C.A. Leedy Professor of Law
BS (1964), University of Wisconsin-Madison
JD (1967), New York University
LLM (1974), Yale University
Phone Number: (573) 882-8084
Room Number: 206A Hulston Hall
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Professor Riskin came to the Law School in 1984 and served as Director of the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution from 1984 to 2002, and again from Summer 2004 to Summer 2006. He worked as an attorney for the Department of Justice in Washington during 1967 and 1968.
He was general counsel for the National Alliance of Businessmen from 1968-73 and was an assistant, associate and full professor at the University of Houston Law Center from 1974 until 1984 and was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School during the Spring '03 semester.
Professor Riskin has written several books and numerous articles on alternative dispute resolution, articles on law and medicine and torts, and essays for popular magazines. In recent years, he has written about the benefits of mindfulness meditation for lawyers and mediators. He has conducted mediation training for many law firms, law schools, and government organizations across the U.S. and in Europe and Asia.
He also has been chair of the sections on Law and Medicine and Dispute Resolution of the Association of American Law Schools. Since 2002, he has served as Director of the Initiative on Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution, He teaches Lawyering: Problem-Solving and Dispute Resolution, Understanding Conflict, Negotiation, Mediation, and LL.M. Major Research Project.
Recent Publications
Books
Dispute Resolution and Lawyers, 3rd Ed. (with James Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Tim Heinsz, Richard Reuben and Jennifer K. Robbennolt), (West 2005) (Standard and Abridged Editions).
Replacing the Mediator Orientation Grids, Again: Proposing a 'New New Grid System', 23 ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION 127 (September 2005).
