Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center Hosts Panel Discussion on Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution

On May 11th, The Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center (APADRC) invited a panel of nationally recognized experts to join the discussion of cross-cultural conflict resolution with the graduating LLM candidates from Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center. Five guest speakers and more than 16 LLM candidates from various legal backgrounds discussed methods and challenges of cross-culture conflict resolution. Discussion topics included international and domestic ethnic conflict, and cultural competency for peace makers.

Guests speakers included Dr. Marco A. Marco Turk, Director of the School of Negotiation, Conflict Resolution & Peacebuilding of California State University, Dominguez Hills; Najeeba Syeed- Miller, former Executive Director of the Western Justice Center Foundation and former Executive Director of APADRC; Marcia Choo, first Executive Director of APADRC; Olivia Samad, attorney of Southern California Edison and Chair of Board of Directors of APADRC and Ing Phansavath, Program Director of APADRC.