Education and Training

Education

University of California, Berkeley
A.B., 1976
Graduation with Highest Honors in Political Science
Phi Beta Kappa

University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall School of Law)
J.D., 1979
Research and Book Review Editor, California Law Review

Teaching

Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers/Program on Negotiation, “Mediation Workshop” June and October, 2004-Present. Assisted Professor Frank E. A. Sander, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Linda R. Singer and Michael K. Lewis of Washington, D.C.

Mediation Training

Harvard Law School, Program of Instruction for Lawyers, “Mediation Workshop” (30.5 Hour Training Program) Led by Professor Frank E. A. Sander, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and Linda R. Singer and Michael K. Lewis of Washington, D.C.

Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, “Mediating the Litigated Case” (42 Hour Certificate Training Program). (During the past 5 years, the Institute has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report as the #1, #2 or #3 best dispute resolution program in the country based upon surveys of law school professors who teach dispute resolution.)

Center for Dispute Settlement (Washington, D.C.), “Advanced Mediation Techniques” (18 Hour Program)

Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. (Los Angeles County Bar Association), “Advanced Mediator Skills Training” (15 Hour Certificate Program).

American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution/International Academy of Mediators, “Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Training” (12 Hour Training Program)

Center for Dispute Resolution (Kenneth Cloke), “Mediation Training” (30 hour Training Program)

Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Advanced Training for United States District Court Settlement Officers: “Cross-Cultural Ramifications in Mediations,” “Overcoming Impasse and Transparency in Mediations,” and “Mediator Influence and Overcoming Barriers”

Arbitration Training

American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, Arbitration Training Institute (22 Hour Training Program)

Seminars and Programs

Master’s Forum 2003, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute For Dispute Resolution (Invited Participant)

Southern California Mediation Association, Mediating Employment/Workplace Disputes (2003-2005, 2007)

Southern California Mediation Association, 14th – 17th Annual Interactive Conferences, ” The Cutting Edge of Mediation, ” “Waves of Change, ” “Mediation Goes Mainstream” and “The Absolute Mediator.”

Symposium, “Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution,” The Project on Negotiation, Harvard Law School (Webcast)

“Settlement Secrets,” Master’s Forum 2002, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (Webcast)