Foreword

The Symposium entitled Negotiating, Mediating and Managing Conflict: Evolution in a Global Society was held at Pepperdine University School of Law in April, 2008 under the joint sponsorship of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and the Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal. This special symposium edition of the Journal is comprised of several papers presented at that event, all of which reflect important trends in the evolution of conflict management.