Bundle: Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law, Fourth Edition and Examples & Explanations for Dispute Resolution, Fourth Edition

Jay Folberg is Professor Emeritus and former Dean at the University of San Francisco School of Law. In addition to being an active mediator and arbitrator for 40 years, he served as the Founding Executive Director of the JAMS Institute and is Chair of the JAMS Foundation. Professor Folberg was appointed by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to chair a state wide task force on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and also to chair the Judicial Council’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Arbitration Ethics. He was honored in 2003 with the California Judicial Council’s Amicus Curiae Award, its highest honor to a lawyer, "for his leadership in the field of alternative dispute resolution and his outstanding contributions to the California courts.” Professor Folberg is also the recipient of the Academy of Family Mediators Distinguished Mediator Award, the Mediation Society’s Outstanding Contribution to Mediation Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. He has conducted mediation and negotiation trainings around the world and authored many ADR books and articles.