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John Lande

John Lande
  • Lawyering
  • Court systems
  • LLM courses
  • Non-binding methods of dispute resolution
  • Cooperative and Collaborative Practice
Director of Master of Laws (LLM) in Dispute Resolution and Isidor Loeb Professor of Law

AB with high distinction (1974), University of Michigan
MS (1991), PhD (1995), University of Wisconsin-Madison
JD (1980), University of California at Hastings

  • Phone Number: (573) 882-3914
  • Room Number: 206D Hulston Hall
  • E-Mail Address:
  • Web Address: http://law.missouri.edu/lande/

Professor Lande joined the faculty in 2000, after serving as the Director of the Mediation Program and Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law (1998-2000), where he supervised a Child Protection Mediation clinic. Prior to that he was on the faculty in the Dispute Resolution Department at Nova Southeastern University (1995-1998). Professor Lande also served as a fellow in residence at the Programs on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (1994-1995).

His publications discuss how lawyering and mediation practices will transform each other, business lawyers’ and executives’ opinions about litigation and ADR, designing court-connected mediation programs, the “vanishing trial,” and Cooperative and Collaborative Practice. He teaches Lawyering and LL.M. courses, Non-Binding Methods of Dispute Resolution and Methods for Program Evaluation and Design.

The following is a list of his most recent publications. You can see a complete list of his publications at http://law.missouri.edu/lande/publications.htm, where you can download most of them.

Recent Publications

Academic Journals

Collaborative Lawyers' Duties to Screen the Appropriateness of Collaborative Law and Obtain Clients' Informed Consent to Use Collaborative Law with Forrest Steven Mosten, 25 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION (2009)
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The Movement Toward Early Case Handling in Courts and Private Dispute Resolution, 24 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION 81 (2008).
| Westlaw | Keycite ® | LexisNexis | Shepard's ® |

Developing Better Lawyers and Lawyering Practices: Introduction to the Symposium on Innovative Models of Lawyering, 2008 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 1 (2008).
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Practical Insights From an Empirical Study of Cooperative Lawyers in Wisconsin, 2008 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 203 ( 2008).
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Judging Judges and Dispute Resolution Processes, 7 NEVADA LAW JOURNAL 457 (2007).
| Westlaw | Keycite ® | LexisNexis | Shepard's ® | HeinOnline |

Principles for Policymaking about Collaborative Law and Other ADR Processes, 22 OHIO STATE JOURNAL ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION 619 (2007).
| SSRN | HeinOnline |

How Much Justice Can We Afford?: Defining the Courts' Roles and Deciding the Appropriate Number of Trials, Settlement Signals, and Other Elements Needed to Administer Justice, 2006 JOURNAL OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION 1 (2006).
| SSRN | Westlaw | LexisNexis | HeinOnline |

Professional Journals

Improving Mediation Quality: You, Too, Can Do This in Your Area, 26 ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION 89 (2008).
| PDF | Westlaw |

Listening to Experienced Users: Improving Quality and Use of Commercial Mediation (with Rachel Wohl), 13 DISPUTE RESOLUTION MAGAZINE 18 (Spring 2007).
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Additional Publications

Lessons for Collaborative Lawyers and Other Dispute Resolution Professionals From Colorado Bar Association Ethics Opinion 115 , MEDIATE.COM (April 2007).
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