LEONARD L. RISKIN
Leonard L. Riskin
Harris H. Agnew Visiting Professor of
Dispute Resolution
Phone:
312-503-1847
Email:
Address:
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60654
MEET Leonard Riskin.
Leonard L. Riskin was appointed the Harris H. Agnew Visiting Professor of Dispute Resolution at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2015, where he has been a visiting professor since 2010. He also has been the Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law at the University of Florida College of Law since 2007. He previously served as Director of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution and Isidor Loeb Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He teaches and writes about mediation, negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution, and has led a major project to integrate dispute resolution into standard law school classes. He also works at integration of mindfulness into the education of lawyers and other dispute resolution professionals. Professor Riskin has published several books and numerous articles in scholarly journals, as well as essays in popular publications; has led training workshops around the world; and has won numerous awards for his work, including the Award for Outstanding Scholarship from the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in 2013.
SELECTED VIDEOS
HIGHLIGHTED VIDEO
PROGRAM ON NEGOTIATION | HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
MINDFULNESS IN THE LAW & ADR (2002)
Leonard Riskin, Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation’s Robert Mnookin, and a panel of distinguished professors and professionals discussed the role of mindfulness in the law and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). (47:01)
VIDEO GALLERY ONE
CSDR | UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF LAW
DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LAWYER VIDEOTAPES
Modern lawyers need to understand different ways to resolve disputes. The Dispute Resolution and Lawyer Videotape Series are designed to provide instruction in negotiation, mediation and other alternative methods of dispute resolution. The four videotapes are suitable for training both lawyers and judges and for use in law school courses on dispute resolution, the lawyering process, and professional responsibility.
A Preview of the Dispute Resolution and Lawyers Videotape Series
Dispute Negotiation: Medical Malpractice (Thompson v. Decker)
Transaction Negotiation: The Carton Contract
Mediation: The Red Devil Dog Lease
Interviewing and Counseling on ADR, Proposing ADR to an Opposing Counsel
