Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (ret.)

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Hon. Rebecca Westerfield (ret.),
Arbitrator/Mediator, JAMS, talked on "Whose Story is it Anyway? A Practical Guide to the Aesthetics of Mediation". She discussed the power of narrative, the space created by the mediator in bringing forth the full narrative, and how that leads to

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Peace in the Desert Lecture with Robert Litwak and Stephen M. Younger

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Superpowers and Rogue States: Reducing Nuclear Danger was the topic of the Peace in the Desert lecture presented by Robert Litwak, director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., and by Stephen M. Younger, president of National

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Getting Better Results for Clients Using a Planned Negotiation Process

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Professor John Lande, Director of the LL.M. Program in Dispute Resolution at the University of Missouri School of Law, spoke about how lawyers can get better results for their clients by using negotiation agreements. He explained how planned negotiations differ from typical ad

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Peace in the Desert Film Screening of "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" with special guest Amos Sawyer

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Peace in the Desert Film Screening and Panel Discussion with special guest commentary by Amos Sawyer, former President of Liberia (1990-1994)

PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL is the gripping account of a group of brave and visionary women who demanded peace for Liberia, a nation torn

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Conflict Resolution and the Economic Crisis--A Conference

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The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the Boyd School of Law, UNLV, the Clark County Family Mediation Center, and the Clark County Neighborhood Justice Center sponsored a conference on February 12-13, 2010 entitled: "The Economic Crisis and Conflict Resolution." The theme

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Memory and National Reconciliation: The Impasse of Amnesty in the Unfinished Transition to Democracy in Brazil

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Professor José Carlos Moreira da Silva Filho, Associate Professor on the Faculty of Law and the Post-Graduate Program of Criminal Sciences at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil, and a member of the Brazilian Amnesty Commission, will discuss

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How to Play Your Hand: Lessons from Poker for Negotiators

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Poker Negotiation Transcript - Click here.
This transcript was published in the Volume 2, Issue 2 of the UNLV Gaming Law Journal.

Play to win ... at everything.
In life, as in poker, how you play your hand is often more important than the cards you are dealt. Before entering any

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Guest Speaker Robert Mnookin on "Baragaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate and When to Fight"

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Professor Robert Mnookin, head of Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation, combines business, history, philosophy and psychology to offer attendees a complete set of tools to use when confronting harmful adversaries.

Flyer: PDF

Webcast: Click here

02-24-11 KNPR's State of

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