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ADR Training

  • Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (ranked No. 1 in the country by U.S. News and World Report more than five times, including years of LL.M. training) (TADRA §154.052(a))
  • Over 600 hours of classroom and practicum training culminating in a 28-academic unit LL.M. degree
  • Academic Courses: Commercial and International Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy, Arbitration, International Investment Disputes, Selected Issues in Dispute Resolution (Labor Disputes), Third-Party Processes, Faith-Based Diplomacy and International Peacemaking, Communication and Conflict, Social Psychology of Conflict
  • Professional Skills Courses: Advanced Mediation (2006); Improvisational Mediation (2007); Mediating the Complex Case (2008); Mediating Complex Construction Disputes (2009); Neuro-Collaboration: How New Perspectives from the Neurosciences Can Enhance Your Collaborative Conflict Resolution Skills (2009); Domestic Relations Dispute Resolution (2010)
  • Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
    • The Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives (2007)
    • Dealing with Difficult People and Difficult Situations (2007)
  • Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association: Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills Training (2007); Annual Conferences (2008 – present)
  • Association of Attorney-Mediators (Austin 2008; San Antonio 2009)
  • Texas Bar CLE: Advanced Mediation: Skills and Techniques (Houston 2009)
  • Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute (AAA and ACR) (Austin 2008)
  • Global Collaborative Law Council, Civil Collaborative Training (September 2009)
  • Austin Dispute Resolution Center, Advanced Family Mediation Training (2007) (TADRA §154.052(b))
  • Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center, Group Facilitation Skills Training (2007)
  • Cambridge Executive Enterprises, Senior Executive Training (MIT Professor John J. Donovan (2002))