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About Robert A. Baruch Bush
- Robert Alan Baruch Bush (born January 24, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is the Harry H.
- Rains Distinguished Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Law at Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, New York.
- Together with Joseph Folger of Temple University he is the originator, and best known advocate, of the transformative model of mediation.
- He has authored over two dozen articles and books on mediation and ADR.
- In 2006 he received the Annual PeaceBuilder Award by the New York State Dispute Resolution Association to honor individuals and organizations that have promoted the field of ADR.Coming from a secular Jewish environment, in his adult life Bush became an orthodox Chabad Jew.
- Recently he authored an article on mediation in the Jewish tradition, discovering that many of his earlier research findings were compatible with Jewish principles of mediation (P'shara). Bush is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A.
- in 1969) and Stanford Law School (J.D.
- in 1974).
- He has practiced mediation in various contexts since starting a community mediation program in San Francisco in 1976, and has developed and conducted many training programs on mediation and ADR, including training for lawyers and judges.
- He has been at Hofstra Law School since 1980.
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