Dr. Horst Eidenmüller, LL.M., Cambridge University

A law professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, he is an expert on negotiation, mediation and corporate reorganization.

Dr. Andreas Nelle, M.P.A., Harvard University 

An attorney with one of the largest international law firms, Hogan, Hartson, Raue, he is the author of a book on the Duty to Renegotiate. He and Prof. Eidenmuller have been recognized for their excellence in teaching negotiation and mediation.

Edward Sherman, LL.B., S.J.D., Harvard University

Former Dean of Tulane Law School. Nationally recognized expert in ADR, Professor Sherman has been a mediator for 14 years and is co-author of ADR casebook widely used in American law schools.  He has also written a treatise on ADR and many articles. 

William R. Pitts, J.D., Tulane Law School

Co-director of the program; A full time and highly respected attorney, arbitrator and mediator, he is an Adjunct Professor at Tulane teaching negotiation and mediation advocacy.

Karl-Michael Schmidt, Lecturer Humboldt University

Co-director of the program; A lecturer at Humboldt University teaching various ADR classes, he is the director of a Humboldt institute concerned especially with ADR in private law, mediation and international arbitration.

Twenty additional outstanding faculty members from the U.S., Germany and other European countries will assist in teaching the course and give lectures in the afternoons or evenings on arbitration and other ADR topics.