Scott H. Hughes

Adjunct Professor
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Professor of Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law, where he also directs the Dispute Resolution Program. He regularly teaches interviewing, counseling, and negotiation, as well as mediation, arbitration, and theory of conflict. In addition to academic course work, Professor Hughes organizes a series of mediation training sessions throughout the year that are open to law students and people from many professions, including practicing lawyers, health care providers, counselors, teachers, clergy, human resources and personnel officers, and small business owners. Prior to teaching, Hughes was in private practice in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 1978-1993, the last 11 years running his own solo practice. After earning his LL.M. at Temple University School of Law in 1995, he has concentrated on mediation and ADR education. In that area, Hughes has taught dozens of seminars and CLE programs and participated in national meetings. He is involved nationally with the top tier of ADR educators in an ongoing dialogue to improve ADR education and is nationally recognized for his work in confidentiality and ethics in mediation. Hughes also is a member of the Council of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association and was an official observer for the Association for Conflict Resolution to the drafting of the Uniform Mediation Act.