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	Sukhsimranjit Singh Assistant Dean, Graduate Law Programs JAMS Mediator and Neutral Evaluator Judge Danny Weinstein Managing Director Professor of Law and Practice Ph.D., National Law University, Delhi LL.M., University of Missouri-Columbia LL.B., National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University, Hyderabad B.A., National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University, Hyderabad sukhsimranjit.singh@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4781
	Thomas J. Stipanowich William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, Professor of Law B.S., University of Illinois M.Arch, University of Illinois JD, University of Illinois thomas.stipanowich@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4655
	Hon Daniel Weinstein (Ret.) Distinguished Mediator-in-Residence B.A., cum laude, Stanford University L.L.B., cum laude, Harvard Law School daniel.weinstein@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4655
	Stephanie Blondell Associate Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Associate Professor of Law and Practice, and Director, Master of Dispute Resolution, West LA B.A., Brown University JD, University of Washington stephanie.blondell@pepperdine.edu 310.506.6382
	Trey Childress Professor of Law LL.M., Duke University, 2004, magna cum laude J.D., Duke University, 2004, magna cum laude M.A., Oxford Brookes University, 1999, with Distinction B.A., University of Virginia, 1997 donald.childress@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4807
	Jack Coe, Jr. Professor of Law B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; JD, Loyola Marymount School of Law; LLM, Exeter (England) jack.coe@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4626
	Colleen P. Graffy Associate Professor of Law LL.M., King's College, 1996, with merit Diploma in Law, City University & Inns of Court School of Law, 1991 M.A., Boston University, 1982 B.A., Pepperdine University, 1979 colleen.graffy@pepperdine.edu  310.506.6352
	Michael A. Helfand Co-Director Nootbaar Institute for Law and Professor of Law B.A., Yeshiva University; JD, Yale University; Ph.D., Yale University michael.helfand@pepperdine.edu 310.506.7694
	Anthony Miller Professor of Law B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., California State University, Long Beach; JD, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law anthony.miller@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4650
	Peter Robinson Professor of Law B.A., University of California, San Diego; JD, Hastings College of Law peter.robinson@pepperdine.edu 310.506.4655
	Maureen Weston Professor of Law and Director of the Entertainment, Media & Sports Dispute Resolution Project B.A., University of Denver; JD, University of Colorado School of Law maureen.weston@pepperdine.edu 310.506.6313
	Helen Winter Assistant Professor of Law and Practice German Law degree, University of Heidelberg, 2016 L.L.M, Pepperdine University, 2017 Graduate Research Fellowship, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School, 2022 helen.winter@pepperdine.edu 310.506.7250