Petra Bárd (Central European University)
Professor Bárd is a Member of the Center for Ethics and Law
in Biomedicine (CELAB) established at the Central European University. She is participating in an EU
FP6 project investigating the legal framework of biobanks. She is the
Vice-Chairperson of the Hungarian Europe Society, lectures at the Central European University and the Ecole supérieure des
sciences commerciale d'Angers (ESSCA), since 2003 she participates in the work
of the Network of Experts of Fundamental Rights monitoring human rights on the
basis of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. In her writings she primarily
addresses European constitutionalism, human rights in the European Union, the
rights of persons living with disabilities, and judicial and police cooperation
in criminal matters.
Professor James Coben (Hamline University School of Law)
Professor Coben directs the Dispute Resolution Institute
(DRI) at Hamline University School of Law and teaches civil procedure, dispute
resolution practices, mediation, and negotiation. During the last decade,
Professor Coben has pioneered a variety of innovative ADR clinical
opportunities for Hamline students, including mediation advocacy on behalf of
clients in employment and family law cases. He has published numerous ADR
related articles and currently is the domestic mediation editor for the World
Arbitration & Mediation Review, and is co-authoring the third edition of
Mediation: Law Policy & Practice (West Group, forthcoming 2008). He
previously served on the editorial board and as ethics columnist for the
Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment. Together with
Professor Peter N. Thompson, he has created the Mediation Case Law Project - a systematic
attempt to catalogue litigation trends about mediation, as well as produce and
distribute innovative teaching videos, and other resources to ADR academics,
practitioners, and trainers. He is a
past chair of the ADR Section of the Association of American Law Schools
("AALS"), and has twice co-chaired the annual Legal Educator's
Colloquium sponsored by AALS and the American Bar Association (ABA) Dispute
Resolution Section. He also served as chair of the section's Lawyer as
Problem-Solver Committee and as a member of the section's Ethics Committee.
Lela P. Love (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law)
Professor of Law, Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law/Yeshiva University. J.D., 1979, Georgetown University; M.Ed., 1975, Virginia Commonwealth University; B.A., 1973, Harvard University. Professor Love directs the Kukin Program for
Conflict Resolution and the Mediation Clinic at Cardozo School of Law. She has served as a mediator, arbitrator, and
dispute resolution consultant in a variety of community, family, commercial and
public disputes and regularly conducts training programs for arbitrators and
mediators. She is currently Chair-Elect of the Section of Dispute Resolution for
the American Bar Association (ABA). She
has: assisted the State of Florida in
implementing its mediator qualification requirements; developed a program for
training mediator trainers and a teaching manual for the State of Michigan; and written a mediator's manual for a mandatory
mediation program for Louisiana's Office of Workers'
Compensation. Professor Love is a widely
published author of articles about dispute resolution and has authored textbooks
on Dispute Resolution, Negotiation and Mediation. She is member of the Bar in New York, New Hampshire,
and the District of
Columbia.
Dana Potockova (Charles University, Prague)
Adjunct professor
Charles University and Anglo-American College, Prague.
Received a Masters in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law (USA), a Masters in Peace Studies from the
University of Notre Dame (USA), and a Masters in Social Policy from
Charles University (Czech Republic). A former Fulbright scholar, Professor
Potockova is the co-founder of the Czech Association of Mediators. As the principal of Conflict Management
International, she is currently a consultant for dispute resolution systems
design and a conflict resolution trainer and teacher. She has served as a trainer for Partners for
Democratic Change in the Czech Republic where she also facilitated public
meetings in situations involving ethnic tension.
