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“Diane is a gifted teacher whose passion for ADR
is evident as she generously shares her deep and vast knowledge of the field.
Her enthusiasm and curiosity about a variety of fields that influence ADR is
inspirational. As a coach, she gently encourages and provides thoughtful
feedback creating a safe space for learning and exploring mediation skills.”
- MWI mediation training participant
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Dispute Resolution Experience
Diane J. Levin is a dispute resolution professional and attorney. A mediator since 1995, Levin has conducted mediations in disputes in litigation or for private clients in tort, employment, real estate, family-owned business and probate matters, and serves on numerous mediation panels, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She is a Lecturer in Negotiations in the MBA program at Boston University School of Management. An experienced trainer of mediation and negotiation skills, Levin has taught thousands of people in corporate, institutional, and governmental settings, for clients that have included Coca-Cola Enterprises, Bose Corporation, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She also provides coaching and consulting services to professionals in the areas of salary, employment, business, and settlement negotiations. As a recognized authority on dispute resolution and negotiation, Levin contributes to numerous online and print publications, including Lawyers Weekly, ABA Dispute Resolution Magazine, The Complete Lawyer, Kluwer Law International, and others, and serves as a technical advisor to global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc. She also publishes MediationChannel.com, honored by the American Bar Association as a top legal blog.
Representative Matters
- Negotiation, Mediation, Communication and Conflict Resolution Training and curriculum development at MWI, including: public 40-hour mediation training programs; Coca-Cola Enterprises, lead trainer for Solutions, an internal corporate-wide dispute resolution program that includes conflict management training for managers and mediation training to develop internal mediators; University of Massachusetts School of Law; Bose Corporation; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; American Student Assistance.
- Mediation of numerous disputes involving employment, workplace, tort, business, estate, and real property issues.
- Has served as court-appointed mediator in probate court matters.
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
- Advisory Board member of Bangalore-based Meta-Culture, the only integrated dispute management consulting group in the Indian subcontinent (2005-present).
- Chair, American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution Mediator Quality Improvement Committee (2011).
- Massachusetts Bar Foundation fellow (2008-present).
- Member and Subcommittee Chair, MassUMA Working Group, Boston, MA (2006-2009), convened to explore adoption of Uniform Mediation Act in Massachusetts.
- Two-term officer and director of the Association for Conflict Resolution’s New England Chapter (2003-2007).
- Appointee, Massachusetts Trial Court Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution (2005-2007).
- Qualified administrator of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (2006-present).
Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted
The following is a sampling of the numerous programs Diane has taught or conducted:
- Negotiations, Lecturer, Boston University School of Management, Department of Organizational Behavior, Boston, MA, graduate-level, semester-long course in negotiation, covering distributive bargaining, mutual gains negotiation, and negotiation theory, skills, and ethics (2011-present).
- EMC Corporation, Negotiation Skills Training (August 2011).
- United States Agency for International Development, Advanced Mediation Training for jurists and commercial mediators,for rule-of-law programs supporting judicial reform in Eastern Europe (2006-2008).
- “Mediating Workplace Conflict,” Diane Levin LLC and Option Bridge LLC, advanced 8-hour public mediation training (October 2006, April 2007, March 2008).
- “ADR in the 21st Century: Using Technology to Manage and Market Your Practice,” New England Chapter of the Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, workshop with Dr. Tammy Lenski (2007).
- “Mediating Legal Disputes,” Diane Levin LLC and Option Bridge LLC, advanced 16-hour public mediation training (December 2006, November 2007).
- National Credit Union Administration, Negotiation Skills Training (August 2006).
- Massachusetts Association of Councils on Aging, conflict resolution skills training, Annual Conference (2000-2002).
- Massachusetts Department of Social Services, conflict resolution skills training (2001).
Background and Education
- Attorney admitted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar (1993) and to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (1994).
- J.D., Suffolk University Law School, cum laude.
- B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Russian Language, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
- Over 350 hours of training and continuing education in conflict resolution, mediation, and negotiation, at institutions that include Suffolk University Law School Center for Advanced Legal Studies; Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology; and University of Massachusetts Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution.
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