JERSEY CITY, N.J., March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- New Jersey
City University (NJCU) will inaugurate its newly established
Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR) on Monday, March 30, 2015, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., with a jointly sponsored special
event, "Ethical Issues in Business Mediation and Navigating your
Client's Concerns" at the Brennan Courthouse Courtroom of the Hon.
Mary K. Costello, P.J. Cv. in
Jersey City.
The continuing legal education (CLE) program is co-sponsored by
the Hudson County Bar Association and Foundation, Justice Marie L.
Garibaldi Inn of Court, New Jersey Hispanic Bar Association, and
Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services International
(JAMS).
About 100 attorneys and former local, county, and state judges
will earn two NJ/NY CLE ethics credits in an interactive program
with top instructors. Topics to be covered include: party
tactics, confidentiality, self-determination, informed consent, and
mediation vs. lawyer "Ethics Codes" as applied. The program is
fully subscribed.
Justice Helen E. Hoens, New
Jersey Supreme Court (Retired), will deliver the keynote
address. Presenters will include:
- Lorraine M. Brennan, Esq., JAMS
Neutral; adjunct professor Georgetown Law
- Laura A. Kaster, Esq.,
Vice-President of the Garibaldi Inn of Court; Distinguished
Neutral
- Robert E. Margulies, Esq.,
Executive Director of the Garibaldi Inn of Court; adjunct professor
Rutgers Law; Distinguished
Neutral
- David S. Weiss, Esq.,Visiting
Scholar and Director, NJCU School of Business Institute for Dispute
Resolution (IDR).
NJCU School of Business Institute for Dispute
Resolution
New Jersey City University (NJCU)
has established the NJCU School of Business Institute for Dispute
Resolution (IDR) which will promote international negotiation and
mediation techniques used to manage disputes in cross border
commercial, investor-state, and general conflict resolution
forums.
In announcing the Institute, Dr. Bernard
McSherry, interim dean of the NJCU School of Business, said,
"The ongoing globalization of trade and commerce requires business
managers to have the most current knowledge and training needed to
manage disputes. We are fortunate to have David Weiss, an eminent practitioner in the
field, as the founding director of the Institute."
NJCU Visiting Scholar David S. Weiss, Esq., will serve as
Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution (IDR). Mr.
Weiss heads the Alternative Dispute Resolution Group (ADR) of Weiss
& Weiss, LLC. He is a trained mediator and arbitrator for
the First Judicial District (Manhattan,
N.Y.) for attorney fee dispute cases. He has handled a
number of cross border and domestic dispute cases in mediation
before noted institutions such as JAMS, ICC and the ICDR.
He has recently published at Columbia Law School's The American
Review of International Arbitration on enforcement of cross border
mediation agreements. He has served as an observer for the
International Mediation Institute (IMI) at The United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for proposed
mediation rules on enforcement of cross border agreements.
Mr. Weiss has lectured and written widely on the topic of cross
border mediation. He also focuses his legal practice in
assisting profit and non-profit clients with transitions managing
multiple legacy issues from labor, management deficiencies,
professional outside counsel logistics, general litigation/ADR and
recovery, and government regulatory and compliance affairs.
He is a member of the ICCs Young Arbitrator Forum, The ICDR of
the AAA, New Jersey State Bar Association, the New York Bar
and D.C. Bar Association, and New York County Lawyers
Association. He is admitted to practice before the bars of
New York, New Jersey and D.C.
Mr. Weiss holds a B.A. from Drew
University, a J.D. from New York Law School, and an advanced
certificate in studies in arbitration and international comparative
law from Cornell University-Universite
Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne in Paris. Prior to his private practice, Mr.
Weiss worked on Wall Street as a structured finance lawyer and
banker.
The IDR will apply the principals of international negotiation
and mediation through applied research in those fields, and act as
a Qualified Mediation Assessment Provider for the International
Mediation Institute, continuing legal education (CLE) programs, and
an ADR certificate program under NJCU's School of Business for
qualified candidates interested in dispute resolution.
The IDR will offer symposia to promote international
cross-border negotiation and mediation in the State of New Jersey, and participate in
cohort programs with international business schools to promote
global trade and commerce, applying negotiation and mediation
modalities to manage dispute risks.
Other initiatives will include:
- creating the first New Jersey International Dispute Resolution
Center to handle cross border cases in New Jersey
- championing legislative-based initiatives to promote
New Jersey as a seat for
international dispute resolution.
- fostering relationships with stakeholders in government, NGOs
and international organizations to promote Center goals in applied
research and field work studies.
Contact: Ellen
Wayman-Gordon
Assistant Vice
President for University Advancement-
Public Information and Community Relations
(201)200-3426 ewaymangordo@njcu.edu
WWW.NJCU.EDU/NEWS
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/njcu-inaugurates-school-of-business-institute-for-dispute-resolution-with-special-program-on-ethical-issues-in-business-mediation-and-navigating-your-clients-concerns-300057247.html
SOURCE New Jersey City University
(NJCU)