The Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution Invites You To:

The Dispute Resolution Educators Colloquium

Friday, April 17

8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

This event brings dispute resolution educators—faculty, adjuncts, clinicians, and trainers—together for a day of community, learning, conversation, creativity, and mutual support. The program will feature demonstrations of innovative teaching methods, conversations around hot educational topics, the annual Dispute Resolution Teachers Resource Share, and more.
 
The Colloquium will include a Poster Session which will be a highly interactive forum for sharing educational ideas, teaching tools, and pedagogical innovations. To submit a proposal for the poster session, please fill out this form.

This colloquium is hosted in partnership with the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, the Mitchell Hamline DRI Skills Lab, the ABA DR Section, AALS Clinical ADR Committee, and the Legal Educators in Dispute Resolution Committee.

For those traveling from out of town, a list of nearby hotels is below, and there are many more options at all price points within walking distance or a short subway ride away.

Broadway Plaza Hotel

Hyatt Union Square New York

Moxy Hotel East Village

Walker Hotel Greenwich Village

The Washington Square Hotel

Please register by March 31, 2026.

Dispute Resolution Educators Colloquium Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.                 Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.                 Welcome and Integrating Activity      

9:30 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.                Creativity Development in Teaching

10:10 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.              Teaching Demonstration Series

                                                                Small Group Sessions

10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.               Break

11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.                The Latest in DR Research

                                                        Latest Research to Make You a Better Teacher

                                                        Latest Research Outside of the Legal DR Bubble

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.               Reflective Roundtables

Facilitated Small Group Sessions to Discuss and Improve Teaching, Training,

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.                 Lunch & Award for Outstanding Scholarly Work

Hosted In Partnership with the ABA DR Section Legal Educators in Dispute Resolution Committee

1:30 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.                    Assessment & Next Gen Bar Exam

2:10 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.                   Break  

2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.            Artificial Intelligence & Technology in Teaching

3:00 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.                  Poster Session & Resource Share 

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.                  Close