Labor Law Symposium 2012: Democracy and the Workplace

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Democracy and the Workplace

The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution hosted a symposium on contemporary issues in labor and employment law on February 23-25, 2012.

Collective bargaining has become an issue in the United States, riots have roiled Britain, and the Arab spring continues to change

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Peace in the Desert Lecture with Michael Collins

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Ambassador Michael Collins
The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law presented "Northern Ireland: The Path from Conflict to Peace."

Michael Collins, Ireland's Ambassador to the United States, gave the Saltman Center's annual Peace in the Desert™ lecture on May

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Peace in the Desert Film Screening of "Streetball Hafla"

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The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law presents a Peace in the Desert film screening and panel discussion of "Streetball Hafla," a film exploring how basketball can foster harmonious relationships between Jews and Arabs in Israel.

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Saltman Center Guest Speaker Stephan Sonnenberg Clinical Lecturer, Stanford Law School

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Title:  Name, Shame..., and Then Build Consensus: Bringing Conflict Resolution Strategies to Human Rights Work"

Since its inception, the definition of “human rights work” has persistently expanded to encompass an ever-growing list of issues, agendas, and actors.  In this talk

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Chris Guthrie - Misjudging

Professor Guthrie, gave the third annual Saltman Lecture, speaking about "Misjudging: Why Disputants Are Better Off in Consensual Processes than in Litigation". His comments, and commentators' responses, are to be published in the Nevada Law Journal's Winter 2006/2007 issue. Professor Guthrie is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School.

Jennifer Brown - Restorative Justice

Professor Jennifer Brown, Quinnipiac Law School, speaks on "The Promise and Paradox of Restorative Discipline." The concept of 'restorative discipline' merges restorative justice theory with attempts to reform attorney disciplinary processes. Restorative discipline would give more attention than our current system does to the interests and needs of clients who have been harmed by attorney misconduct. Such reforms might be able to bring misbehaving lawyers back into the fold, and even help restore the public's faith in lawyers and the legal profession more generally.