NYSBA’s Dispute Resolution Section presented its annual Charles M. Newman Award to Lela P. Love Professor of Law (Emerita) and Founding Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution on Thursday, January 15, at the New York Hilton Midtown, as part of the DRS program within the New York State Bar Association’s annual meeting. 

The Charles M. Newman Award recognizes leaders in the Dispute Resolution and mediation community who exemplify Chuck’s life and spirit: brilliance of mind, greatness of heart, and generous engagement with the Dispute Resolution community – mentor to many and teacher to all.

Love, a renowned mediator and dispute resolution pioneer, joined Cardozo in 1985 when she founded the Cardozo Mediation Clinic, one of the first clinical programs to train law students to be mediators. In 1990, she established the Kukin Program through a generous gift from Ira and Doris Kukin. Since then, the program has evolved to offer four clinical programs, the top-ranked Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, the prestigious International Advocate for Peace Award, and a rigorous and varied dispute resolution curriculum. Cardozo is ranked the fifth-best dispute resolution law program in the country by U.S. News and first in New York.  

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