The Death and Resurrection of Dialogue

On Friday, March 11, 2022, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution hosted the Melnick Annual Symposium on “The Death and Resurrection of Dialogue.”

This Symposium examined the potential of the news media to develop public discourse and prevent conflict, the importance of dialogue and civic engagement in community building, methods to bridge inequalities in communities and in mediation, and the effect of virtual and caucus-only mediation on conflict resolution.

The Journal also presented the twenty-first annual International Advocate for Peace Award to William Ury, co-founder of Harvard’s Program on Negotiation and one of the world’s leading experts on negotiation and mediation. Ury is the co-author with Roger Fisher and Bruce Patton of Getting to Yes, a fifteen-million-copy bestseller translated into over thirty-five languages, and the author of Getting Past No, The Power of a Positive No, The Third Side, and, most recently, the award-winning Getting to Yes with Yourself.

Explore the Event: View the event flyer and watch the video recording by clicking the links!

Schedule
2022
Friday, March 11th
9:00 AM

Welcome Address

Melanie B. Leslie, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Lela Love, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Samuel Ditchek, Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Online

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
9:15 AM

Twenty-First Annual International Advocate for Peace Award Honoring William Ury

Alexandra Sandler, Symposium Editor, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
William Ury

Online

9:15 AM - 10:00 AM
10:15 AM

Panel 1: Political Discourse: Journalism, Blogs, Radio and Television: Their Effect on Developing Public Discourse

Noam Levey, Kaiser Health News
Claudia Maffettone, Search for Common Ground
Carol Pauli, Texas A&M University School of Law
Kate Shaw, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Online

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM

Virtual Remarks from the Divided Communities Project (DCP)

Bill Froehlich, Divided Community Project
Maqube Reese, Kelley School of Business at Indiana University
Carl Smallwood, Divided Community Project
Ted L. Ramirez, Corporate Governance and Business Transactions Attorney
Andrew Thomas, Senior Project Manager, City of Sanford

Online

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
11:45 AM

Panel 2: Community Discourse: Building Community with Dialogue

Glen Parker, NYS Unified Court System
Peter Block
Payton Silket, Pepperdine University
Se Won Park, Red Hook Community Justice Center
Jeff Thompson

Online

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
1:30 PM

Panel 3: Race: Approaches to Dialogue to Address Issues Relating to Racial: Inequalities, Implicit Bias, and Discrimination

Maurice Robinson, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Bobby Codjoe, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Ellen Deason, Moritz College of Law
Isabella Gunning, Southwestern Law School
Sharon Press, Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Online

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
2:45 PM

Panel 4: Mediation: The Decline of Joint Sessions & In-Person Contact

Lela Love, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Donna Erez-Navot, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Robert Collins, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Eric Galton, Lakeside Mediation
Jerome Weiss, Case Western Reserve University
David White, Seton Hall Law School

Online

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
4:00 PM

Closing Remarks

Samuel Ditchek, Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution
Alexandra Sandler, Symposium Editor, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution

Online

4:00 PM - 4:10 PM