Levin College of Law

Leonard L. Riskin

Emeritus Professor

Mailing Address:
Box #117625 Gainesville, FL 32611

Phone:
(352) 273-0771

About

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.

Publications

Books and Monographs

  • Dispute Resolution and Lawyers (with James E. Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Richard Reuben, Jennifer Robbennolt & Nancy Welsh) (5th ed.) (West, 2014)
  • Dispute Resolution and Lawyers (4th ed., Westgroup, 2009) Leonard L. Riskin, James E. Westbrook, Chris Guthrie, Richard Reuben, Jennifer Robbennolt & Nancy A. Welsh
  • The Farmer-Lender Mediation Program: Implementation by the Farmers Home Administration (Administrative Conference of the United States, 1991).

Book Chapters

  • “Two (or More) Concepts of Mindfulness in Law and Conflict Resolution, ” in The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness (Amanda Ie, Christelle Ngoumen and Ellen Langer, eds.) (Wiley-Blackwell) (2014)
  • “Eastern and Western Psychological Concepts of Mindfulness in Conflict Resolution and Law,” in The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness (Amanda Ie, Christelle Ngoumen and Ellen Langer, eds.) (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013)

Law Reviews / Journals / Articles

  • Mindfulness in the Heat of Conflict: Taking STOCK, 20 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 121 (2015)
  • “Beginning with Yes: A Review Essay on Michael Wheeler’s ‘The Art of Negotiation: Improvising Your Way to Agreement in a Chaotic World,’ 16 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 605-624 (2015) [SSRN]
  • “Managing Inner and Outer Conflict: Selves, Subpersonalities, and Internal Family Systems,” 18 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 1 (2013) [SSRN]
  • “The ‘Negotiation’ Within: Connecting and Managing Inner and Outer Conflict,” 18 Harv. Negot. L. Rev. 1(2013)
  • ”Awareness and The Legal Profession: An Introduction to the Mindful Lawyer Symposium,” 61 J. Legal Educ. 634 (2012) [SSRN]
  • “Further Beyond Reason: Mindfulness, Emotions, and the Core Concerns in Negotiation,” 10 Nev. L.J. 289 (2010). [SSRN]
  • “What’s it All About?: Problem-Definition in Mediation,” (with Nancy A. Welsh) 15 Dispute Resolution Magazine, summer 2009 at 19-22. [SSRN]
  • “Awareness and Ethics in Dispute Resolution and Law: Why Mindfulness Tends to Foster Ethical Behavior,” 50 S. Tex. L. Rev. 493-503 (2009) [SSRN]
  • “Is That All There Is?: ‘The Problem’ in Court-Oriented Mediation,” (with Nancy A. Welsh) 15 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 863-932 (2008). [SSRN]
  • “The Place of Mindfulness in Healing and the Law,” in Shifting the Field of Law and Justice 99-120, Center for Law and Renewal (Linda Hager, Bonnie Allen & Renee Floyd Meyers, eds) (2007).
  • “Eleven Big Ideas about Conflict: A Superficial Guide for the Thoughtful Journalist,” 2007 J. Disp. Resol. 157-66. [SSRN]
  • “Awareness in Lawyering: A Primer on Paying Attention,” in The Affective Assistance of Counsel: Practicing Law as a Healing Profession 447-71 (Marjorie Silver, ed., Carolina Academic Press, 2007). [SSRN]