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IU McKinney’s Graduate Studies Lecture Series will present “Models for Conflict Resolution, Dialogue, and Civil Discourse: The Lawyer’s Guide to Other Ways to Settle Disputes.” Daniel Griffith, ’90, will present the talk on September 15 at the law school.

Griffith has an extensive background in conflict resolution, mediation, and the facilitation of dialogue processes. He is Director of the IUPUI Office for Intergroup Dialogue and Civil Community, which directs programs and initiatives focused on facilitating dialogues, public forums and other communication processes involving issues of social identity, social justice and civil discourse. An attorney and mediator, he specializes in mediating employment, management and higher education disputes and training lawyers, HR professionals, and managers in mediation, negotiation, communication, and dialogue skills. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in negotiation and alternative dispute resolution, organizational leadership, diversity, conflict management, and human resources management. He is also a trainer for the IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law Public Policy Mediation course. In addition, he is the co-author of The Conflict Survival Kit: Tools for Resolving Conflict at Work (2^nd ed.) and the Supervisor Survival Kit (11^th ed.).

The lecture will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Inlow Hall Wynne Courtroom, with a reception immediately following in the atrium.