Professor Schneider from the Marquette University Law School, gave a talk entitled "Shattering Myths: An Empirical Look at Negotiation Styles.". The event was held at the William S. Boyd School of Law and was open to the public.

Professor Guthrie, gave the third annual Saltman Lecture, speaking about "Misjudging: Why Disputants Are Better Off in Consensual Processes than in Litigation". His comments, and commentators' responses, are to be published in the Nevada Law Journalís Winter 2006/2007 issue.

Jerrold Creed and Stacy Perez-Roe won third place in the National Finals of the ABA Client Counseling Competition held in St. Petersburg Florida. The theme was employment law.

Professor Jennifer Brown, Quinnipiac Law School, spoke on "The Promise and Paradox of Restorative Discipline." The concept of 'restorative discipline' merges restorative justice theory with attempts to reform attorney disciplinary processes. Restorative discipline would give more attention than our current system does to the interests and needs of clients who have been harmed by attorney misconduct.

Senior Circuit Judge Dorothy W. Nelson, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, spoke on “Judges’ Views on ADR.” Judge Nelson was an early proponent of ADR, establishing a dispute resolution center at the University of Southern California Law Center in 1967. She is currently the chair of the Western Justice Center Foundation in Pasadena, California.

Professor Peter Reilly, Director of Training, conducted a program on Negotiation Training for Women, on Saturday morning, October 21.

Sponsored jointly by the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV and the School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno, Professor Carol B. Liebman, Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia University Law School, and Professor Nancy N. Dubler, Dir