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Thomas Stipanowich: Chinese Model for Conciliation – Video

Thomas Stipanowich shares his notion of the Chinese model for concilliation, which is about restoring harmony within a community. Traditionally, a community elder would come in to the conflict to help resolve it.

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Tom Stipanowich

Thomas J. Stipanowich is William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, as well as Academic Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. The Straus Institute was ranked number one among academic dispute resolution programs each of the last seven years by U.S.… MORE >

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