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Biennial Symposia


Spring 2010:  Symposium on Emotion & Psychology in Negotiation

Spring 2008: 

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Toward Collaborative Governance
UC Hastings College of the Law
Friday, February 1, 2008 - 8:30 am to 4:00 pm
Reception to follow
Sign-in (8:30 - 9:00am)

Welcome
Nell Jessup Newton, William B. Lockhart Professor of Law, Chancellor and Dean, UC Hastings College of the Law
Introductory Remarks
Ethan J. Leib, Associate Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
Toward a Pragmatic Democracy
Archon Fung, Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Practices for Engaging Citizens and Stakeholders in the Work of Government: Deliberation, Dialogue, and Dispute Resolution
Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Keller-Runden Professor of Public Service, Indiana University

Break

Panel #1: The New Governance in California: Public Officials' Perspective
Participants will describe the reasons their respective agency pursued a negotiated or more participatory process, their results, and the challenges and opportunities inherent in these "new governance" options.
Terry Amsler, Director, Collaborative Governance Initiative, Institute for Local Government
Christine Powell, Public Affairs Specialist, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service
David Boesch Jr., Assistant County Manager, San Mateo County
John E. Thorson, Assistant Chief Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission
Veda Federighi, External Affairs Director, California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation

Lunch

Democratic Deliberation as the Guiding Principle of Civic Engagement and Collaborative Governance
John Gastil, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Washington
ADR, the Media & Deliberative Democracy
Richard C. Reuben, James Lewis Parks Professor of Law, University of Missouri School of Law
Panel #2: The New Governance in California: Practitioners' Perspective
Participants will discuss their successes and challenges in designing and conducting conflict resolution and public participation processes, including key predictors of success and opportunities for and impediments to expanding the use of collaborative governance mechanisms.
Jeffrey Goldfien, Adjunct Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law
Malka Kopell, Managing Director, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University
Greg Bourne, Managing Senior Mediator, Center for Collaborative Policy
Timothy M. Dayonot, Lecturer, U.C. Berkeley's Haas School of Business and Goldman School of Public Policy

Break

Participation in Governance from a Comparative Perspective: Citizen Involvement in Telecommunications and Electricity in the UK, France and Sweden
Dorit Rubinstein Reiss, Associate Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law:
Summary & Synthesis: Best Practices in Regulatory Governance
Orly Lobel, Associate Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School

Reception

Government officials and their lawyers live at ground zero for conflict, and often find themselves putting out fires instead of implementing the public's policy agenda. Can the new forms of civic engagement evolving across the state provide ways to resolve conflict constructively and move forward? We hope you will join us on February 1 to explore these exciting possibilities.


FREE registration, includes complimentary lunch, reception and MCLE credit. Space is limited. This event is sponsored by UC Hastings College of the Law.


The O'Brien Center of UC Hastings College of the Law is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider, and certifies that this activity has been approved for 6 hours of MCLE credit.

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