Our students study Dispute Resolution with leading faculty and practitioners through Cardozo’s renowned clinics and courses. The Program is home to the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and sponsors an annual symposium on critical issues in domestic and international dispute resolution. Cardozo's dispute resolution program is just one of two programs that received an A+ rating from preLaw Magazine.
Interview with President & CEO of International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), Serena Lee ‘05
Tell us about your new role as President of CPR?
In my role as President and CEO, I am primarily focused on recruiting and engaging our members in our various initiatives and projects. CPR is first and foremost a thinktank – that means we serve as the “convener” of all the stakeholders in the DR space (corporate and in-house attorneys, outside counsel, academics and neutrals) to come together to debate, create and innovate processes and practical tools to help businesses resolve disputes. The CPR motto is “Less Conflict. More Purpose.”
Peace Gala in Honor of Kukin Program Founding Director Professor Lela P. Love
Professor Lela P. Love will be honored at a Peace Gala at Cardozo Law School on November 7, 2024. Professor Love is the founding director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution.
Lela Love Receives 2024 Lawyer as Problem Solver Award from American Bar Association
The American Bar Association Lawyer as Problem Solver Award honors individual members of the legal profession who have exhibited extraordinary skills in promoting the concept of the lawyer as a problem-solver.
"As the founding director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution at Cardozo School of Law, Lela is a true pioneer in the field," the ABA wrote. "As a former Section Chair, Lela led the Section to curate the first International Mediation Leadership Summit in The Hague. Her lifelong commitment and dedication to dispute resolution is inspiring to so many of us. Congrats, Lela!"
Dr. Richard Haass Receives 23rd International Advocate for Peace Award
On the evening of March 27, 2024, the student editors of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution presented the 23rd International Advocate for Peace Award to Dr. Richard Haass.
Is Mediation A Sleeping Beauty? The Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution Asks International Experts to Weigh In
This year’s Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (CJCR) Melnick symposium, "Is Mediation A Sleeping Beauty?" is inspired by the upcoming 10th Anniversary of the 2014 CJCR Symposium by the same name. The symposium will take place on Friday, November 8th, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City.
This Symposium will be a capstone event for a series of international conferences that Professors Lela P. Love and Giuseppe De Palo hosted in Trento, Hong Kong, Doha, Sao Paulo, Hague, Netherlands, and Istanbul. The symposium will include panels on: Quantity—Is Mediation Awake and Alive and Growing? (Panel: Professor Zachary Calo, Professor Diego Faleck, Professor Ana Sambold, Professor Srđan Šimac); Quality—Is Mediation Fulfilling Its Historic Promise of Promoting Talk, Collaboration and Conflict Closure? (Panel Members: Professor James Coben, Tat Lim, Ivana Ninčić Österle, Professor Nancy Welsh); The Future—Waves of Change and Areas of Promise: Technology and AI (Panel Members: Professor Giuseppe De Palo, Professor Felix Steffek, Professor Noam Ebner, Colin Rule); and Global Policy Leaders and Sustainability (Judge Joyce Aluoch, Katarina Mansson, Professor Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Nokukhanya Nox Ntuli).
The event is free of charge and open to members of the dispute resolution community. CLE credit will be offered to those who register in advance and attend the event in person. To register for the symposium click HERE.
Meet the 2024-2025 Kukin Program Student Leadership Team
Lola Costello Vilardell, LL.M. Kukin Program Fellow (top left)
Emily Hall, Clinical Fellow, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution (bottom left)
Samantha Harberg, Editor-In-Chief, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Honor Society (top middle)
Armando Gonzales, Editor-In-Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution (bottom right)
Victoria Varela, President, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society (top right)
Two Cardozo Students Awarded Summer Fellowships in Restorative Justice
Each summer, two Cardozo students are competitively selected to participate in the James B. Boskey Restorative Justice Fellows Program. This summer, Donny Barrios Mason ‘26 and Ankita Joshi ’26 were awarded the fellowship. We asked each Fellow to share more about their experience working in their respective fellowships. Follow the link below to hear from them.
Scholarship Spotlight
▶ Andrea Schneider (top left), Negotiation Theories Engage Hybrid Warfare (with Nancy Welsh and Sharon Press) 24 Cardozo J. Conflict Res. 543–580 (2023)
Andrea Schneider, (with Chris Honeyman), Introduction: Negotiation Strategies for War by Other Means 24 Cardozo J. Conflict Res. 487–494 (2023)
Andrea Schneider, (with Abigail Bogli and Hannah Chin) The New Glass Ceiling, Wisconsin Law Review, (Forthcoming 2024)
▶ Myriam Gilles (bottom left), Arbitration’s Unraveling, 172 U. Pa. L. Rev. (2024)
▶ Robyn Weinstein (top right), What’s Going On? ADR DEI Initiatives Across the U.S., 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 294–342 (2024)
Robyn Weinstein and Ellen Waldman, Where Do We Go from Here? Dispute Resolution DEI Initiatives After the Students for Fair Admissions Decision, NYSBA Dispute Res. Law. 17, No. 1 (2024)
▶ Troy Kessler (bottom right) (with Joan Foley and Robin Boyle), ADR DEI Initiatives Across the U.S., 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y 294–342 (2024)
Mediation Clinic Alumni Kwanza Jones Honored at BALLSA Gala
On February 28, 2024, Cardozo Mediation Clinic alumni Kwanza Jones '99 was honored at the Cardozo School of Law Black Asian Latino Law Students Association’s (BALLSA) annual gala.
Kwanza Jones was chosen as 2024’s BALLSA Gala Honoree for her work with the Kwanza Jones & José E. Feliciano Initiative, a philanthropic grant-making and investment organization co-founded by Jones that has committed more than $200 million to education, entrepreneurship, equity and empowerment. The event also provided a reunion for fellow Class of 1999 mediation clinic alumni Matthew T. Lattimer '99 and Darlene Snell '99.
Alumni Spotlight
Todd Drucker ‘95 (pictured top center) is the Vice President of Business Development at Miles Mediation & Arbitration.
Tracey Frisch ’06 (pictured top right) was recently appointed as the Executive Director for the American Arbitration Association’s International Centre for Dispute Resolution Foundation. She is also senior counsel for the American Arbitration Association and serves as an Adjunct Professor at Pace University School of Law.
The Honorable Claudia Lanzetta ’18 DRA LL.M. (pictured top left) is a judge of the New York City Civil Court in Queens County.
Matthew T. Lattimer ‘99 (pictured bottom left) is a Lead Conciliation Specialist at the Department of Justice.
Lisa Lisser ’91 (pictured bottom center) Founder, LZL Coaching, a divorce coaching and consulting business.
Danielle Shalov ‘02 (pictured bottom right) is the ADR Administrator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
