Thursday, April 30th
Our special guest this week,
Professor Harold (Hal) Abramson will present on:
Time-Pressured Negotiations:
When short on time, what shortcuts can you take, and what are the risks?
Professor Abramson will discuss what he learned when researching his recent article on "Time-Pressured Negotiations." The article just received the award for the best professional ADR article for 2025 by the CPR Institute.
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Our presenter:
Professor Hal Abramson, Touro University Law Center, New York, has been deeply involved in the development and practice of domestic and international dispute resolution for more than thirty years. He contributes as a teacher, trainer, author, and participant on professional committees and serves actively as a mediator and facilitator. He is an award-winning author with four of his publications receiving the best article or book award from the CPR International Institute for Conflict Resolution. In 2020, he was the sole recipient of Touro University’s Presidential Award for Scholarship. His current work is on AI in legal education and dispute resolution.
Professor Abramson has been recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leader for Commercial Mediation by Who’s Who Legal (only 12 in the U.S.), as the top NY mediation attorney (only one per state), and ranked on its list of mediators since its inaugural year. He served as the first Scholar-in-Residence for the International Academy of Mediators. He chaired the American Bar Association committee that drafted the rules for the ABA Mediation Representation Competition, served on the inaugural committee that launched the ICC Mediation Competition in Paris, and chaired the IMI (International Mediation Institute) Task Force that drafted the first ever standards for certifying cross-cultural mediators. He also participated actively in the drafting of the United Nations Singapore Mediation Convention including serving as an expert advisor to UNCITRAL to educate UN delegates on the mediation process and co-chairing the first symposium that featured the treaty’s primary drafters.
While at Touro, he served as vice dean for nine years including as acting dean twice and has taught a wide range of dispute resolution and business courses. He is currently teaching first year contracts and negotiations. He has visited full-time at Cardozo Law School in NYC, UNLV Law School in Las Vegas, and the U.S. Air Force Academy where he helped build its negotiation program. He also has taught or trained on dispute resolution in more than twenty countries on six continents.
Offered by Will Work For Food, founded by Natalie Armstrong-Motin (www.HowToMarketMyMediationPractice.com, moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com), and Program Coordinator, David Shraga (www.DavidShraga.com).
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun, and raise money for food banks.