H. Jay Folberg

Professor Emeritus

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Professor Emeritus H. Jay Folberg has authored many articles and books on dispute resolution, mediation, negotiation, and family law. Folberg was the dean of the USF School of Law from 1989 to 1999. He has served as chairman of the Association of American Law Schools Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, president of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, chairman of the Oregon State Bar Family Law Section, and president of the Academy of Family Mediators. In 1998, Folberg was appointed by the chief justice of the California Supreme Court as chair of a state wide task force on alternative dispute resolution and in 2001 to chair the Judicial Council's Blue Ribbon Panel on arbitration ethics. He was honored in 2003 with the Judicial Council's Bernard Witkin Amicus Curiae Award "for his leadership in the field of alternative dispute resolution and his outstanding contributions to the California courts." Folberg now serves as a mediator and arbitrator with JAMS and is executive director of the JAMS Foundation.

Education

BA, San Francisco State University
JD, UC Berkeley

Prior Experience

Visiting Professor, University of Washington School of Law
Professor, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College
Founding Director, Oregon Legal Services
Executive Director, Legal Aid Services (Portland, Ore.)
Associate, Rives & Schwab (now Stoel Rives)

Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award (2011) from the American College of Civil Trial Mediators

Title	Outlets	Date
"35 Years of Getting to Yes: San Francisco's Community Boards"	City Visions Radio (KALW 91.7 FM)	06/13/11
"Learning by Teaching"	Daily Journal	06/11/10
"Change Meant For The Boeings May Hit the Krafts, Too"	Daily Journal	04/16/10
"Time on Your Side" — Part 4 in 4 Part Series	San Francisco Daily Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal	04/17/08
"Hallmarks of Haggling" — Part 3 of 4 Part Series	San Francisco Daily Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal	03/13/08
"Pros vs. Joes" — Part 2 of 4 Part Series	San Francisco Daily Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal	02/19/08
"Lessons from the Pawnshop" — Part 1 of 4 Part Series	San Francisco Daily Journal, Los Angeles Daily Journal	01/25/08

Books

Law Review and Journal Articles

"Principles for Designing Negotiation Instruction," 33 Hamline Journal of Public Law & Policy 299 (2012). (Co-authored with John Lande, Ximena Bustamante & Joel Lee.)

H. Jay Folberg

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