Dennis Ross spoke as part of the PEACE IN THE DESERT™ lecture series. Ross, former director of policy planning for President George H.W. Bush and special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, is a skilled diplomat who was intimately involved in the search for

Laura Nader, Professor of Social Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, spoke on Confict Resolution and the Anti-Law Movement: A Global Effort?. Professor Nader's current work focuses on how central dogmas are made and how they work in law, energy science

John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding, The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame, spoke as part of the PEACE IN THE DESERT™ lecture series on “The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace,” the title

Haleh Esfandiari is the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center and a well-known Middle Eastern scholar and Iran specialist. Haleh Esfandiari spoke on "Iran-U.S. Relations: A View from Prison." Before joining the Wilson Center in 1998, she taught at

Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law and Director, Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee University School of Law, spoke on “Mass Atrocity and Traditional Dispute Resolution: The Rwandan and Ugandan Experiences.” Drumbl recently published a book

Laverne Berry, President, New York Women in Film and Television, spoke on Mediation and the Entertainment Industry. Ms. Berry is an entertainment and media business affairs attorney, a mediator, and an arbitrator. She represents on-air talent, independent producers, television

David Spencer, Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) and Senior Lecturer Division of Law, Macquarie University spoke on "The Lack of Enforceability of Dispute Resolution Clause in Contracts.”

Daniel Schorr, Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio lectured on "Forgive Us Our Press Passes" as part of the Peace in the Desert™ lecture series. Daniel Schorr's career has included a stint with Edward R. Murrow’s legendary CBS reporting team and a famous confrontation

Susan Sturm, George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility at Columbia University School of Law gave a talk on "Negotiating Workplace Equality: A Systemic Approach?"

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Nancy Welsh, Professor of Law at Penn State University, The Dickinson School of Law, gave a talk on "How Much (Im)Partiality Can We Afford in Dispute Resolution Processes?"

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