Experience an insider’s examination of how public and private disputes have been resolved through negotiation, facilitation, and other dispute resolution strategies. Look behind the scenes of successful and failed negotiations to uncover the value of determining each parties’ interests, creating options for settlement, communicating and listening purposefully, assessing the parties’ alternatives to agreement, and developing a good working relationship with the other side. Interactive video and role-playing are used to demonstrate and discuss successful negotiation and dispute resolution skills and strategies.

Moderator: James K. L. Lawrence, BA, JD, OSU; practicing labor and employment law specialist and lead negotiator as a member of Frost Brown Todd LLC for 43 years; adjunct professor of negotiation, mediation, and dispute resolution at Ohio State, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Univ., and UC College of Law.