Thursday, Jan 19th
8 a.m PST| 11 a.m EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun.
Professor Robinson encourages you to support Union Rescue Mission or the LA Food Bank.
Our special guest this week will be Professor Emeritus Peter Robinson will present on:
A Mediator's Tension Between Neutrality and Fairness
This talk reveals how mediators experience an inherent tension between neutrality and fairness and various approaches/philosophies to manage this tension. The ramifications are significant and possibly should be disclosed in the mediator's retainer agreement and/or convening/opening conversations.
Peter Robinson is a professor emeritus at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law. US News ranked The Straus Institute as the best ADR program in the country for the eleven years Professor Robinson served as its Managing Director, 2005-2016. He also served a two-year stint as the Associate Dean for Administration for Pepperdine Caruso Law School. He has presented advanced negotiation and mediation skills courses throughout the United States and in fifteen foreign countries. He has served on the boards of the California Dispute Resolution Council, Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA), Dispute Resolution Services of the LACBA, Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement, and the Christian Conciliation Service of Los Angeles. The SCMA recognized him as Peacemaker of the year in 1999. He is a honorary fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and was recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyer in the area of mediation in 2006 and 2008. The professional accomplishment he is most proud of is creating a class and book titled Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation for Good Lawyers and Other Peacemakers.