Professor Shestowsky Elected as AALS Section Chair

Professor Donna Shestowsky will serve as chair of the Association of American Law Schools’ Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Elected Jan. 5 during the AALS (virtual) annual meeting, Shestowsky will serve as chair-elect for 2022 before assuming the chair role in 2023.

The Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution promotes members’ interests, activities, and communication of ideas, and provides a forum for discussion of matters of interest in the teaching, research, and improvement of the law and practice relating to alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, arbitration, mediation, and other dispute resolution processes). 

Donna Shestowsky, who has both a law degree and a Ph.D. in psychology, is director of the Lawyering Skills Education Program, professor of law and a Martin Luther King, Jr. Research Scholar at UC Davis School of Law, where she teaches Criminal Law, Negotiation Strategy, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and a seminar in Legal Psychology. She was the 2007 recipient of the Law School's Distinguished Teaching Award.