James J. Alfini

Dean Alfini is widely published in the field of dispute resolution. His articles include Trashing, Bashing, and Hashing it Out: Is This the End of “;od Mediation” (Florida State University Law Review), and Mediating in the Shadow of the Law (University of Arkansas Law Review). His books include the co-edited ADR Personalities and Practice Tips, published by the American Bar Association, and the co-authored Mediation Theory and Practice, a law school textbook published by Lexis Law Publishing

While at Florida State, he served as the founding Director of Education and Research of the Florida Dispute Resolution Center and was a member of the Florida Supreme Court Arbitration and Mediation Rules Committee. He was also a member of the AAA/ABA/SPIDR Committee that drafted the Standards of Conduct for Mediators in 1994. He has served as Chair of the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section and Chair of the Association of American Law Schools Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. He currently serves as a member of the ABA House of Delegates, representing the Dispute Resolution Section.

Alfini also has expertise in judicial ethics and is co-author of Judicial Conduct and Ethics, published by Lexis and in its 4th Edition (2007). He served on the American Bar Association Joint Commission to Evaluate the Model Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission s work resulted in the 2007 Model Code of Judicial Conduct, adopted by the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association.