The author would like to thank Law Professor Ruthann Robson for her encouragement, suggestions, and guidance, Law Professor Beryl Blaustone for being an inspiration and committed teacher in the field of mediation, and Law Professor Cheryl Howard for her insight as a mediator. The author is also grateful to the entire staff on the New York City Law Review for their dedication and hard work on this publication. 1
"To inject newcomers into the unfamiliar peerage of teachers at an opening faculty meeting and then expect them almost immedi ately to assume the unaccustomed stance of authority in the classroom would be enough to discourage even a Disraeli from trying to overcome the British aristocracy."
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