Len Riskin, Expert in Conflict Resolution, Speaks on Power of ‘Mindfulness,’ May 28
May 20, 2009
Contact: University Relations
Phone: 410.837.5739
Len Riskin, the Chesterfield Smith Professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and a nationally recognized teacher of conflict resolution for students, lawyers, mediators and decision makers, will discuss the power of “mindfulness”—the use of meditation to enhance self-awareness and bring focus—for those who are involved in conflict resolution, in a special event hosted by the Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office and the University of Baltimore’s Negotiations and Conflict Management Program on Thursday, May 28 beginning at 7 p.m. This event, free and open to the public, will take place in the Judicial Education and Conference Center, 2011 D Commerce Park Drive, in Annapolis. Refreshments will be offered at 6:30 p.m. Free parking will be available on site.
Riskin is a pioneer in teaching mindfulness to students, conflict resolvers, corporate executives and others across the country, and in Europe. He has developed a unique technique to integrate mindfulness into conflict resolvers’ work and daily lives. Riskin studied mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. His article, “The Contemplative Lawyer: On the Potential Relevance of Mindfulness Meditation to Law Students, Lawyers and Their Clients,” appeared in the May 2002 edition of the Harvard Negotiation Law Review as the centerpiece of a symposium entitled “Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution.”
Known as a brilliant conflict resolution theorist, Riskin has been mediating, writing about mediation and training lawyers and law students in mediation and other methods of dispute resolution since 1980. Much of his work has centered on the mindset that a lawyer or other type of dispute resolver should bring to their work. His creation of a grids analysis approach to mediation has earned him an award from the CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution and is highlighted in numerous books and articles.
Attending an Alternative Dispute Resolution “Evening with” Series event counts as an activity for members of the Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence.
For more information about this event, call 410.837.4060.
The University of Baltimore is a member of the University System of Maryland and comprises the School of Law, the Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts and the Merrick School of Business.
