Lynn P. Cohn
Clinical Professor of Law
Phone
(312) 503-2598
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Related Links
Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice
Biography
Lynn P. Cohn is a Clinical Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. She has developed and taught courses in negotiation, mediation, mediation advocacy and problem solving. Professor Cohn received the student-voted Outstanding Professor of a Small Class Award in 2008 and the Dean’s Teaching Award in 2011-12 and 2012-13. She has been elected to the Leading Lawyers Network in the categories of ADR Commercial and ADR Employment, and to the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals.
Areas of Expertise
- Mediation
- Dispute Resolution
- Negotiation
Courses
Selected Publications
- A Model for the Use of ADR to Efficiently Distribute a Significant Settlement Fund in Mass Claims Litigation Without Sacrificing an Individualized Assessment of Claims, 18 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 699 (2017).
- Anatomy of a Settlement Fund: How ADR Helped Establish and Deploy a Mass Claims Distribution, 35 Alternatives To The High Cost of Litigation 49 (2017).
- Looking at Justice Through a Lens of Healing and Reconnection, 13 Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy 1 (with Annalise Buth).
Education
- BA, University of Illinois
- JD, Northwestern University
Prior Appointments
- Co-Director, Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
- Director, Center on Negotiation and Mediation, Northwestern University School of Law
- Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management (Courtesy), Kellogg School of Management
- Harry B. Reese Teaching Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
Recent Consulting Activities
- Special Master, appointed by Court to oversee resolution of class action race discrimination cases in the financial securities industry. Settlement funds ranged from 32.5 to 160 million dollars.
- Claims Resolution Process Administrator, Class-action Suit Against Merrill LynchPreferred Neutral, Center for Public Resources