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John P. McCrory
Professor of Law

Office: School of Law (SOL)
E-mail: john.mccrory@pepperdine.edu

Professor McCrory joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2001 after teaching at the Vermont Law School since 1975, where he had been the director of the Dispute Resolution Project since 1983. He has been a visiting professor at Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong, and Murdoch Universities in Australia; Rhodes University, South Africa; University of Strathclyde, Scotland; University of Leicester, England; and the Puget Sound Law School, Washington.

He has taught courses in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Environmental Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Evidence, Labor Law, Administrative Law and Civil Procedure.

Professor McCrory is a member of Associates in Conflict Resolution (formerly the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution), American Bar Association, and Wisconsin Bar Association. He has extensive experience as an arbitrator, mediator, and fact-finder. His publications include "Mandated Mediation of Civil Cases in State Courts: A Litigant's Perspective on Program Model Choices," Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution; "Confidentiality in Mediation of Matrimonial Disputes, Modern Law Review: Environmental Mediation-Another Piece for the Puzzle," Vermont Law Review; "Seminar on ADR in Rural and Nonurban Court Systems," editor, Vermont Law School Dispute Resolution Project; "The Role of Mediation in Divorce Proceedings-A Comparative Perspective (United States, Canada and Great Britain)," editor and contributor, Vermont Law School Dispute Resolution Project; "A Study of Barriers to the Use of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR Barriers Study)," editor, Vermont Law School Dispute Resolution Project; and "Removing the Barriers to the Use of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution" (ADR Barriers Study Part II), editor, Vermont Law School Dispute Resolution Project.