Nancy A. Welsh, The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law
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J.D., Harvard University
B.A., Allegheny College
Nancy A. Welsh is Professor of Law at the Dickinson School of Law of The Pennsylvania State University. She is a leading scholar in the field of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), with research focusing on the procedural justice provided by court-connected and agency-connected mediation, as well as the effect of institutionalized "alternative" processes on the legitimacy and mission of the courts. Recently, as a Fulbright Scholar, Professor Welsh conducted research regarding the Netherlands' nationwide implementation of court-connected mediation in order to contribute to mutual understanding and continued innovation in both the U.S. and the Netherlands. She also taught in the Private Law Department of Tilburg University.
Professor Welsh chairs the Publications Board of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and is a member of the editorial board of the Association of Conflict Resolution's Conflict Resolution Journal. She is also a member of the Mediation Advisory Board of the Federal District Court of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. She has previously served as Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's James Boskey Essay Competition and Legal Educators' Colloquium. She serves as faculty advisor to the Dickinson School of Law ADR Society. Professor Welsh mediates and arbitrates contract, employment and public policy matters, consults with governmental agencies on dispute resolution system design and trains attorneys and judges in mediation skills.
Before joining the Dickinson faculty, Professor Welsh was a member of the Minnesota ADR Review Board which advised the state's Supreme Court regarding rules and ethics for the state's innovative court-connected ADR program. She also was Executive Director of Mediation Center, a non-profit ADR organization serving Minnesota, and chaired the Minnesota State Bar Association's ADR Committee. In 1997, just before joining the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, Professor Welsh's peers selected her as a leading Minnesota attorney. Professor Welsh also practiced corporate litigation with the Minneapolis law firm of Leonard, Street and Deinard. She teaches Civil Procedure, Negotiation, Mediation, Conflict Resolution Theory Seminar and Client Counseling.
