Law symposium addresses Alternative Dispute Resolution
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A hot topic in the justice system, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), will be the focus of a University law symposium that will be open to the public today through Saturday. “ADR is an alternative to litigation,” said Lisa Kloppenberg, program coordinator of the University ADR program. “The emphasis is mediation from a third-party, neutral person.” Kloppenberg said this type of mediation gives people the chance to talk to each other in hopes of settling issues outside the courtroom. University graduate Gary Galton and his wife Anne Marie donated more than $211,000 to the law school to create the ADR program in June. The program educates students about various ways in which disputes can be resolved, including negotiation, mediation and arbitration. Part of the contribution will help fund the symposium, which will include five panels of experienced judges and lawyers. “The panelists for the symposium are fabulous,” said Anne Aiken, an ADR program board member. Ninth Circuit Appellate Court Judge Dorothy Nelson will deliver the keynote address from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today. “Dorothy is really the mother of this program,” Aiken said. When Nelson began to teach ADR at USC in the early 1960s, she was the only law faculty member who taught an alternative dispute resolution program. More : media.www.dailyemerald.com |