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.
Letter from the Director | Andrea Schneider
Cardozo remains a vibrant home for scholars and practitioners across the dispute resolution field. This year, we are delighted to welcome Professor Britta Redwood to the faculty. A scholar of international law, her work on reparatory justice for historical harms adds a vital dimension to our growing program. Another new initiative is the launch of the Kukin Program Distinguished Fellows, a group of nationally and internationally recognized dispute resolution scholars who will help shape the program’s future.
In the year ahead, the Kukin Program will host conferences and events on the power of dialogue to dismantle extremism and hate; the future of dispute resolution; the next century of challenges to the Federal Arbitration Act; and a colloquium for dispute resolution scholars co-sponsored with the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, The Dispute Resolution Committee of the AALS Section on Clinical Law, and Mitchell Hamline School of Law. Our focus is to create spaces where leading voices come together to explore the most pressing issues shaping the future of dispute resolution.
Cardozo students continue to distinguish themselves on the both the national and international stage. Last spring, members of the Dispute Resolution Honor Society won first place at the 2025 CPR International Mediation Competition in São Paulo, Brazil, the Brooklyn Law Second Annual Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competition, and the University of Miami Counseling Creators Negotiation Competition. This fall, the Society will host the third annual Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media & Art (CINEMA), which has been expanded to include a half-day conference presented in partnership with Cardozo’s renowned Fashion Arts Media Entertainment (FAME) Center.
Experiential learning remains at the heart of our program. Our clinical students mediate more than 150 cases annually, and this year we celebrate two milestones: the 40th anniversary of our Mediation Clinic led by Professor Robyn Weinstein, and the 15th anniversary of our Divorce Mediation Clinic led by Professor Robert Collins.
As we look to the year ahead, I am proud of the ways our students, faculty, and alumni continue to advance the field of dispute resolution in New York City and around the world.
New Kukin Program Distinguished Fellows
The Kukin Program is pleased to announce that Professors Ava Abramowitz, Harold I. Abramson, Lela P. Love, Jean Sternlight, and Joseph B. Stulberg will join the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution as Distinguished Fellows. The Fellows are a select group of nationally and internationally recognized scholars who serve in an advisory capacity to the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution. Each fellow brings a deep well of academic expertise – with decades of experience in teaching, research, and practice.
Cardozo Welcomes Professor Britta Redwood, Scholar of International Law Focusing on Reparatory Justice for Historical Harms
Professor Redwood comes to Cardozo as an Assistant Professor of Law after previously serving as an assistant professor at the Seton Hall Law’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations. Her research and teaching focus on international law, critical legal theory, and reparatory justice. Prior to her appointment at Seton Hall, Professor Redwood taught at the Howard University School of Law and at the New York University School of Law and served as the Interim Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center at Howard Law School. Before teaching, Professor Redwood worked at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Strategic Litigation Project at the Atlantic Council, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. Professor Redwood earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. from Princeton University.
Newly Released Dispute Resolution Scholarship @ Cardozo
Upcoming and Recently Released Scholarship
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Carrie Menkel-Meadow) International Conflict Resolution Process (2025).
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Art Hinshaw & Sarah R. Cole) Discussions in Dispute Resolution: The Coming of Age 2000-2009 (2025).
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Abigail R. Bogli & Hannah L. Chin) The New Glass Ceiling, 2024 Wis. L. Rev. 1687 (2024).
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Brian Farkas) Towards the FAA's Next Century: Clarifying Disclosure Requirements in Arbitration, 14 Am. U. Bus. L. Rev. 601 (2025).
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Michael L. Moffitt & Sarah R. Cole) Dispute Resolution Examples & Explanations (5th ed. 2025).
▶ Andrea Kupfer Schneider (with Michael L. Moffitt, & Sarah R. Cole) Dispute Resolution Examples & Explanations (5th ed. 2025).
▶ Britta Redwood, A Global Reconstruction: Black Internationalism and the Human Rights Regime, 48 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1247 (2025).
▶ Britta Redwood, Reframing Reparations: Sovereign Unjust Enrichment Claims as a Private Law Model for Reparatory Justice, 48 Fordham J. of Int’l. L. 631 (2025).
▶ Britta Redwood, Democratizing Restitution: Trusts as an Equitable Approach to Competing Claims on Cultural Heritage Objects, N.Y.U. J. of Int’l. L. & Politics. (forthcoming Spring 2026).
▶ Lara Traum (with Forrest “Woody” Mosten), Family Lawyer as Peacemaker (Forthcoming 2026).
▶ Robyn Weinstein (with Toby Guerin) Another Look in the Mirror – 40 Years of Mediation Clinical Education, Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol (Forthcoming Fall 2026).
▶ Robyn Weinstein, What’s Going On? ADR DEI Initiatives Across the U.S., 73 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol’y. 294 (2024).
Kukin Program Faculty Speaking Engagements and Presentations
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein, with Professor Ellen Waldman and Professor David Hoffman (Harvard), participated in an online workshop for the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference entitled, Anti-Anti Bias, The Impact of New DEI Legislation on Mediator Training. (February 2025)
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein spoke on Mediation Clinic Partnerships with Courts with Kamella English (ADR Coordinator-Court Attorney Referee, New York City Civil Court) and Alexandra Carter (Columbia Law School) at the New York State Court ADR Administrator Conference. (March 2025)
▶ Professor Brian Farkas spoke on the 100th Anniversary of the Federal Arbitration Act alongside Hon. Diane Larsen (Ret.) (JAMS), Michael Z. Green (Texas A&M University School of Law), and Collin Vierra (Eimer Stahl LLP), ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference. (April 2025)
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein spoke at a program entitled, The Future of Legal Education in Dispute Resolution, with Casey Thompson (Duke University School of Law), Debra Berman (South Texas College of Law Houston), and Daniel Serviansky, ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference. (April 2025)
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein spoke on Emotional Intelligence in Mediation with Wendy Kramer (ADR Services, Inc.) and Stacie Housner (ADR Services, Inc.), ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference. (April 2025)
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein served as a panelist with Professor James Coben (Mitchell Hamline), and Tamar Finkelstein (Special Master, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, First Department), and Danielle Shalov (EDNY ADR Program Administrator) in a program entitled Breaking Bad Lawyer Behavior in Mediation, for mediators serving the U.S. Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York. (May 2025)
▶ Professor Robyn Weinstein & Professor Dan Weitz spoke on a program entitled Beyond Words: Decoding Body Language and Silence in Mediation and Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association. (June 2025)
▶ Professor Andrea Schneider delivered the 2025 Lawrence Lecture on Dispute Resolution at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Professor Schneider presented "Hidden Negotiations: From Entry to Equity in the Legal Profession." (September 2025)
Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society Spring Highlights
During the Spring 2025 semester, the Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society continued to win top awards at national and international dispute resolution competitions.
At the 2025 CPR International Mediation Competition in São Paulo, Brazil, the negotiation team of Alan Gitelman ’26 and Rachel Sadow ’26 won first place. Maya Horwitch ’26 was awarded second place for her performance as a mediator. Watch the final round here.
Maddy Katz '26 and Lauren Johnson '26 placed first in the Brooklyn Law Second Annual Athlete Endorsement Negotiation Competition.
Carter Clees ’26, Solly Jacobs ’26, and Claire Miller ’26 took first place at the University of Miami Counseling Creators Negotiation Competition.
The 2024-2025 Team was led by Editor-in-Chief Samantha Harberg ’25, and Faculty Advisory Professor Andrea Kupfer Schneider.
Meet the 2025-2026 Kukin Program Student Leaders
Victor Cohen ’26 (top left), Co-President, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society
Benjamin Gotian ’26, (top middle) Co-President, Cardozo Dispute Resolution Society
Jilly Horowitz ’26 (top right) Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Claire Miller ’26 (bottom left) Editor-in-Chief, Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society
Dimitra Maria Paleologos, LL.M. ’25, (bottom middle) LL.M. Fellow, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution
Denise Pasi, LL.M. ’25, (bottom right) LL.M. Fellow, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution
Shaping Advocates in International and Domestic Arbitration
This winter, Professor Joseph L. Choe will join Cardozo to teach a new course on International Commercial Arbitration Advocacy during the winter session at Cardozo. In this course, students will explore an overview of the key legal and strategic issues of international arbitration, the advocacy techniques and principles in ADR, and receive practical training in oral and written advocacy in simulated arbitration cases and mock hearings. Professor Choe is an associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in international commercial and investor-state disputes. He serves on various international and national law and arbitration committees and is also an Editor for the Kluwer Arbitration Blog focusing on East and Central Asia.
Cardozo students engage deeply with arbitration practice and theory, learning from leading practitioners and scholars in courses on international, investment, and domestic arbitration.
CJCR Melnick Symposium: The Next Century of Challenges for the FAA
On November 7, 2025, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution will host the CJCR Melnick Symposium, Next Century of Challenges for the FAA. This symposium will center on three key themes – responding to power imbalances, ensuring that neutrals reflect the diversity of claimants, and harnessing the power of technology. Scholars, arbitral institution leaders, practitioners, advocates, and legislators will be asked to comment on these themes and discuss present and future challenges to ensure the success of the next 100 years.
A keynote presentation will be given by Julie Roginsky, Co-Founder, Lift Our Voices and Professor and Myriam Gilles, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Panelists include: Professor Sarah Rudolph Cole, The Ohio State Moritz College of Law; Sasha Carbone, AAA Senior VP, General Counsel & Assistant Corporate Secretary; Professor Michael Z. Green, Texas A&M University School of Law; Professor Jill I. Gross, Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law; Professor Homer La Rue, Howard University School of Law; Professor Amy J Schmitz, The Ohio State Moritz College of Law; Professor Sarah Staszak, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Professor Imre Szalai, Pace University, Elisabeth Haub School of Law; Thomas W Walsh, Esq., Partner, Freshfields
Conference on Hybrid Warfare
The Council will host a conference entitled Converging Fields: Hybrid Warfare as a Cross-Disciplinary Imperative, on January 30-31, 2026, at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. The objective of the conference is to promote cross-disciplinary awareness among scholars of how their fields intersect through the lens of hybrid warfare.
Professor Andrea Kupfer Schneider is the executive director of the Council on Countering Hybrid Warfare, the successor to Project Seshat, a group of conflict management experts that focus on awareness, education, research, and building resilience for lawyers, businesses, and governments who are responding to increasing threats presented by hybrid warfare.
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Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media and the Arts
November 9-10, 2025
The annual Cardozo Invitational Negotiation on Entertainment, Media, and the Arts Competition (CINEMA) will take place on November 9-10, 2025, at Cardozo Law School. This competition, hosted by the Cardozo Dispute Resolution Competition Honor Society (ADR CHS), simulates intellectual property, and entertainment law negotiation where law students acting as lawyers negotiating various legal situations each level of the competition. The competition will take place on Sunday, November 9-10, 2025. Following the competition, On Monday, November 10, 2025, ADR CHS will co-host an Entertainment Law Conference with the Cardozo Entertainment Law Society and the Cardozo FAME Center. Register here.
ABA Dispute Resolution Section Regional Meet Up and Legal Educators Colloquium at Cardozo Law
April 16-17, 2026
The American Bar Association Dispute (ABA) Resolution Section will host an in-person “Regional Meet Up” and Legal Educators Colloquium in New York City on April 16-17, 2025, at Cardozo Law School. The event will be jointly organized by the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, the Mitchell Hamline DRI Skills Lab, and the Legal Educators in Dispute Resolution Committee. On Thursday, April 16, there will be an in-person “watch party” for the online DR Section Spring Summit, followed by a cocktail reception for ABA DR Section Members and guests. On Friday, April 17, dispute resolution teachers will convene for a day of collaboration and development of creative and innovative pedagogy. The event will include the annual Resource Share and the traditional Legal Educators’ Luncheon. More information and registration details will be shared in the coming weeks.
Alumni Spotlight
Bryan Brannon ’13 (top left) is the principle at Brannon’s ADR.
Lola Costello LL.M. ’24 (bottom right) was hired as the Business Development Coordinator at Miles Mediation & Arbitration.
Jordan Stark ’23 (top right) was hired as a Senior Management Analyst, Administrative Office, New York State Unified Court System.
Lara Traum ’16 (bottom left) co-authored with Forrest “Woody” Mosten a new book entitled, Family Lawyer as Peacemaker, 2026.