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By Ruth Singleton
TE RESoLuTioN SKiLLS PRoGRAM
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solo oice, Business Management Conlict engaged; to indicate how the Program can position before setting forth his position.

LLC, as an arbitrator and mediator.
have a real impact on the stakeholders of Professor Phillips observed that, from
dispute management and resolution; and
then on, the two started brainstorming

On November 13, 2013, the Advisory to help the Program avoid activities that are together, and the rest of the negotiation
Committee to the ADR Skills Program met either redundant to those of other schools, was “all sliding easily.” He contrasted this

for the irst time, in the NYLS boardroom. irrelevant, or impractical. here followed a negotiation with another, in which the two
Its members include Deborah Masucci
broad-ranging discussion focused on such participants could “never get to a place of

’80, Chair of the International Mediation topics as ways to optimize experiential agreement even on the basic premise of the
Institute; Hon. Elizabeth S. Stong of the conversation.”
learning in ADR and ways to change the
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern culture of lawyering by putting the emphasis
District of New York; James Tricarico ’77, The ADR Skills Program is now
on a network of relationships that are in
General Counsel of Edward Jones; and
distress and need to be rectiied.
up and running, with 16 elective
Eric Tuchmann ’94, Corporate Secretary courses in addition to the

and General Counsel of the American hat following Monday, November 18, introductory required courses. in
Arbitration Association.
Professor Phillips began his evening the spring semester, the Program

Negotiation class by reviewing videotapes hosted a March 5 discussion
Dean Crowell opened by observing that the of role-playing negotiation sessions that by Delaware Vice Chancellor
ADR Skills Program is another example
pairs of students had engaged in the Donald F. Parsons about recent
of the Law School aligning itself with the previous week. he topic for the week was trends before the Delaware
changing legal marketplace, one of the goals
“diicult conversations.” Students took
Court of Chancery, including the
of the NYLS Strategic Plan released last on the role of either the dean of students Court’s mediation and arbitration
July. he School, he said, must “harness
at a college or a fraternity president. he programs, and a May 28
all that we have. hat means bringing in diicult conversation concerned whether discussion by a group of in-house
practitioners and key speakers, and creating
the fraternity should be punished for the counsel about their experiences
programs.”
rape of a student by a fraternity pledge. seeking nonjudicial resolution of

Ater showing the class the video of one disputes with companies in foreign
Professor Phillips then outlined the negotiation, he praised the student playing jurisdictions.
proposed Program. He said that the role of
the dean of students for being upfront
the Advisory Committee is to help identify about her position and setting an agenda, “he goal,” said Professor Phillips, “is to have
opportunities in the various markets in
and the student playing the frat president a distinctive curriculum in a very crowded
which committee members operate for
for acknowledging and airming the dean’s
ield.” •
the School and its students to become

The ADR Skills Program

is another example of

the Law School aligning

itself with the changing

legal marketplace.

Dean Anthony W. Crowell

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