:00 - 9:15 am WELCOME
• Robert B. Ahdieh, Vice President for Professional Schools & Programs, Texas A&M University; Chief Operating Officer, Texas A&M - Fort Worth; and Dean & Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean’s Chair, Texas A&M University School of Law
9:15 - 9:40 am SETTING THE STAGE
• Nancy A. Welsh, Frank W. Elliott, Jr. University Professor, Professor of Law, and Director, Aggie Dispute Resolution Program, Texas A&M University School of Law
9:40 - 11:00 am PANEL 1 - BULLISH ON MEDIATION
• Jim Alfini, Dean Emeritus, South Texas College of Law Houston
• Michael Colatrella, Tracy A. Eglet Chair in Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
• Kelly Browe Olson, Associate Professor of Law and Mediation Clinic Director, University of Arkansas - Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law
• Moderator: Cynthia Alkon, Professor of Law and Director, Criminal Law, Justice & Policy Program, Texas A&M University School of Law
11:20am - 12:40pm PANEL 2 - DIFFERENT FRAMES FOR ASSESSING WHAT MEDIATION PROVIDES
• Lisa Blomgren Amsler, Distinguished Professor and Keller-Runden Professor of Public Service, Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
• Isabelle Gunning, Mayor Tom Bradley Professor of Law and Director, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies Concentration, Southwestern Law School
• Michael Moffitt, Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law
• Moderator: Michael Z. Green, Professor of Law and Director, Workplace Law Program, Texas A&M University School of Law
1:40 - 3:00 pm PANEL 3 - WORRY AND HOPE AS WE LOOK TO THE FUTURE
• Erin Archerd, Associate Professor, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
• Art Hinshaw, John J. Bouma Fellow in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Clinical Professor Law and Faculty Director, Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center and Mediation Clinic, Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
• Colin Rule, CEO of mediate.com and odr.com and Practitioner-in-Residence, Texas A&M University School of Law
• Moderator: Peter Reilly, Professor of Law and Associate Director, Aggie Dispute Resolution Program, Texas A&M University School of Law
3:20 - 3:50 pm DISCUSSION (for all presenters, moderators, and members of the audience)
• What do today’s presentations reveal about mediation as currently institutionalized and practiced?
• What do mediators and the mediation process reliably offer to parties?
• What do today’s presentations reveal about mediation’s future?
• Does anything require further study?
• What do we need to do - if anything - to help mediation achieve its potential and avoid dangers?
CONCLUDING REMARKS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Nancy A. Welsh
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