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David Matz

JD, Harvard University

Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution

David Matz

Research Interests and Specialties:
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation and the U.S .Policy about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

David E. Matz is the founder and Director of the Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution at UMass Boston. He is an active dispute intervener, serving as a Superior Court mediator and as a private practitioner. Professor Matz has focused his work on the techniques of mediation and negotiation and on the relationship of these to the workings of organizations and courts. He has done this primarily in the United States and Israel. In the United States, he has led in the development and use of assessment tools for court mediators, trained mediators, judges, and engineers. In Israel, he was central in developing policy and practice for the Israeli Ministry of Justice and Supreme Court in integrating mediation into the judicial system. He has also applied these approaches to the peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Office location: Wheatley Hall, 4th floor, room 111

Telephone: 617-287-697376

Email address: david.matz@umb.edu

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