Activities and Announcements

January 29, 2024
University of California Law San Francisco hosts a book discussion between author Professor Leonard Riskin and Professor Clark Freshman about the new book Managing Conflict Mindfully.

January 3, 2024
Daniel Gandert presents on the panel, "Is Arbitration the Best Way?: Resolving Disputes in Sports" as part of the 2024 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting.

January 2024
Daniel Gandert is elected secretary of the Section on Law and Sports at the 2024 Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Meeting.

January 2024
Daniel Gandert publishes the chapter "The Kiss that Kept the Precedent for Proportionality" in the new book "Sports Law Legal Responsibility in Sports Contracts--Arbitration--Ethical--Management and Covid 19."

August 2023
Annie Buth presents on the panel entitled, "Restorative Justice in the Criminal Justice System (Juveniles, Emerging Adults & More)" as part of the Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial College's Advanced Judicial Academy.

June 26, 2023
Len Riskin is interviewed about his book, Managing Conflict Mindfully, as part of the Harvard PON Live! series.

May 18, 2023
Judge Stuart Katz moderates the Illinois Judicial College webinar Restorative Justice Practices for Illinois Youth & Families featuring Patrick Keenan-Devlin, Kathleen Bankhead, Emmanuel Andre, and Annie Buth.

May 10, 2023
Lynn Cohn is honored with the 2022-2023 MSL Outstanding Residential Professor Award. This award was established in 2019 to honor the teaching excellence of faculty in the Master of Science in Law (MSL) program and recipients are selected by students of the MSL program.

May 10, 2023
Len Riskin publishes the book Managing Conflict Mindfully: Don't Believe Everything You Think (West Academic.)

May 10, 2023
Alyson Carrel joins Noam Ebner, Sharon Press, Debra Berman, and Stephanie Blondell at the ABA-DR Annual Spring Conference to lead a community conversation for legal educators about the impact of distance and hybrid learning on ADR education.

May 11, 2023
Northwestern's Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice once again places in the top 10 Dispute Resolution programs by US News & World Report.

April 27, 2023
Daniel Gandert presents "Global Conversations Brings Hope to Bridging Across Different Cultural Divides”  at the American Association of Law Schools Clinical Conference on Clinical Legal Education in San Francisco.

April 26, 2023
Alyson Carrel joins Cat Moon (Vanderbilt University) and Laura Milman (Director of Professional Resources at McCarthy Tetrault) at the 2023 NALP Annual Education Conference to present "The Delta Model and Career Oriented Professional Development."

April 13, 2023
Alyson Carrel guest lectures for the ODR week of Harvard Law School’s Mediation Course (with Professors Audrey Lee and David Hoffman) on the role of technology in mediation. Prior to the guest lecture, students read her article, co-authored with Noam Ebner, Mind the Gap: Bringing Technology to the Mediation Table.

equitable systemsMarch 31, 2023
Restorative Justice Team member Broderick Hollins Sr. and Annie Buth co-facilitate a think tank session on Cultural Competence and Humility at the Equitable Systems Design Institute for Restorative Justice. Hosted by Bureau of Justice Assistance, National Center on Restorative Justice, and University of California College of the Law San Francisco, participants of the event gathered to examine the question of how to advance equitable systems design for restorative justice at the intersection of criminal legal processes.

gender justiceMarch 14, 2023
Annie Buth participates in a panel discussion addressing gender discrimination and justice.

March 10-12, 2023
Annie Buth develops and pitches an interdisciplinary project proposal with local, national, and international partners on epistemic reparations related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions. A panel of Buffett Institute for Global Affairs judges selects their proposal for funding.

March 3, 2023
Alyson discusses the Delta Model at the Texas A&M Symposium, "Mapping the Landscape of Legal Tech & ODR" along with Colin Rule, Amy Schmitz (Ohio State University), and Margaret Hagan (Stanford University).

February 7, 2023
Alyson Carrel joins Jed Melnick and Amy Gernon on a panel about careers in ADR for Grinnel's Peace and Conflict Studies program, hosted by Gary Doernhoefer of ADRNotable.

February 3, 2023
Olivia Miller (JD '23) and Peggy Kern (JD '24) compete in the ABA National Negotiation Competition for Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.  Out of 149 teams that took part in this year’s ABA negotiation competition, the Northwestern team accomplished a notable achievement by reaching the quarterfinals of the national competition.

November 13, 2022
Northwestern's Negotiation Team members Olivia Miller (JD '23) and Peggy Kern (JD '24) win their final round in the regional negotiation competition and advance to Nationals. Congratulations!

October 20, 2022
Annie Buth participates in one of Northwestern Buffett Institute's Global Affairs Idea Dialogues on epistemic reparations.

October 8, 2022
Alyson Carrel presents the Delta Model as the opening session for the National Legal Mentoring Conference.

October 6, 2022Navajo Justice
The Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice hosts Justice Robert Yazzie and Shandiin Yazzie from the Navajo Nation to discuss Navajo Justice and Peacemaking.

September 13, 2022
UCLA's Criminal Justice Law Review publishes remarks by Professor Annie Buth and other speakers from the Restorative Justice Origins, Applications, & Futures Symposium.

September 13, 2022
Alyson Carrel discusses the Delta Model with law students at Georgia State University as part of the their Legal Technology & Innovation course.

September 1, 2022
Alyson Carrel speaks about her "ADR As A First Career" video blog at the Association for Conflict Resolution - Greater New York Chapter Roundtable.

June 24, 2022
Annie Buth participates in the Chicago Transformation Collab bringing together invited organizers, activists, directly impacted people, artists, RJ practitioners, public defenders, and movement lawyers for conversation, training sessions, and workshops.

chcJune 7, 2022
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation cohosts Coming Home to Community: Resentencing, Reentry & Restorative Justice with the Northwestern Prison Education Program, Illinois Alliance for Reentry & Justice, and the James B. Moran Center at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center. The event features André Patterson, Corzell Cole, Avalon Gaston-Betts, Broderick Hollins, Maria Garza, Audrey Dunford, and Madisen Hursey.

May 18, 2022
Daniel Gandert virtually guest lectures on "Doping Control in Sports" at China University of Political Science & Law.

 

May 12, 2022
Daniel Gandert serves as one of the contributing experts for the Wall Street Journal article, "Should the Olympics Change the Way It Handles Doping?" 

abaApril 29, 2022
Alyson Carrel introduces the Papa Cuisine simulation and the importance of integrating technology fluency in negotiation courses as part of a panel with Professors Debra Berman, Toby Guerin, and Clark Freshman at this year's ABA Dispute Resolution Conference.

April 26, 2022
Annie Buth presents "Toward Reclamation and Reimagining: Models and Skills for the Modern Practitioner" at the 2022 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Virtual Spring Conference.

April 25, 2022
Annie Buth teaches King College Prep high school students about negotiation and law school through the Street Law program.

 

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April 13, 2022
Northwestern Circles celebrates the end of another academic year with collective art, music, spoken word, lunch, and treats. Community members reflect on our strength, beauty, and hope. Northwestern Circles received a Northwestern YourLife Wellness Grant to support this event.

April 7, 2022
Annie Buth participates in a faculty presentation for the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Engagement's Enhancing Diversity in the Legal Profession Day.

 

April 1, 2022
Alyson Carrel presents "Reimagining Settlement: A Pluralistic Approach" and the use of advancing technology to transform settlement options at the Settlement in the 21st Century Conference hosted by the Kimball R. and Karen Gatsis Anderson Center for Advocacy and Professionalism, University of Illinois College of Law.

March 31, 2022
Annie Buth and Kara Crutcher, the Geraghty Clinical Fellow with the Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic, facilitate an interactive event for the Public Interest Law Group (PILG) week encouraging introspection about identity, engagement with others, and client relationship.

March 29, 2022
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation ties for 4th in the US News and World Report rankings of law school dispute resolution programs.

March 18, 2022
Alyson Carrel discusses the Delta Model as a potential framework for professional identity formation initiatives at this year's annual ABA Deans Workshop.

March 9, 2022event invite
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation co-hosts Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice and Health Equity as part of Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Lawyering and Race in the 21st Century series. Broderick Hollins, Robin Heggum, Joseph Mapp, and Thalia González share their knowledge concerning health harms of incarceration, public health, policy, reentry, and restorative justice as a structural intervention.

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March 2, 2022
The Rehearsal Dinner, an Anti-Racism and DEI Initiative developed by the MFA Suite in Northwestern's School of Communication, features Annie Buth and explores restorative justice.

February 23, 2022
Sarah JK Shoemaker, a faculty assistant, leads Northwestern Circles in improv as part of a circle on change and adaptation.

 

February 23, 2022
Annie Buth participates with Professors Paul Gowder and Hoi Kong on a Just the Beginning: A Pipeline Organization panels for high school students.

February 16, 2022llm lecture
Daniel Gandert discusses the 2022 Olympic figure skater Kamila Valiyeva's case and the Court of Arbitration for Sport at the annual LLM Lecture.

February 16, 2022
Lynn Cohn and Alyson Carrel join Aaron Gothelf and Michael Aurit on an ABA-Section of Dispute Resolution webinar to discuss Building a Mediation Practice from Scratch

February 9, 2022
Northwestern Circles hosts a reflection circle to slow down as the semester speeds up.

January 26, 2022
Northwestern Circles hosts an encouragement Circle to explore what we need and how to support one another.

January 12, 2022
Northwestern Circles asks people what they want to talk about as a community this semester.

January 5, 2022
Alyson Carrel received the 2022 AALS Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Education Award for her work on the Delta Model and Design Your Delta projects.

December 3, 2021
Northwestern Circles celebrates the end of the semester and the holiday season with care packages, coffee, cards, and conversation.

December 3, 2021
Alyson Carrel attends the final meeting as a member of the National Conference of Bar Examiners Content Scope Committee to discuss the inclusion of negotiation and dispute resolution on the next version of the bar exam: Next Gen Bar Exam (ncbex.org)

December 1, 2021
Northwestern Circles celebrates the end of the semester and the holiday season with care packages, coffee, cards, and conversation.

November 18, 2021Tech Tracker
Alyson Carrel discusses her articles, Mind the Gap (co-authored with Noam Ebner) and Reimagining Settlement during the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators' Mediation Tech Tracker series.

November 17, 2021
Northwestern Circles provides a discussion space for the Office of Inclusion & Engagement and Black Law Student Association's event Colorism Part I: Experiencing Colorism.

November 12, 2021
Northwestern Circles hosts a circle to check-in with one another and collectively reflect on events impacting the N Law community

November 10, 2021
As part of UCLA School of Law's Criminal Justice Law Review and Criminal Program symposium, Annie Buth, Thalia González, Jonathan Sharrer, Tali Gires, and Aparna Polavarpu discuss the relationship between restorative justice and the legal academy. Annie shares about the Center's approach to restorative justice pedagogy and Northwestern Circles.

November 4, 2021
Brandon Daurham and Annie Buth co-keep a circle for the North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court Team.

ucla rj seriesNovember 3, 2021
UCLA School of Law’s Criminal Justice Law Review and Criminal Justice Program begins its virtual symposium series “Restorative Justice Origins, Applications, and Futures” with the panel "Building Communities of Healing and Accountability" with Gary Malachi Scott (Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth), Sonya Shah (Ahimsa Collective), and Robert Yazzie (Chief Justice Emeritus of the Navajo Nation). This series is co-sponsored by: UCLA School of Law’s Public Interest Law and Policy Program, Promise Institute for Human Rights, Critical Race Studies Program, and Native Nations Law and Policy Center; South Carolina’s Restorative Justice Initiative, the Center on Negotiation and Mediation at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and The Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at UC Davis.

 

 

November 1, 2021
Darrius Lightfoot, co-founder of Fearless Leading By Youth(FLY), shared with Northwestern Law negotiation students about using rights, power, and interests to convince University of Chicago to open a trauma center. Read more about FLY's five years of negotiation over the trauma center here.

October 28, 2021
Alicia Brown, a circle keeper and member of the Final 5 Campaign, and Annie Buth co-teach about restorative justice to the Northwestern Law criminal law practicum.

October 2021
Lynn Cohn participates in the University of Illinois Pre-Law Advising Attorney Talks Podcast where she shares insights for pre-law students considering career options.

October 19, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes another testimonial about the Delta Model on the Design Your Delta blog with Cat Moon, featuring Jasmine Atwell (JD '22 & Psychotherapist.)

October 18, 2021
ABA's mediation week features Alyson Carrel's ADR as 1st Career video blog with a panel discussion between Jason Harper, Oladeji Tiamiyu, Gururaj Kumar and Ashley Davis.

October 7, 2021
Alyson Carrel speaks about the Design Your Delta method for a growth mindset and intentional approach to professional development given the increased use of hiring assessments in the legal profession at NALP's "Using Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Assessments in the Recruiting Process."

October 6, 2021
Northwestern Circles hosts a circle on change and transitions with lunch.

October 4, 2021
Alyson Carrel speaks on the ABA's "Swipe Right for ADR: Networking and Mentorship" panel.

September 27, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes a testimonial about the Delta Model on the Design Your Delta blog with Cat Moon.

September 15, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes post number 13 on the Design Your Delta blog with Cat Moon, "Testimonials: Arlissa."

September 15, 2021
Daniel Gandert participates as a panelist on Howard University's "Olympics and the Law" discussion.

September 8, 2021
Northwestern Circles kicks off the beginning of another school year! Northwestern Circles is a law school community group for students and staff that provides an opportunity to connect, reflect, listen, share, and engage in dialogue.

August 30, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes post number 12 on the Design Your Delta blog with Cat Moon, "What is Design Your Delta?".

August 24, 2021
Lynn Cohn, Annie Buth, and Center alumni Cyerra McGowan (JD '21) and Nora Snyder (JD '20) present an orientation session on "Navigating Conflict" for all incoming Northwestern Law students.

August 12, 2021
Alyson Carrel joins Northwestern Pritzker School of Law's Dean Hari Osofsky on the Harvard Negotiation & Mediation Clinic Program podcast, Convergence, hosted by Harvard Clinical Fellow, Oladeji Tiamiyu. The podcast covers a number of topics include innovation in legal education and dispute resolution, the Delta Model, and the UNs recently published climate change report.

August 6, 2021
Alyson Carrel participates in the first of many meetings as part of the National Conference of Bar Examiners Content Scope Committee and NextGen Bar Exam.

July 29, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Jasmine Atwell (Loyola JD '22) publish the blog post, Embedded Assumptions of Whiteness, on the ADR Prof Blog, Indisputably.org. This post reviews the new article by Sharon Press and Ellen Deason, Mediation: Embedded Assumptions of Whiteness, exploring concepts from the book, Me and White Supremacy, as applied to the practice, process, and structure of mediation.

July 28, 2021
Alyson Carrel gives the ACLEA 2021 Conference closing keynote presentation, The Delta Model: A Framework for Supporting and Guiding Attorneys in the Face of Change and Uncertainty.

July 26, 2021
Anna Busch, Center on Negotiation Research Assistant and Student, publishes the 11th Design Your Delta post as a guest writer. In this Why the Process? blog post, Anna discusses the impact and importance of learning how to practice law and why the Delta Model would have supported her success as a law student.

July 2, 2021
Daniel Gandert's publication, The WADA Code: Optimal on Paper, is cited in The Philadelphia Inquirer's opinion piece regarding the Olympic anti-doping rules and the U.S. sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson's month long suspension from the sport.

June 28, 2021
Ishani Chokshi, Center on Negotiation Research Assistant and Student, publishes the 10th Design Your Delta post as a guest writer. In this Why The People? blog post, Ishani discusses the impact and importance of people skills and it's inclusion in the Delta Model.

June 25, 2021
Office of the Provost announces Professor Daniel Gandert's promotion to Clinical Associate Professor of Law, effective September 1, 2021.

June 25, 2021
Office of the Provost announces Professor Alyson Carrel's promotion to Clinical Professor of Law, effective September 1, 2021. Alyson is also appointed as the Harry B. Reese Teaching Professor for the 2021-22 Academic Year. 

June 24, 2021TRB Retrospective
Annie Buth, Lynn Cohn, and Alyson Carrel participate in the TRB Retrospective with legal educators and students across the country.

June 22, 2021
DePaul University's healing justice series hosted by the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program features Annie Buth. In this program, Annie explores the use of restorative justice in higher education with a Center on Negotiation and Mediation community partner Sherrif Da Greatest, PAX graduate Yolibeth Sandoval, and current PAX student Samantha Arechiga.

June 14, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes blog post #9, Why The Practice?, with Cat Moon on the Design Your Delta Model bog.

June 3, 2021
Northwestern University awards the James B. Moran Center for Youth Advocacy an inaugural Racial Equity and Community Partnership Grant to lay the foundation for Evanston's Restorative Justice Community Court. The Center on Negotiation and Mediation will Collaborate with the Moran Center as its Northwestern Partner.

June 2, 2021
Alyson carrel publishes post #8, The Delta Model: An Evolution for Revolution, with Cat Moon on the Design Your Delta Model Blog.

facultygraduationMay 14, 2021
Faculty from the Center on Negotiation and Mediation celebrate the 2021 Northwestern Law School graduation class.

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May 11, 2021
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts a celebration for the negotiation competition team members and teaching assistants who are graduating!

 

May 3, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes post #6, We Need New Rituals, with Cat Moon on the Design Your Delta Model blog.

 

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April 30, 2021
Len Riskin and Alyson Carrel co-author a new textbook titled Negotiation & Lawyers published by West Academic.

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April 28, 2021
The Slater International Program at Wellesley College hosts Annie Buth for discussion on "Restorative Justice, Transformative Justice, & Anti-Asian Hate Crimes" workshop.

 

April 24, 2021
The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School and the Illinois Judicial Councile host the symposium "Beyond Punishment: Restorative Justice Practice, Policy, and Potential" where Annie Buth speaks on the the panel "Why Restorative Justice?" and "Restorative Justice in Schools" breakout session.

April 20, 2021
Alyson Carrel guest lectures at Georgia State University's Law School course, Law Practice Technology, to introduce the Delta Model and the new set of tools she is developing with Cat Moon called, Design Your Delta.

April 19, 2021
Alyson Carrel publishes post #5, Rituals in the Legal Profession, with Cat Moon on the Design Your Delta Model blog.

April 17, 2021
Two Center on Negotiation and Mediation students present with Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth in the program "From Abstraction to Application: Students Fighting Against Racism Case Study" at the ABA Dispute Resolution 2021 Conference.

April 9, 2021
Jennifer Mahony, the Associate Ombuds at the National Institutes of Health and Sarah Klapper, the University Ombudsperson for Northern Illinois University speak in Daniel Gandert's Dispute Resolution class.

April 8, 2021
The University of St. Thomas Law Journal publishes Annie Buth and Monica Cosby's article, Restorative Revelations, discussing Restorative Justice Processes and the impact they can have on creating equitable communities.

April 5, 2021
Annie Buth and adjunct human rights law professor Christine Evans explore addressing sexual misconduct through restorative justice framework in the program "Restorative Justice and Right Relationship," the Office of Equity's inaugural event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

twitter pictureApril 5, 2021
Alyson Carrel joins Cat Moon (Vanderbilt University) and Katrina Lee (Ohio State University) as a guest lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center's Innovation in Legal Services Delivery class, taught by Rafael Figueirdo, to discuss the Delta Model and "designing a future proof career."

April 2, 2021
Alyson Carrel shares how her law school experience has motivated her work with the Delta Model on the Design Your Delta Model Blog: An Experience in Liminality: Alyson's Story.  And, to read Cat Moon's story, click here.

 

March 31, 2021
US News & World Report ranks The Center on Negotiation and Mediation #7 in Law School Dispute Resolution programs.

March 27, 2021
Daniel Gandert virtually guest lectures on "Doping and Drug Testing in US Professional and Collegiate Sports," at China University of Political Science & Law.

March 26, 2021
Annie Buth hosts an Asian American Pacific Islander support space for Northwestern Law students, staff and faculty.

March 25, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Lynn Cohn lead the final of four webinars discussing foundational writings in the dispute resolution field. Alyson Carrel (Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University) interviews Professor Leonard Riskin (Visiting Professor of Dispute Resolution, Northwestern University) and discusses Professor Riskin's article "Understanding Mediators' Orientations, Strategies, and Techniques: A Grid for the Perplexed." Following the interview, Lynn Cohn and the Center on Negotiation and Mediation present Len with a collection of notes from colleagues and friends to celebrate his larger impact on the field of ADR. If you would like to share a memory or story about how Professor Riskin impacted your experience in ADR, please fill out this form and we will get it to him.

March 24, 2021
Annie Buth participates on a diverse faculty panel for admitted students.

March 19, 2021
Daniel Gandert participates in an online discussion on the Chinese Super League at the Northwestern Law Global Village event.

March 18, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Daniel Gandert lead the third of four webinars discussing foundational writings in the dispute resolution field. Robert Mnookin (Professor of Law, Harvard Law School) and Andrea Schneider (Professor of Law, Marquette University Law School) join today to discuss Robert's article, "Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Divorce."

deltaMarch 15, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Cat Moon drop the second Design Your Delta Project blog Post titled, "The Liminality of Legal Education."

 

March 11, 2021
Northwestern Law Students in the Restorative Justice, Community Building, and Practice Class co-host a virtual community event providing space for Faculty, Students and Staff to connect and share.

March 11, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Daniel Gandert lead the second of four webinars discussing foundational writings in the dispute resolution field and what makes these writings so important. Jean Sternlight (Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and Sarah Cole (Professor, The Ohio State University) join today to discuss Jean's article, "Panacea or Corporate Tool?: Debunking the Supreme Court's Preference for Binding Arbitration."

March 10, 2021
The Office of Inclusion & Engagement hosts "Standing Up to Hate: An Upstander Intervention Program" for Northwestern University co-facilitated by Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion & Engagement, and Annie Buth.

March 10, 2021
The Asian Pacific American Coalition at Northwestern University hosts a program "Unpacking the Recent Asian American Hate Crimes & Transformative Justice" featuring Annie Buth and Asian American Studies Professor Patricia Nguyen.

March 9, 2021
Annie Buth shared about restorative justice with a Juvenile Justice Class at Wilbur Wright City College of Chicago.

March 5, 2021
Annie Buth hosts an AAPI dialogue on fighting anti-Asian Violence and Hate.

March 4, 2021discusions
Alyson Carrel leads the first of four webinars discussing foundational writings in the dispute resolution field and what makes these writings so important. Carrie Menkel-Meadow (Professor of Law, University of California at Irvine) and Art Hinshaw (Clinical Professor of Law, Arizona State University) join today to discuss Carrie's article, "Pursuing Settlement in an Adversary Culture: A Tale of Innovation Co-Opted or the Law of ADR.” 

March 1, 2021
Alyson Carrel launches a new blog with Cat Moon (Director of PoLI Institute and Innovation Desing Program on Law & Innovation, Vanderbilt University) about their Design Your Delta project. The blog is designed to help law students gain self-awareness, intentionally plan their law school journey to develop relevant skills and chart a course for a thriving life in the law.

February 18, 2021
Annie Buth speaks to students in DePaul University's Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies program.

February 8, 2021
Annie Buth presents to Northwestern University's Sexual Health and Assault Peer Educators (SHAPE) Program on Restorative Justice.

February 6, 2021
Ramia Mitchel (3L) and Edward Saint-Vil (3L) represent Northwestern Law at the ABA Negotiation National Quarterfinals. The team was coached by Professors Daniel Gandert and Alyson Carrel and students Emilie McConnachie (3L) and Conner Collins (3L).

January 27, 2021
Alyson Carrel and Cat Moon (Vanderbilt University) are interviewed in the Thomson Reuter's article, The Delta Model evolves its lawyer skill assessment further with Design Your Delta.

January 22, 2021
Annie Buth meets with a newly formed restorative justice law faculty group convened by the South Carolina Restorative Justice Initiative.

January 18, 2021
Annie Buth participates in BIPOC RJ Practitioners Connect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

January 7, 2021
Daniel Gandert leads a group of trained Northwestern Law student facilitators in the Global Conversations event as a part of the orientation for incoming LLM students.

January 5, 2021
Audrey Dunford, the North Lawndale Restorative Justice Community Court Coordinator, and Annie Buth record a video for students in Restorative Justice: Law and Policy Intersections at Georgetown Law.

December 17, 2020amplify
The Amplify RJ podcast features Annie Buth as a guest.

November 12, 2020
Lynn Cohn presents "Moving to Negotiation Mastery" at the International Online Program sponsored by La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

November 6, 2020
Two Northwestern Law negotiation teams compete in the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition. Teammates Ramia Mitchell and Edward Saint-VIl will be advancing the the National Finals in February, 2021.

November 5, 2020
Alyson Carrel participates in an ADR Careers Panel through Harvard Law's Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program.

November 5, 2020
Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth host an election reflection circle.

November 4, 2020
Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth facilitate an open law school community dialogue about the 2020 election.

October 29, 2020
Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth host a circle for students, staff, and faculty about managing uncertainty and stress during the 2020 election.

October 22, 2020
Court of Arbitration for Sport arbitrator Jeffrey Benz speaks to the Dispute Resolution in Sports class about dispute resolution in Olympic and other international sports.

October 20, 2020
Alyson Carrel presents the Delta Model to Boston Law Collaborative, discussing the intersection between problem-solving and technology in the law and dispute resolution.

October 20, 2020
Annie Buth guest lectures for the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies program at DePaul University.

October 18, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a check-in for slowing down, sharing, and reflecting.

October 17, 2020
Daniel Gandert presents “Doping Control in US Sports: A Comparison with Doping Control in Olympic Sports,” at China University of Political Science & Law. The presentation highlights how despite many changes in the right direction, the rules relating to doping in Olympic sports do a better job of preventing doping than those in US professional sports.

October 16, 2020
Alyson Carrel and Colin Rule present the keynote, "Reimagining Family Mediation" at the Annual Academy for Professional Family Mediation conference.

October 16, 2020
The Northwestern Circles group enjoys pumpkin decorating.

October 6, 2020
Alyson Carrel gives keynote address to the Minnesota State Bar Association's Practice Law Conference, discussing the Delta Model, the underlying framework of the conference's three tracks: Building a better practice, Building a better business, and Building better relationships.

October 2, 2020
Northwestern Circles and the Student Mental Health Alliance co-host a virtual lunch for students and staff to connect.

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September 22, 2020
Alyson Carrel presents "Reimagining Negotiation for the 21st-Century" as the 2020 Lawrence Lecturer at The Ohio State University Mortiz College of Law.

 

September 29, 2020
Northwestern Law holds the intraschool negotiation competition.

 

September 25, 2020
Alyson Carrel is invited to participate in Resolution Systems Institute's national convening on ODR.

zoomingSeptember 18, 2020
Alyson Carrel is a guest on the "Zooming through Law School" podcast to discuss the Delta Model with Cat Moon (Vanderbilt University), Season 2/Episode 3: But What will You Take With You? A Consideration of How to Make Law School Work for Future You.

September 4, 2020
Northwestern Circles, a law school community group, kicks off the semester.

August 28, 2020
Marsheda Ewulomi (JD '18) and Annie Buth facilitate a Circle for Black Lives.

August 22, 2020
Annie Buth presents to the Edgewater Mutual Aid Network on Restorative Justice.

August 15, 2020
Alyson Carrel presents the closing keynote, "Reimagining Mediation in the 21st-Century" for the 2020 Dispute Resolution Conference, "Promoting Problem Solving."

August 13, 2020
Alyson Carrel and Annie Buth present a Prof Talk "Reimagining the Law: Recognizing Pandemics as a Portal for Change" to incoming students.

August 6, 2020
Annie Buth facilitates the last session of the NLaw Engaged book group with Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion & Engagement, on So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo.

July 24, 2020
Alyson Carrel publishes the blog post, "The Delta Model: A framework for reimagining the legal profession pipeline" on the Lawinsider Blog.

July 23, 2020
Annie Buth facilitates a session of the NLaw Engaged book group with Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion & Engagement, on So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.

July 23, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a virtual gathering bringing the Northwestern Community together to check in with one another.

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Alyson Carrel speaks on panel during an annual Association of American Law Libraries (AALL) Conference, "Next-Gen Talent Development: A Dynamic Approach to Professional Development for Information Professionals."

July 13, 2020
Alyson Carrel speaks at the weekly DRLE program about technology and anti-racism efforts in a mediation clinic.

July 9, 2020
Annie Buth facilitates an NLaw Engaged book group with Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion & Engagement, on So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.

July 9, 2020
Alum Richard Bright facilitates a circle about making meaning out of the current moment for Northwestern Circles.

July 7, 2020
Lynn Cohn and Alyson Carrel host webinar on "How We Created Community in an Online Class."

June 25, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a virtual dinner bringing the Northwestern Community together to encourage one another and create connection.

June 25, 2020
Annie Buth facilitates an NLaw Engaged book group with Shannon Bartlett, Associate Dean of Inclusion & Engagement, on So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo.

June 24, 2020
Alyson Carrel co-presents the Delta Model with Cat Moon at the Passports to Practice Seminar.

June 19, 2020
Alyson Carrel leads discussions with educators during the Negotiate Up: Innovations in Teaching, Research and Technology conversation series.

June 11, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a circle for students, alumni, and friends of the University to listen, process, and share in wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, David McAtee, and others murdered because of anti-Black racism and police violence.

May 22, 2020
Alyson Carrel presents with Lucy Bassli and Gary Doernhoefer at the ABA Dispute Resolution Annual Spring Conference, "21st Century Mediation Practice: Human-Driven, Technology-Enhanced."

May 19, 2020
Lynn Cohn presents “Cross-Fertilization: Learning From Mediators Who Do Different Stuff Than You Do” at the Center for Conflict Resolution.

rjgradMay 15, 2020
Alyson Carrel receives the Virginia Rometty Award at Rebekah D. Gordon's Online Graduation Ceremony.

 

 

May 15, 2020award
Annie Buth receives the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Outstanding Small Class Professor award during the 2020 Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Class of 2020 Virtual Convocation.

May 12, 2020
Annie Buth lectures about restorative justice, negotiation, and law in a DePaul University Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies course.

May 8, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts celebration circle and honors graduates.

April 22, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a virtual lunch offering students an opportunity to connect at the end of the semester.

April 22, 2020
Annie Buth is announced as the winner of the 2019-20 Outstanding Small Class Professor Award. The winner of this award is selected each spring by second-year and third-year law students.

April 15, 2020
Sarah Silins, the Reimagining Youth Justice Project Coordinator, and Emma Kurs (JD '20) facilitate a circle on accomplishment for Northwestern Circles. 

April 10, 2020
Len Riskin hosts Lawyering and Mindfulness workshop for Bluhm Legal Clinic students discussing the beneficial applications of mindfulness to various aspects of lawyering.

April 8, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a virtual lunch.

April 2, 2020
Annie Buth participates in a faculty panel for diverse admitted students.

April 1, 2020
Northwestern Circles hosts a reflection circle on change.

virtual circleApril 1, 2020
Lynn Cohn facilitates a virtual healing circle for the I Grow Chicago community.

March 25, 2020
Len Riskin co-hosts a 30 minute morning mindfulness session with Professor Cliff Zimmerman. This mindfulness offering is available to students, faculty, staff and alumni via zoom multiple times each week throughout the semester. Please check the law event calendar for future mindfulness opportunities.

March 18, 2020
Annie Buth hosts virtual Northwestern Circles for the Law School community giving everyone a chance to check in and connect during the move to remote teaching and learning.

March 17, 2020
U.S. News & World Reports ranks Northwestern Pritzker Law School #6 in the country for Dispute Resolution Programs. The Center on Negotiation and Mediation continues to be a leader in the field of training law students to handle conflicts through negotiation and mediation.

March 7, 2020
Annie Buth teaches a mock negotiation course and participates on an attorney panel for the Pathways to the Legal Profession Law School Admissions Conference 2020, which provides prospective law students from diverse background with an overview of the law school journey.

March 4, 2020Miss Demeanor
Northwestern Circles hosts a reflection circle.

March 4, 2020
Annie Buth shares about her experience as a woman of color in law through a collaboration of DePaul University's Black, Latinx, and Apida Cultural Centers.

March 4, 2020
Lynn Cohn leads community building program at Stateville Correctional Center for students in the Northwestern Prison Education Program.

March 2-3 2020
Daniel Gandert presents "Advanced Workshop for Improved Negotiation, Mediation, and Advocacy Skills: Sophisticated Strategies to Become a Better Advocate and Mediator" at the Chicago Bar Association sponsored Webinar.

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February 27-29, 2020
Alyson Carrel attends a gathering of innovative ADR faculty at the University of Oregon called “Experimental ADR Conference” and presents her latest project exploring the impact of data analytics on the future of settlement

 

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February 26, 2020
Alyson Carrel presents “Impact of Legal Analytics on Settlement” at the Northwestern University Computer Science + Law faculty talks. These talks bring together faculty interested in the intersection of computer science and law with the purpose of fostering collaboration and interdisciplinary research.

February 21, 2020
Annie Buth participates in an “Asian American Law Professors” panel hosted by the Asian Pacific American Law Students Assocation.

February 19, 2020
The Northwestern Circles law school community group provides encouragement to each other through a circle about “favorite things”.

February 8, 2020negotiation competition
The Northwestern Negotiation Competition team, Emilie McConnachie (2L) and Conner Collins (2L), are awarded 2nd place in the ABA National Negotiation Competition. They were coached by fellow teammates Edward Saint-Vil and Ramia Mitchell, as well as faculty members Daniel Gandert and Alyson Carrel.

 

 

February 7, 2020
Alyson Carrel and Rebekah Gordon (3L) publish articles in the new online book, Theories of Change for the Dispute Resolution Movement: Actionable Ideas to Revitalize Our Movement

circleFebruary 5, 2020
Northwestern Circles uses the irrationality of art for expression and connection.

February 1, 2020
Annie Buth supports and works with Circles and Ciphers for the “Circles & Sessions” celebration.  

delta modelJanuary 30, 2020
Alyson Carrel speaks at Georgia State University School of Law about the Delta Model.

January 30, 2020
Alyson Carrel speaks at the Emory TI:GER Innovation Conference about the Delta Model.

 

January 22, 2020
Northwestern Circles explores community strengths and gifts.

January 21, 2020
Annie Buth facilitates a debrief circle for Northwestern Law group that traveled to work with Al Otro Lado’s Border Rights Clinic.

January 17, 2020
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts a gathering for students to connect and support each other while processing and reflecting on grades.

circleDecember 11, 2019
Northwestern Circles hosts an exam break. 

December 4, 2019
Northwestern Circles hosts a check-in circle before the start of exam period. 

November 21, 2019
Annie Buth visits Navajo Technical University in Navajo Nation.

November 20, 2019
Alum Julia Waterhous joins Northwestern Circles for a discussion examining decision-making.

November 15, 2019
Daniel Gandert and Annie Buth teach negotiation classes for high school students visiting the law school as part of Street Law's Law in Action Day. 

November 14, 2019
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts sound meditation to promote wellness, relaxation, and healing for the Northwestern Law community. 

November 8, 2019
Daniel Gandert moderates and participates in ABA Webinar “Ten Tips for Your Practice:  Representing Clients Effectively in Mediation.”

November 8, 2019
Annie Buth facilitates a circle for Bluhm Legal Clinic staff. 

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November 7-8, 2019
Emilie McConnachie (2L), Conner Collins (2L), Edward Saint-Vil (2L) and Ramia Mitchell (2L) compete at the ABA Regional Negotiation Competition. Teammates, Emilie and Conner, progress to the finals scheduled for February 7, 2020.

 

November 6, 2019
Northwestern Circles hosts a community lunch.

November 2, 2019
Len Riskin receives the Cloke-Millen Peacemaker of the Year Award from the Southern California Mediation Association and gives the opening plenary address at the SCMA annual conference in Los Angeles.

October 23, 2019
Northwestern Circles uses the circle process to help build community and to provide an opportunity for students and staff to discuss the events affecting their lives. 

October 23, 2019
Alyson Carrel presents at the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Annual Meeting about AI & Mediation.

October 25, 2019
Annie Buth; Monica Cosby, an activist and circle keeper; and Dr. Artika Tyner, Director of the St. Thomas Center on Race, Leadership and Social Justice, speak on a panel about racial equity, repairing harms, and healing at the University of St. Thomas Law Journal's Fall Symposium "Restorative Justice, Law, & Healing".

October 23, 2019
Noam Ebner, a professor of negotiation and conflict resolution at Creighton University's Graduate School, discusses the evolution and ramifications of Online Dispute Resolution systems with faculty, staff, students and Chicago mediators.

October 17, 2019
Lynn Cohn is honored for her fierce dedication to restorative justice in action by I Grow Chicago at their 2019 Gala.

October 9, 2019
Northwestern Circles uses the circle process to connect with each other and explore issues concerning identity.

October 8, 2019
Annie Buth hosts the first Public Interest Potluck with Associate Director of the Public Interest Center and the Public Interest Law Group.

October 4-5, 2019
Daniel Gandert and Alyson Carrel present at the AALS Works in Progress Conference at University of Nevada Las Vegas.

October 3, 2019
Alyson Carrel presents a lecture about the Delta Model for the University of Nevada Las Vegas Saltman Center.  

September 24, 2019
At Northwestern Circles, students and staff reflect on their experiences in the first month of the school and share about their goals and intentions for the year.


BLC GalaSeptember 19, 2019
Professor Len Riskin and law student Usama Ibrahim (JD '20) enjoy the festivities at the Bluhm Legal Clinic 50th Anniversary Celebration.

 

 

 

September 17, 2019
Thomson Reuters publishes a white paper on Alyson Carrel’s Delta Model, a new competency model for the 21st century legal profession.

September 11, 2019
Northwestern Circles, a law school community group supported by the Center on Negotiation and Mediation, kicks off the beginning of another academic year.

September 9, 2019
West Academic Publishing publishes Len Riskin’s co-authored 6th Edition of Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, A Contemporary ApproachAlyson Carrel served as managing editor of this updated casebook.

September, 2019
Northwestern Law video features Alyson Carrel on the Delta Model as part of the "A Northwestern Law Professor Explains..." video series on YouTube

August 29, 2019
As part of orientation “Prof Talks”, Alyson Carrel presents about the Delta Model, Daniel Gandert presents about issues concerning the Anti-Doping Division in the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and Annie Buth presents about the intersection of restorative justice, hip-hop, abolition, and healing through the work of Chicago youth.

August 27, 2019
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation leads an orientation session on conflict for all incoming law students.

August 26, 2019
Annie Buth participates on a faculty panel for diverse student orientation and shares about navigating the law school experience.

August 6, 2019
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts the Chicago Alternative to Incarceration Neighborhood Interns at the law school.

August, 2019
Northwestern Law video features Annie Buth on Restorative Justice as part of the "A Northwestern Law Professor Explains..." video series on YouTube

July 24, 2019
Journal on Dispute Resolution publishes Alyson Carrel’s article, Mind the Gap: Bringing Technology to the Mediation Table (co-authored with Noam Ebner.)

July 23, 2019
Annie Buth travels to Indianapolis with the Chicago Alternative to Incarceration Neighborhood Interns to visit the Ten Point Coalition, which aims to reduce violence and homicides through direct engagement, education, and employment.

July 5, 2019
ACResolution publishes Alyson Carrel’s article Digital Toolbox Pedagogy: Teaching Students to Utilize Technology in Mediation (co-authored with Noam Ebner.)

July 1, 2019
Georgia State University Law Review publishes Alyson Carrel’s article introducing the Delta Model, Legal Intelligence Through Artificial Intelligence Requires Emotional Intelligence: A New Competency Model for the 21st Century Legal Professional.

June 26, 2019
Annie Buth presents on restorative justice for a group of young women through Cook County Juvenile Probation & Court Services.

June 18-19, 2019
Professors Len Riskin and Alyson Carrel participate in the conference, Appreciating our Legacy and Engaging the Future: An International Conference for Dispute Resolution Teachers, Scholars, and Leaders, held at Pepperdine Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

June 6, 2019
The International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics publishes Daniel Gandert’s article The WADA Code: the maximum extent of enforcement.

May 21, 2019MSL Attorney Training
Lynn Cohn leads a group of Attorneys that will be working on negotiation skills with students from Northwestern Pritzker Law’s Master of Science in Law (MSL) Program.

May 21, 2019
Students in the Center on Negotiation and Mediation’s International Business Law & Negotiations Course travel to Tel Aviv, Israel. In Tel Aviv, students participate in a simulated business law negotiations exercise with students from Tel Aviv University School of Law.

May 10, 2019
Annie Buth presents “Innovation and Pedagogy: The Restorative Justice and Human-Centered Design Project” at the Bluhm Legal Clinic Fellows Workshop.

May 4, 2019AALS Clinical Conference
Daniel Gandert presents on “Dispute Resolution Skills Guide Students Through Times of Polarization” at the 2019 AALS Conference on Clinical Legal Education in San Francisco, CA.

 


April 17, 2019

Northwestern Circles celebrates the end of another school year.

April 13, 2019
Alyson Carrel and Daniel Gandert attend the ABA Dispute Resolution Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

April 11, 2019
This semester the Center offers a new course called the Restorative Justice & Human-Centered Design Course Project, which invites students to explore innovation and design thinking while developing prototypes for restorative justice learning opportunities. Today, students present their final prototypes to a group of professors, students, and restorative justice practitioners, and community members.

April 6, 2019
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation participates in Admitted Students Weekend and meets with prospective students.

April 4, 2019
Annie Buth participates on the Diverse Admitted Students Day faculty panel and sharing her law school experience, the Center’s work, and advice for prospective students.

April 3, 2019
Fr. David Kelly of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Back of the Yards, Northside Transformative Law attorney Emmanuel Andre, and Annie Buth share about restorative justice with the Children and Family Justice Center clinic class.

April 3, 2019
Northwestern Circles focuses on wellness and self-care in the law school community.

March 21, 2019
Professors Len Riskin and Cliff Zimmerman lead lessons in mindfulness and qi gong to law students, faculty and staff. This weekly, half hour practice held on Thursdays during the semester, provides the NU Law community opportunities to learn practices that help manage stress, decrease anxiety, sharpen focus and increase energy.

March 20, 2019
Northwestern Circles discusses gratitude.

March 6, 2019
Alyson Carrel presents her paper, Mind the Gap: Bringing Mediation to the Table, co-authored with Noam Ebner, at the Cook County Law Division Mediation Seminar Series

February 28, 2019
Annie Buth collaborates with student groups If/When/How, Women’s Leadership Coalition, and the Student Mental Health Alliance and moderates “Feminism through Fiction: Literature as Self-Care” with writers Julia Fine, Northwestern Law professor Michael Barsa, and Chicago-Kent College of Law professor Lori Andrews.  

February 27, 2019
Alyson Carrel hosts the Segal Design Institute for a Law + Design Sprint on immigration and youth issues. Students from the law school’s JD and MSL programs attended, along with design students from McCormick School of Engineering as well as high school students to explore the use of design as an approach to address challenges in delivering immigration law information to youth in the midst of crises.

February 25, 2019
Annie Buth guest lectures in “Conflict: Transformation, Intervention, Negotiation, Advocacy”, a class in the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies program at DePaul College.

February 23, 2019
Alyson Carrel posts as a guest on the altjd blog post about the intersection of innovation and adr.

February 22, 2019
Daniel Gandert and Annie Buth teach Chicago Public High School Students about negotiation as part of Street Law’s “Law in Action Day”.

February 20, 2019
Northwestern Circles brings together the Northwestern Law community in circle to discuss and explore the topic of uncertainty.

February 11, 2019
Annie Buth facilitates a reflection circle for a group of students that traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to work with Al Otro Lado, a bi-national direct legal services organization assisting deportees, migrants, and refugees.

February 7, 2019
Daniel Gandert leads a group of trained Northwestern Law student mediators in Global Conversations. The student mediators facilitate small group conversations of international students and US students who work together to solve problems, advocate different viewpoints, and build new relationships.

Dialogue on gender based violenceFebruary 1, 2019
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts “Our Existence is Resistance: Dialogue on Gender-Based Violence”, a forum organized by the International Youth Council and Good Kids Mad City to educate and change the narrative on gender-based violence.

January 29, 2019
Alyson conducts a session on the importance of diversity in teams and decision-making to students in the Innovation Lab course. The Innovation Lab is comprised of JD, LLM, and MSL students from the law school and CS students from the McCormick School of Engineering. 

January 24, 2019
Amy O’Keefe, Studio Director of Northwestern University’s Master of Science in Engineering Design Innovation Program and member of the Segal Design Institute community, and attorney Jennifer O’Shaughnessy lead the Restorative Justice and Human Centered Design Project class in a design thinking activity. They share their design expertise, wisdom, and experience with Center students.

January 24, 2019
Annie Buth presents on intergenerational workplace cooperation at the National Organization of Bar Council mid-year conference.

January 23, 2019
As the new semester begins, students and staff reflect on our community through Northwestern Circles.

January 16, 2019
The Center collaborates with the Student Mental Health Alliance, and Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth speak with students about understanding and reflecting on their law school grades.

Sports Visitor Program

 

January 14, 2019
Daniel Gandert and Annie Buth train Korean soccer coaches in dispute resolution through a sports visitor program.

 

January 7, 2019
Canadian Lawyer Magazine highlights Alyson Carrel’s Delta Model project in “New skill-enhancing models to become tomorrow’s lawyers in 2019

January 5, 2019
Alyson Carrel presents at the AALS Annual Conference session Promise & Pitfalls of Technology in Dispute Resolution

November 30, 2018
Governor-elect JB Pritzker appoints Annie Buth, M.R. Bauer Foundation Fellow, to the Restorative Justice and Safe Communities transition team.

 

Designing AftercareNovember 27, 2018
Alyson Carrel facilitates a human centered design workshop for faculty and students from the Children and Family Justice Center to discuss their future initiatives related to pressing youth justice issues.

 

November 16, 2018
Annie Buth facilitates dialogue for the Women's Leadership Coalition event "The Kavanaugh Aftermath: How Society Treats Women Who Speak Out".

November 14, 2018
Students come together through Northwestern Circles for dialogue to reflect on family experiences.

November 8, 2018
rj-seminar-circles-11-8-18Lynn Cohn, Annie Buth, and Circles & Ciphers representatives Alicia Brown, Sherrif Da Greatest, and Shiyaa Mitchell facilitate circles to discuss the relationship between restorative justice, systems, and community. Participants include Northwestern law students, Restorative Justice Community Court representatives, a member of the International Indigenous Youth Council, Chicago Police Department officers, Peace Ambassadors from Alternatives, and Catherine Cook Middle School students.

November 1, 2018
Alyson Carrel presents on her Delta Model Project at the Chicago Legal Innovation Meet-Up. The Delta Model Project is a new competency model for the 21st century legal professional highlighting the importance of emotional intelligence and practical problem-solving in addition to an understanding of data and technology.


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November 1, 2018
Circles & Ciphers in collaboration with Moms United Against Violence and Incarceration and the Northside Transformative Law Center hosts a teach-in examining the criminalization of survivors of domestic violence and opportunities for participatory defense. Annie Buth facilitates a circle for the event.

 

 

October 30, 2018
Alyson Carrel hosts a game night for #NLawBizTech students to practice problem-solving, creativity, and cognitive flexibility.

October 30, 2018
National Filipino American Lawyers Association (NFALA) names the Center on Negotiation and Mediation Teaching Assistant, Jude Baldo, as a NFALA Presidential Scholarship winner. Jude is one of four law students selected nationally to receive this scholarship award, which recognizes students with an exceptional aptitude for the study of law and a strong commitment to serve or contribute to the Filipino-American community.

October 26, 2018
Alyson Carrel joins Professor Noam Ebner in presenting a daylong workshop on the future of mediation at the University of Florida Institute on Dispute Resolution. Alyson discusses the potential benefits technology can play in our mediation practice and leads a human-centered design thinking exercise about innovation in the mediation field.

October 25, 2018
peace house rjsem2The I Grow Peace House, a community in West Englewood dedicated to healing, connection, and restorative justice values, welcomes the Restorative Justice Seminar. Northwestern law students learn with and from students in the after school program.  

October 25, 2018
Alyson Carrel joins Professor Noam Ebner to speak with faculty at the University of Florida Levin College of Law about the future of court services and the impact on legal education. She introduces the Delta Model and discusses the increasing need to include practical problem solving and emotional intelligence as lawyer competencies in light of a growing reliance on artificial intelligence in the delivery of legal services.

October 24, 2018

Agnew negotiationsMegan Agnew, Senior Counsel, M&A ConAgra Brands, discusses the role of the attorney at a large corporation with Professor Kevin Agnew's negotiation class and emphasizes the importance of establishing trust with clients.

October 23, 2018
Annie Buth co-hosts a public interest lunch with the Associate Director of Public Interest Katie Shelton. 

street-lawOctober 19, 2018
Daniel Gandert and Annie Buth teach mock negotiation classes for Chicago public high School students participating in StreetLaw’s “Law in Action” program.

 

October 17, 2018
Annie Buth facilitates a circle for Domestic Violence Awareness month at a restorative justice peace hub. There will be a follow-up community event on November 1.

October 17, 2018
Northwestern Circles discusses the Northwestern Law community.

October 13, 2018
Lynn Cohnn begins a three-day negotiation workshop with the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Master of Science in Law (MSL) students. The MSL curriculum centers on the intersection of law, business, and technology, with specific focus areas in business law and entrepreneurship, intellectual property and patent design, and regulatory analysis and strategy.

October 11, 2018
Annie Buth guest lectures at the Conflict: Transformation, Intervention, Negotiation, Advocacy class, which is part of the Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Program at DePaul College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

October 11, 2018
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation collaborates with the Office of Inclusion and Engagement to facilitate dialogue using the circle process. Participants have the opportunity to reflect, discuss, and share about issues raised by recent events like the verdict in the trial of police officer Jason Van Dyke for the killing of teen Laquan McDonald and the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

October 10, 2018
Mark Agnew, CEO of Lou Maltnati’s Pizza, speaks to students about the importance of understanding your own strengths and weaknesses during a negotiation. He stresses the importance of one’s reputation and brand – and how critical it is to keep those in mind when negotiating with long-term vendors, employees and customers.

October 6, 2018
Daniel Gandert presents at the 12th Annual AALS Dispute Resolution Section Works-in-Progress Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. 

October 3, 2018
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation hosts Northwestern Circles, which provides an opportunity for the law school community to connect and discuss different issues through the circle process. Lynn Cohn and Annie Buth facilitated circles for reflection and dialogue concerning the Kavanaugh hearings. 

September 29, 2018
Students in Alyson Carrel's Mediation & Advocacy class participates in a full day mediation training with the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR), getting personalized and intensive feedback from dispute resolution professionals. 

September 27, 2018
Annie Buth's Restorative Justice Seminar class meets in a community space in North Lawndale to hear Carlos De La Vega and Annette Toscano share the work of Semillas y Raíces, an organization dedicated to preserving culture and advancing traditional practices of restorative justice and community healing. Students participate in a circle focused on exploring relationships with themselves, others, nature and institutions. 

September 8, 2018
Professor Cohn leads a three day mediation program for the National Association of Realtors where Realtors from across the country gather to learn about the process, develop their mediation skills and become ambassadors of the process in their local and state associations. 

September 5, 2018
Annie Buth hosts the first Northwestern Circle of the semester. Northwestern Circles is a bi-weekly event open to the law school community, using the circle process to connect, discuss important issues, and reflect. 

September 5, 2018
Annie Buth co-facilitates a circle for the women of color group at a restorative justice peace hub. 

August 21, 2018
1L Orientation 2018: The Center participates in welcoming incoming students to the Law School. Four of our Center faculty give presentations on their current work. Professor Cohn leads a 2 hour training on working in teams for the MSL students and speaks on a panel welcoming diverse students to our campus.

August 2018
Conflict Resolution Quarterly publishes "New directions in whole-school restorative justice implementation," an article co-authored by Annie Buth, Thalia González, and Heather Sattler, which presents a multiyear case study.

August 15, 2018
Cohn and CarrelProfessors Lynn Cohn and Alyson Carrel celebrate their awards from CPR and ABA-DR.

 

August 3, 2018
Professor Len Riskin gives plenary presentation on the future of mindfulness in law and a workshop on qi gong at the Mindfulness in Law Society-ABA national conference in Chicago.

July 25-27, 2018
Professor Leonard Riskin leads a workshop on Negotiation for Professionals [along with Dan Shapiro of Harvard Medical and Law Schools and Katie Zouhary (JD '11) of Schiff Hardin, LLP] for the Northwestern University School of Professional Studies. 

June 20-22, 2018
Professor Leonard Riskin leads a workshop (along with Rachel Wohl) on Mindfulness in the Heat of Conflict at the Pepperdine University Institute for Dispute Resolution in Malibu, CA. 

June 2018
Professor Daniel Gandert heads to the World Cup, observing the impact of FIFA disputes in person as well as the potential precedent which may undermine the Court of Arbitration for Sport's ability to bring about provisional suspensions.

April 29, 2018
Professor Carrel speaking at podiumProfessor Carrel speaks at Vanderbilt’s Summit on Law and Innovation (SoLI). Carrel uses Michael Moffit’s Islands, Vitamins, Germs, Salt model for the future of ADR curriculum to predict the future of legal technology & innovation in legal education. View presentation. #SOLI2018