Today's world requires building sustainable cooperation among diverse communities and resolving conflicts through peaceful means. As Albert Einstein once said "[p]eace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

As a professor, I work to advance these aims through scholarship and teaching in the fields of international law and dispute resolution. As a mediator, I strive to unite people and promote cooperative communities by resolving conflicts and building problem-solving skills.

NEWS

Join Professor Spain at the 3CG Reinventing Governance Conference, October 8-10 at the University of Colorado.

Professor Spain joins the Board of Directors of CDR Associates in Boulder, CO.

LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS

Race, Identity & Conflict and Climate Change at the 17th Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference at the University of Washington Law School in Seattle on April 30 and May 1.

Poster presentation on Integration Matters: Rethinking the Architecture of International Dispute Resolution at the American Society of International Law's 2010 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.

Delegate to the UNFCCC COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7-15, 2009 as an NGO observer with Mediators Beyond Borders.

Presentation on Beyond Adjudication: The Role of International Dispute Resolution in an Era of Climate Change at the COP 15 Mediation Seminar.

AUDIO CLIPS & PUBLICATIONS

Podcast: Professor Spain discusses why mixed methods of adjudication and mediation and a globally integrated international dispute resolution system are the way forward for dealing with future conflicts arising from climate change.

Radio Clip: Report on COP 15 on 88.5 FM KGNU's Morning Magazine, December 21, 2009.

Radio Clip: Live Report from COP 15 on 88.5 FM KGNU's Morning Magazine, December 14, 2009.

Guest Blog: IntLawGrrls: Voices on International Law, Policy, Practice.

ASIL Insights: Who's Going to Copenhagen? The Rise of Civil Society in International Treaty-Making, December 11, 2009 (reposted in IntLawGrrl's "Nuff Said" blog at http://intlawgrrls.blogspot.com/2009/12/nuff-said_14.html).

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