Straus Institute Faculty 2007-2008
- Full-Time Faculty
- Visiting and Adjunct Professors from Southern CA
- Visiting and Adjunct Professors from around the World
Full-time Faculty
Roger Alford
Professor of Law
B.A., Baylor University;
J.D., New York University of Law;
LL.M., Edinburgh University
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Harry M. Caldwell
Professor of Law
B.A. California State University;
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law
Robert Cochran, Jr.
Professor of Law
B.A., Carson-Newman;
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Robert Chandler
Professor of Communication
B.A., Harding University;
M.A., Wake Forest University;
Ph.D., University of Kansas
Jack Coe, Jr.
Professor of Law
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles;
J.D., Loyola Marymount School of Law;
LL.M., Exeter (England)
John McCrory
Professor of Law
B.A., University of Wisconsin;
J.D., University of Wisconsin
Barry McDonald
Associate Professor of Law
J.D., Cum Laude, Northwestern University School of Law, 1998
Antonio Mendoza
Professor of Law
B.B.A., St. Mary's,University, Texas;
J.D., St. Mary's University School of Law, Texas
Anthony Miller
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., California State University, Long Beach;
M.A., California State University, Long Beach;
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law
L. Timothy Perrin
Vice Dean, Professor of Law
B.A., Lubbock Christian University;
J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law
Richard Peterson
Director of the Special Education Clinic and Assistant Professor of Law
J.D., Western State University College of Law;
LL,M., Pepperdine University, 2006
Kent Rhodes
ME., Texas Tech University;
Ed.D., Pepperdine University
Peter Robinson
Managing Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., University of California, San Diego;
J.D., Hastings College of Law
Tom Stipanowich
Academic Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Professor of Law
B.S., University of Illinois, 1974
M.Arch, University of Illinois, 1976
J.D., University of Illinois, 1980
Maureen Weston
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., University of Denver;
J.D., University of Colorado School of Law
Visiting and Adjunct Professors from Southern California
Eleanor Barr
Attorney/Mediator
B.A., Indiana University;
J.D., Indiana University School of Law
William Bollard
Attorney
B.A., Brigham Young University;
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law
Ken Cloke
Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution
B.A., University of California, Berkley;
J.D., Boalt Law School;
Ph.D., LL.M, UCLA;
National Judicial Law College
Richard M. Coleman
Mediator/Arbitrator, Coleman & Richards, apc
A.B., Georgetown University;
J.D., Harvard University;
LL.M., Georgetown University;
C.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law
Brian Cox
Vice President, Dispute Resolution Training for the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy
B.S., University of Southern California;
M.Div., Episcopal Divinity School;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law
Robert Dobbins
Attorney/Private Practice Mediator
B.A., Boston University;
J.D. Southwestern University;
LL.M. Pepperdine University
Max Factor III
Mediator
B.A. Harvard College;
J.D., Yale Law School
Paul Fisher
Mediator/Arbitrator
B.A., Cal State University- Northridge;
J.D., University of San Diego School of Law
Jane B. Garzilli
President, Dignity Dispute Resolution
B.A., Vassar College;
J.D., New York University;
LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law
Matthew P. Guasco
Attorney, Private Practice Mediator and Dispute Resolution Consultant and Educator
B.A., University of California, Davis;
J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco
Marlynn Howe
Attorney at Law
B.A., J.D.,LL.M., Pepperdine University
John Hurney
Attorney
J.D., Pepeprdine University School of Law
Jeffrey Kichaven
Private Practice Mediator and Former Chair, ADR Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
B.A., University of California, Berkeley;
J.D., Harvard University
Jeffrey Krivis
Private Practice Mediator/Arbitrator
B.A., San Diego State University;
J.D., Southwestern University
Denise Madigan
Mediator, ADR Services, Inc.
B.A., Northwestern University; M.P.P., Harvard;
J.D., Harvard Law School
Jay McCauley
Attorney
J.D., Harvard Law School
Nina Meierding
President, Mediation Center for Family Law
B.S., M.S., University of Southern California;
J.D., Ventura College of Law
Forrest Mosten
Attorney/Mediator
B.A., University of California Riverside;
J.D., University of California Los Angeles
Gerald F. Phillips
Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, and Dispute Resolution Consultant
A.B., M.B.A., Dartmouth College;
J.D., Cornell University Law School
Timothy Pownall
Assistant Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution B.A., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University
Ted Russell
Senior Vice President of Litigation, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
J.D., University of Southern California Law School
Eric Van Ginkel
Mediator/Arbitrator, J.D., University of Leiden, Netherlands
J.D., Columbia University New York
LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law
Alexander Williams
Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles
B.A., Yale University
LL.B., University of Virginia
Robert K. Wrede
Attorney/Mediator B.A., Cornell University J.D., Cornell University Law School LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law
Visiting and Institute Professors From Around the World
Grant Ackerman
Professor, Rutgers University
B.A., Pennsylvania State University;
M.B.A., Columbia;
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Richard Barnes
Executive Director, W.J. Usery Center at Georgia State University; Former Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Robert D. Benjamin
Mediator
A.B., Washington University;
M.S.W., St. Louis University;
J.D., St. Louis University School of Law
Angela Brenton
Dean, College of Professional Studies,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ph.D., University of Kansas
James Craven
Attorney/Mediator
B.A., Brigham Young University;
J.D., Gonzaga University
Charles Craver
Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
B.S., M.A., Cornell University;
J.D., University of Michigan Law School
David Cruickshank
Director of Professional Development, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison & Wharton
B.A., LL.B., University of Western Ontario;
LL.M., Harvard Law School
Edward Dauer
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Denver College of Law
A.B., Brown University; LL.B., Yale University
Dorothy Della Noce
Fellow and Founding Member Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, Hofstra University School of Law
B.A., La Salle College; J.D.,
Western New England College School of Law;
Ph.D., Temple University
Bruce A. Edwards
Senior Mediator, JAMS/Endispute, San Francisco, California
B.A., University of California, Davis;
J.D., Hastings College of Law
Joseph Folger
Professor of Communication, Temple University
B.A., Northwestern University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Eric Galton
Mediator and Arbitrator
B.A., Duke University;
J.D., Texas Law School
Dwight Golann
Professor, Suffolk Law School
Cynthia Greer
Private Practice Mediator and Dispute Resolution Consultant
B.A., David Lipscomb;
M.Ed., Georgia State;
Ed.D., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law
Jay Grenig
Professor of Law, Marquette University
B.A., Willamette;
J.D., Hastings College of Law
Sally Harpole
Solicitor (Hong Kong), Attorney at Law (California)
A.B., University of California, Berkeley;
J.D., University of Washington School of Law
Stephen K. Huber
Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
B.A., Earlham College;
J.D., University of Chicago Law School;
LL.M., Yale Law School
Bryan Johnston
Dean, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University
B.A., Northern Illinois University;
J.D., Loyola University of Chicago Law School
Wendell Jones
Ombuds, Sandia National Laboratory
Kimberlee Kovach
Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law
B.S., Ohio State University;
J.D., Capital University School of Law
Alana Knaster
President, The Mediation Institute
B.A., Cornell University;
M.A., University of Michigan;
M.A., Michigan Institute of Technology
Speed Leas
Seminar Leader, Consultant, The Alban Institute
B.A., University of California at Berkeley;
M.Div., Yale Divinity School, New Haven
Michelle LeBaron
Associate Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
M.A., LL.B., Simon Fraser University,
University of British Columbia
Ilhyung Lee
Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
B.A., University of Maryland;
M.A., Washington College;
J.D., Boston College Law School
L. Randolph Lowry
President, David Lipscomb University and Founding Director, Straus Institute
B.A., Pepperdine University;
M.P.A., Pepperdine University;
J.D., Hamline University School of Law
Lela Love
Clinical Professor and Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo School of Law
B.A., Harvard; M.Ed.,
Virginia Commonwealth University;
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Jim Melamed
Founder, Mediation Center in Oregon
Mediator, Mediation Trainer
B.A., Stanford University;
J.D., University of Oregon Law School
Nathan Mellor
Director of Academy of Leadership and Liberty, and Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Christian University
Robert O'Donnell
Director and Senior Instructor, Woodstock Institute for Negotiation, Vermont
B.S., University of California Berkeley;
J.D., Boston College Law School
Arthur Pearlstein
Director, Werner Institute and Professor of Law, Creighton University
Richard Reuben
Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
B.A., University of Georgia;
B.A., Georgia State University;
J.D., Georgia State University College of Law;
J.S.M., Stanford Law School
Leonard Riskin
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
J.D., New York University;
LL.M., Yale University
Ben Sheppard
Partner, Vinson & Elkins
B.A., University of North Texas;
LL.B., University of Texas School of Law
Larry Sullivan
Curriculum Specialist, Baker University
B.A., Trinity College;
M.S., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University
E. Wendy Trachte-Huber
Claims Administrator, Dow Corning Settlement Facility
B.S., University of Houston;
J.D., University of Houston Law Center
Daniel Van Ness
Executive Director, International Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
B.A., Wheaton College;
J.D., DePaul University College of Law;
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
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