In an interview with Karen DeSoto, an on-air legal analyst, attorney, professor, and co-founder /co-director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution, Brie Austin delves into how the Institute was founded, its mission and some of its early successes.
The motivation behind starting the IDR According to Karen DeSoto, “The idea came about while David Weiss and I were discussing ways to promote international commercial trade and commerce for the state of New Jersey, and subsequently a way to do so for the benefit of New Jersey City University. The Institute was what we came up with.” The purpose of the Institute An entity of the Business School at NJCU, the IDR aims to promote international negotiation and mediation techniques to better manage disputes in cross-border commercial, investor-state and general conflict resolution forums. The Institute engages in applied research, the fields of negotiation and mediation studies so that these principles can be applied, and sponsors students at international mediation competitions. The mission of the Institute The IDR was formed with the mission “to promote trade and commerce applying international mediation from a business school prospective and promote New Jersey as a place to conduct cross border disputes”. The objectives In order to accomplish the mission, the IDR has several key objectives that include program initiatives, applied research in field of mediation, seminars and programs, exchange programs, fieldwork, publications, as well as legislative policy initiatives. To find out more about the interview, you can visit www.brieaustin.com/2016/08/interview-with-karen-desoto and can also learn more about the Institute for Dispute Resolution on the Institute’s website. To learn more about Karen DeSoto follow her online. You can find her social media links on any of these websites: KarenDeSoto.org KarenDeSoto.com KarenDesoto.info
0 Comments
|
Archives |