Linda Singer and Michael Lewis to be honored by the
American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution

 
January 2012 – Washington, DC - The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution has announced Linda Singer and Michael Lewis, both JAMS panelists in Washington, D.C, as the 2012 recipients of the Section’s prestigious D’Alemberte-Raven Award. The award will be presented on Friday April 20, 2012 at the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Spring Conference in Washington, DC. 
  
The ’s D’Alemberte-Raven Award recognizes leaders in the dispute resolution community who have contributed significantly to the field by developing new or innovative programs, improvements in service and efficiency, research and writings in the area of dispute resolution or continuing education programs.  The Award is named for Robert D. Raven of and Talbot D'Alemberte of , former presidents and pioneers within the in the area of dispute resolution.

 


Linda Singer and Michael Lewis are pioneers of the dispute resolution profession.  They have trained thousands of professionals, students, and volunteers worldwide, co-taught the Mediation Workshop at 's Program on Negotiation for Lawyers for 25 years, as well as for the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. 


Lewis and Singer were instrumental in forming the Center for Dispute Settlement in 1971 in Washington, DC which has experimented with, developed, operated and evaluated various ways of settling disputes, primarily through mediation, in neighborhood justice centers, courts, and organizations such as schools, prisons and hospitals. They are both highly regarded and nationally known neutrals who have resolved many high profile disputes.

In congratulating Singer and Lewis, Section of Dispute Resolution Secretary Ruth Glick stated “Anyone who has been fortunate enough to have been trained by them (including me in 1994 at Harvard) has been infused with their unparalleled enthusiasm and love for their profession.”

 

The American Bar Association D’Alemberte/Raven Award

Presented by the Section of Dispute Resolution

 

The first presentation of the award was in February 1995 when it was given to Harvard Professor Roger Fisher.  Since that time the award has been presented to several deserving individuals, listed below.

 

This award was approved by the American Bar Association Board of Governors and was created to recognize outstanding service in dispute resolution.  The award is usually presented annually, in conjunction with the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Meeting.  The Section of Dispute Resolution honors Robert D. Raven and Talbot D’Alemberte by using their names in the award title.  Both hold the unique position of being both ABA Presidents and Dispute Resolution Chairs.  Both guided the to be a leader in the dispute resolution arena: D’Alemberte as the first chair (1976-79) of the then ABA Special Committee on Resolution of Minor Disputes and Raven as the first chair (1993-94) of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution.

 

 

Past Recipients:

 

1995    Roger Fisher

1997    Attorney General Janet Reno

1999    Frank Sander

2000    Judge Dorothy Nelson

2001    James Henry

2002    Nancy Rogers

2003    Judge Robert M. Bell

2004    Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

2005    Gerald Aksen

2007    Charles B. Renfrew

2008    Thomas J. Stipanowich

2009    Wayne Brazil

2010    Knight

2011    John Feerick

 

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