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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

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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

Judge Danny

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

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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

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

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Jack Coe, Jr.

Professor of Law

Ph.D. (Law), London School of Economics and Political Science, 1999
LLM, Exeter (England)
JD, Loyola Marymount School of Law;
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles;

jack.coe@pepperdine.edu
310.506.4626

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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

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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

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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

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Peter Robinson

Professor of Law

B.A., University of California, San Diego;
JD, Hastings College of Law

peter.robinson@pepperdine.edu
310.506.4655

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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

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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