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September 2014

2014 Law Foundation Dispute Resolution Lecture

Professor Thomas Stipanowich, of Pepperdine University, California will deliver the 2014 NZ Law Foundation International Dispute Resolution Lecture. His public lecture titled “International Mediation and Conflict Management: Near a Tipping point?” will be held:

Tues 30th Sept at VUW
Wed 1st Oct at University of Auckland’s Northey Lecture Theatre.

He will also deliver a special additional public lecture on resolving disputes between actors and studios in the film industry:

Mon 29th Sept Lighthouse Cinema Wellington titled “Rebels on the Lot: Negotiating and Resolving Conflict in the Golden Age of Hollywood”

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Professor Stipanowich is a leading scholar, speaker and trainer on conflict resolution topics and an experienced arbitrator and mediator. He is also the author of many publications on arbitration and dispute resolution.

While in New Zealand Professor Stipanowich will be hosted by the VUW Law School. His itinerary includes breakfast seminars in Wellington and Auckland for the Arbitrators and Mediators Institute of NZ, and a seminar at the University of Auckland Law School.

Law Foundation is providing up to $12,950 towards Professor Stipanowich’s visit.