In asking students to write about relevant issues in ADR, many law professors have also allowed them to cast away conventional restrictions and select topics that they felt passionately about to put in the dispute resolution context. This often results in creative themes for our readers.

In this 7^th Issue of the Journal, the College and the editors recognize with appreciation the contributions made by the students of Professor Mel Rubin at the University of Miami Law School for six excellent pieces exploring fanciful applications of mediation processes to current and historical conflicts. In the following pages Professor Rubin’s students explore historical conflicts like the friction between King Henry VIII and Pope Clement, a better outcome of the Treaty of Versailles, and how Ben Franklin would have fared as a mediator, as well as more current themes dealing with NFL concussions, Olympic doping control, and disaster victim relief. We also want to recognize and thank Professor Jim Alfini of South Texas School of Law for sponsoring a student submission dealing with an exploration of mediation techniques in the armed forces. Rounding out this issue of the Journal, we welcome Courtney Chicvak of St. John’s University School of Law and her intriguing discussion of the mediator’s need for emotional intelligence.

The Editorial Board of the Journal welcomes these submissions and the wide variety of applications for alternative dispute resolution and the mediation process they reflect. It is our hope that the Journal will thus provide new and creative thought as an interesting alternative to more traditional articles and reviews.

Lawrence M. Watson Jr., Emeritus

For the Editorial Board

 Concretizing the Mediator’s Je Ne Sais Quoi: Emotional Intelligence and the Effective Mediator

COURTNEY CHICVAK, Law Student
St. John’s University School of LawCourtney Chicvak received her B.S. from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 2011 and her J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 2014.  She has been accepted to the Columbia University graduate program in Conflict Resolution and Negotiation for the fall of 2014.  She would like to thank Professor David L. Gregory, Professor Robert E. Parella, and most of all, her family for their continuing support.

 Mediation in the United States Armed Forces 

CLINT DALLAS WOOD, Law Student
South Texas College of Law
Emeritus Fellow Sponsor:  Prof. James Alfini

Clint Wood is an alumnus of South Texas College of Law.  Clint is currently working with a start-up company in a management and advisory role.  He and his wife live with their two children near Salt Lake City, UT.

 The Mediation Protocol:  The United States Olympic Committee’s Experimental Trial With Mediation As A Form of Doping-Control Dispute Resolution

JOHN CRISTE, Law Student
University of Miami School of Law

Distinguished Fellow Sponsor:  Melvin A. Rubin

John Criste, originally from Santa Clarita, California, is a rising 3L at the University of Miami School of Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stanford University, where he was also a member of the men’s varsity swim team. In 2011, John dedicated his time to training for the 2012 Olympics. Although unsuccessful, he ranked 5th in the United States and 22nd in the world in 2012. This is his first publication.

 NFL Concussion Protocol System Redesign

BENJAMIN PALLONE, 2014 Graduate
University of Miami School of Law
Distinguished Fellow Sponsor:  Melvin A. Rubin