Alyson Carrel
Clinical Professor of Law
Co-Director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice
Phone
(312) 503- 4263
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links
Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice
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Biography
Alyson Carrel is a clinical professor at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Co-Director of the law school’s nationally-ranked Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice. Carrel is an active leader, presenter, and trainer in dispute resolution. She has provided negotiation and dispute resolution trainings for a wide variety of clients including large law firms like Baker McKenzie, court systems/programs such as the Cook County Juvenile Court Child Protection Mediation Program, government organizations such as HUD, corporations such as Coca-Cola, and nonprofit organizations including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Until 2019, she led the law school's legal technology & innovation initiatives as the Assistant Dean of Law & Technology. In these roles, she received a grant to purchase wearable cameras for negotiation simulation courses, a fellowship to integrate the A2J Author platform in mediation advocacy courses, launched TEaCH LAW, a faculty instructional technology initiative, and was awarded the student-voted Outstanding Professor of a Small Class. Carrel is currently researching the impact of emerging technology in dispute resolution and developing a new client-driven competency model for the 21st-century legal professional called the Delta Model.
Areas of Expertise
- Negotiations
- Mediation
- Dispute Resolution
Courses
Selected Publications
- The Delta Model: A Framework for Reimagining the Legal Profession Pipeline, Law Insider (July 24, 2020).
- Reimagining Settlement with Multi-Party Computation, JTIP Blog (May 19, 2020).
- Opportunity to Influence at the Intersection of Dispute Resolution and Technology, in Theories of Change for the Dispute Resolution Movement: Actionable Ideas to Revitalize Our Movement, edited by John Lande (2020).
- Mind the Gap: Bringing Technology to the Mediation Table, Journal of Dispute Resolution No. 2, at 1. (with Noam Ebner).
- Digital Toolbox Pedagogy: Teaching Students to Utilize Technology in Mediation, ACResoultion (July 2019) (with Noam Ebner).
- Legal Intelligence Through Artificial Intelligence Requires Emotional Intelligence: A New Competency Model for the 21st Century Legal Professional, 35 Georgia State University Law Review 1153 (2019).
Education
- BA, University of Florida
- JD, University of Missouri-Columbia
Prior Appointments
- Harry B. Reese Teaching Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Sep, 2011, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Assistant Dean of Law and Technology, Northwestern University School of Law
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy), Kellogg School of Management
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law