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SUGGESTED READINGS

ABRAMSON, Harold I.,
Mediation Representation
,
(NITA 2004)

BRUMLEY, Janet,
DIVORCE WITHOUT DISASTER: Collaborative Law in Texas
,
(PSG Books, 2004)

COHEN, Herb,
You Can Negotiate Anything

(Bantam Books, 1980)

COOLEY, John W. (Jack),
Creative Problem Solver's Handbook for Negotiators and Mediators, Vol. 1 & 2,
(American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, 2005)

DAWSON, Roger,
Secrets of Power Negotiating, 2nd Edition

(Career Press, 2001)

FISHER, Roger, William Ury, and Bruce Patton
Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, 2nd Edition
(Penguin Books, 1991)

FISHER, Roger and Shapiro, Daniel,
Beyond Reason, Using Emotions As You Negotiate
(Viking, 2005)

JENKINS, Jon C., Maureen R.
The 9 Disciplines of a Facilitator,
(Jossey -Boss 2006)

LATZ, Martin E.,
Gain the Edge! Negotiating to Get What You Want,
(St. Martin's Press, 2004)

LAX, David A., SEBENIUS, James K.,
3D Negotiations
,
(Harvard Bus. School Press 2006)

MAYER, Bernard S.,
Beyond Neutrality
,
(Jossey-Bass, 2004)

MNOOKIN, Robert,
Beyond Winning
,
(Harvard University Press, 2000)

MOFFIT, Michael and Bodone, Robert,
The Handbook of Dispute Resolution
,
(Jossey-Bass, 2005)

ROSS, Dennis,
Statecraft and How to Restore America's Standing in the World
,
(Farrer, Straus and Giroux 2007)

SEIDMAN, Dov,
How, Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life)
,
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2007)

SHELL, G. Richard,
Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People
,
(Viking, 1999)

STONE, Douglas, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen,
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
,
(Penguin Books, 2000)

TAYLOR, Alison,
The Handbook of Family Dispute Resolution: Mediation Theory and Practice
,
(Jossey-Bass. 2002)

URY, William,
Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way From Confrontation to Cooperation
, (Bantam Books, 1991)


USEFUL LINKS


There are many professional associations devoted to the development of ADR practices, standards, and education, offering many training and conferencing opportunities. Links to the most prominent are listed below; most have offices or chapters in Texas.

Negotiation:

Harvard Law School: Program on Negotiation
www.pon.harvard.edu

Negotiation Resource Center,
www.batna.com

Scotwork Negotiating Skills
www.scotwork.com

The Center for Information Technology and
Dispute Resolution
www.odr.info

United States Institute of Peace
www.usip.org

Mediation:

State Bar of Texas,
Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
www.texasadr.org

American Bar Association,
Section of Dispute Resolution
www.abanet.org/dispute

Association of Attorney-Mediators
www.attorney-mediators.org

Texas Mediation Trainers Roundtable
www.tmtr.org

Family Law:

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts www.afccnet.org

State Bar of Texas,
Section of Family Law
Resources for Family Law
www.sbotfam.org/links.html

Collaborative Law:

Texas Collaborative Law Council
www.collaborativelaw.us

International Academy of
Collaborative Professionals (IACP)
www.collaborativepractice.com

Texas also has numerous dispute resolution centers, at both academic and community levels, offering a broad range of ADR services and education to lawyers and other professionals. There are three academic or professional institutes of note:

The A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center in Houston, affiliated with the University of Houston www.law.uh.edu/blakely/aawhite/main.html

The Center for Public Policy Dispute Resolution in Austin
, affiliated with the University of Texas Law School www.utexas.edu/law/cppdr

The Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution in Houston, affiliated with the South Texas College of Law www.stcl.edu/CLR/index.html

The Collaborative Law Institute of Texas,
a private non-profit institute in Dallas
www.collablawtexas.com

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