August 17, 2022
UC Law SF CNDR Director HIro Aragaki wants to expand the center’s global reach and broaden its connections with legal scholars and real-world practitioners. For nearly two decades, UC Law SF has been home to a top-rated dispute resolution program that offers cutting-edge classes, hosts an award-winning negotiation…
July 8, 2022
Professor Hiro Aragaki, the incoming Director of The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) at UC Law SF, has been invited to participate in a webinar co-sponsored by the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) and the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) as part of THAC International ADR Week…
June 24, 2022
Hiro Aragaki Professor Hiro Aragaki Aragaki is a specialist in alternative dispute resolution who is particularly interested in the intersection of contract law and civil procedure. He worked at Hastings as an adjunct professor nearly 20 years ago so, in his words, “the law school has always been…
June 16, 2022
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) put its annual summer 40-hour basic mediation training on hold during the pandemic, moving most of its classes and programming online. But, on June 2, 2022, an enthusiastic group of 30 participants joined CNDR for…
May 30, 2022
After a two year hiatus, this year’s Public Interest Celebration took place on May 20, 2022 on the UC Law SF campus, with some attending virtually. Faculty, staff, students, and their friends and family, joined together to recognize students who made tremendous impacts on the community through their work in…
May 2, 2022
The UC Law SF Dispute Resolution program was ranked 9th nationwide by U.S. News and World Report. It provides advanced in-depth training to students, judges, lawyers, and professionals, along with offering an Advanced Practitioner Mediation Certificate Training. The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is frequently sought out…
April 20, 2022
On April 16, 2022, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) hosted a hybrid mock negotiation competition event for students here on our campus. In order to give 1L and 2L students a sneak peak into joining the ADR Team, the Team Board and it’s Director, Professor…
April 12, 2022
In this month’s Creative Commons on April 7, 2022, we created grounding tools in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Regular hosts, the Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and the Career Development Office (CDO), worked in collaboration with The Center for Advocacy,…
March 25, 2022
On March 17, 2022, the UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) and the Career Development office (CDO) held a career panel for students entitled “Beyond Mediation: Careers in Dispute Resolution.” This panel highlighted a couple lesser well-known dispute resolution professions, giving students the…
February 1, 2022
The Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) says goodbye to it’s longtime Director. Emerita Clinical Professor, and now former Director of CNDR, Sheila Purcell retired on January 31, 2022, after almost 10 years leading the Center and teaching at UC Law SF. Professor Purcell took over in…
November 10, 2021
The UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution is training 227 members of the California Labor Commissioner’s Office on techniques to help the agency resolve disputes between California wage-earners and their employers more quickly and efficiently. In one of the largest projects of its kind CNDR has…
July 21, 2021
From June 21-29, 2021, the UC Law SF Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution (CNDR) virtually hosted this advanced training for the second time. The training focused on helping family mediators to spot potential issues that require additional discussion and consideration between the parents,…