Faculty & Staff
 |
Leonard L. Riskin Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law Box 117625 / Gainesville, FL. 32611-7625 e-mail: riskinl@law.ufl.edu 352.273.0771 / Fax: 352.392.3005 |
 |
|
|
|
Education
LL.M., Yale Law School
J.D., New York University School of Law
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Teaching and Scholarship
Negotiation, Mediation and Other Dispute Resolution Processes; other courses related to dispute resolution and awareness
Professional Activities
- University of Florida: Joined College of Law faculty as Chesterfield Smith Professor (2007). Serves as Director of the Initiative on Mindfulness in Law and Dispute Resolution.
- Previous Teaching Experience: Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Columbia MO 65211, June 1984-December 2006; C.A. Leedy Professor, beginning September 1991; Isidor Loeb Professor, beginning July 2003; Director, Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution, 1984-2002, 2004-2006; Visiting Professor, University of Michigan Law School, winter 2003; University of Colorado School of Law, Summers 1995, 1998 (Charles Inglis Thomson Guest Professor of Law); University of Tennessee College of Law, Spring 1983; Vermont Law School, Summers 1984-94; 1996-97; Pepperdine Institute for Dispute Resolution, Summers 1993, 1995, 2001; Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center (1979-1984); Associate (1976-1979); Assistant (1974-1976).
- Private Practice: General Counsel, National Alliance of Businessmen, Inc. (now National Alliance of Business), Washington, D.C., 1968-1973; Personnel Director 1968.
- Professional Affiliations: Member, Association of American Law Schools Professional Development Committee; Member, Leadership Council, Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School; Member, Advisory Committee, ProDialogo.
- For a more complete listing see vita.