I was excited to welcome Professor Lela Porter Love to the Expert Views on ADR (EVA) Show. She is the founding director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City (NYC). The Kukin Program has been ranked by U.S. News and World Report among the top ten law school programs in the US in dispute resolution since 2000. Professor Love founded Cardozo's Mediation Clinic in 1985—one of the first clinical programs to train law students to serve as mediators. 

She once served as Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution.  In her chair year, she initiated the first International Mediation Leadership Summit in Hague.  

 The International Academy of Mediators gave Lela a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012; the American College of Civil Trial Mediators gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010; and she received the “Front Line Champion” Award at the Association of the Bar of NYC on Mediation Settlement Day (2009).   

 Professor Love wears many hats, so I have left the link to her profile below:  https://cardozo.yu.edu/directory/lela... 

We examined the following questions:

  1. From your vantage point of having served as a Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, what are the Section's Key Accomplishments? 

2. Why should ADR professionals participate in the Section Activities? 

3. Which Activities are most relevant to potential members or Users? 

4. What is your advice for potential users and people pursuing a Career in ADR? 

5. What is the way forward for mass advocacy or awareness of the benefits of utilising ADR in settling disputes or conflicts?