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Scheinman Institute Conflict Resolution Club

About the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution

The Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution is the world’s preeminent institute focused on workplace conflict resolution. 

Watch how the Scheinman Institute addresses the critical workplace conflict resolution challenges of our time through its research, teaching, training and outreach.

Director Updates

Harry C. Katz is the Jack Sheinkman Professor and the Director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. 

Director's Update: Scheinman Institute Research on AI for the National Academy of Arbitrators

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, provides a summary of the recent survey of members of the National Academy of Arbitrators and the use of Artificial Intelligence. 
Director's Update: Scheinman Institute Research on AI for the National Academy of Arbitrators

Director’s Update: Scheinman Institute Conference Examines Using AI in Workplace Conflict Resolution

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses a recent Scheinman Institute/ American Arbitration Association conference which explored the use of AI workplace conflict resolution.
Director’s Update: Scheinman Institute Conference Examines Using AI in Workplace Conflict Resolution

Director's Update: How AI could impact ADR

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses research the Scheinman Institute is conducting related to how virtual hearings and the use of AI could impact ADR.
Director's Update: How AI could impact ADR

Resolving the Dispute

The Scheinman Institute Advisory Board has many notable arbitrators and mediators, who are leaders in the field. The “Resolving The Dispute” video series features members of the Board highlighting some of their most interesting cases, the issues involved, and the approach they used to come to an equitable solution.  

Resolving the Dispute: Joan Parker

Scheinman Institute board member and noted mediator and arbitrator Joan Parker shares examples of three employment cases where issues of discrimination were involved.
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Resolving the Dispute: Joan Parker

Resolving the Dispute: Scott E. Buchheit

Board member and noted arbitrator Scott E. Buchheit  shares the unique challenges he faced in an interesting and unusual case at a large zoo.
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Resolving the Dispute: Scott E. Buchheit

Resolving the Dispute: Timothy Taylor

Scheinman Institute Advisory Board member Timothy Taylor recounts a sensitive case involving school employees and charges of sexual harassment.
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Resolving the Dispute: Timothy Taylor

Professional Education

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We bring together the insight of leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners to design training courses for the modern workplace. We specialize in work – from HR practices to labor relations and conflict-resolution strategies. We train people who change their organizations.

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Outreach and Student Engagement

Scheinman Institute and AAA Explore the ‘Evolution of Workplace ADR'

On Nov. 12, 2024, Cornell ILR’s Scheinman Institute and the American Arbitration Association (AAA) examined the ‘Evolution of Workplace ADR.’
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Scheinman Institute and AAA Explore the ‘Evolution of Workplace ADR'

Navigating Collective Bargaining

The Scheinman Institute hosted a webinar focused on practical strategies for costing out a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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Navigating Collective Bargaining

Triad 2024 Serves Up a Full Plate

There is an ‘existential’ threat to the arbitration profession, and at the 2024 Triad (ILERA/LERA/FMCS) conference in New York City, practitioners, academics and neutrals from all over the world wanted to find solutions.
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Triad 2024 Serves Up a Full Plate

Education

LADP Ends, But Participants’ Journeys ‘Just Beginning’

January marked the end of Cornell ILR’s Scheinman Institute’s Labor Arbitration Development Program (LADP), a 15-month-long hybrid program enabling a new, diverse generation of arbitrators to learn from America’s leading neutrals.
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LADP Ends, But Participants’ Journeys ‘Just Beginning’

Register Now for New Arbitration Advocacy Certificate

The Scheinman Institute offers a new Arbitration Advocacy Certificate
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Register Now for New Arbitration Advocacy Certificate

AFT Intern Spotlight: Rachel Marcus

Rachel Marcus reflects on her experience as an intern with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
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AFT Intern Spotlight: Rachel Marcus

Student Activities

Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT

Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT.
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Tiago Gonzalez '24 reflects on his internship with the AFT

SCRC President Naveen Sharma '24 Reflects Before Graduation

Naveen Sharma '24 reflects upon his tenure as the Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club president and what he learned about conflict resolution from the Scheinman Institute.
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SCRC President Naveen Sharma '24 Reflects Before Graduation

Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club April Update

Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club members Daniel Lang and Nathan Daley share their experiences in a recent sports arbitration simulation.
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Scheinman Conflict Resolution Club April Update

Research

How Seller Attachment Shapes Seller-Buyer Interactions Including Home Sales

ILR Assistant Professor Alice Lee investigates if a seller attachment shapes which buyers “get to the table” and whom they ultimately sell to?
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How Seller Attachment Shapes Seller-Buyer Interactions Including Home Sales

The Research of Ariel Avgar: Understanding The Critical Relationship Between Labor Relations and Healthcare Outcomes

Professor Ariel Avgar is conducting impactful research regarding labor and employment relations in the healthcare field.
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The Research of Ariel Avgar: Understanding The Critical Relationship Between Labor Relations and Healthcare Outcomes

Congress Was Wrong: Arbitration Is More Plaintiff-Friendly Than Litigation, and We Can Make It Even More Just

In their new research paper, published in the American Bar Association Journal of Labor and Employment Law, Harry C. Katz, David Sherwyn, and Paul Wagner, demonstrate that the employees in civil rights cases enjoy significantly greater results in arbitration than in litigation.
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Congress Was Wrong: Arbitration Is More Plaintiff-Friendly Than Litigation, and We Can Make It Even More Just

The issues surrounding conflict in the workplace are the center of our public discourse and public policy.

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It takes a certain set of skills and expertise to navigate this changing landscape.

"With my wife, Laurie, we endowed the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution to provide students, professionals and others interested in dispute resolution with the tools they need to help create a better society. Today, Scheinman Institute faculty and alumni stand at the forefront in resolving the most complicated and significant work-related issues."

-Marty Scheinman, Founder Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution

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