Negotiation and Mediation in Action: Applying Skills Across Legal Practice

How do you take the skills learned in a negotiation and conflict resolution program and apply them meaningfully in real-world practice—or even use them to pivot your career?

In this webinar, Stephanie Chow and Diana Pineda Esteban explore how negotiation, mediation, and perspective-taking skills translate across legal and business contexts, from complex regulatory disputes to high-stakes commercial negotiations. Drawing on their extensive experience in energy law, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution, the speakers will discuss how horizontal thinking and strategic negotiation can help professionals resolve disputes more effectively, transition between projects, and identify new career opportunities.

The session will cover:

• How negotiation and mediation skills can be leveraged across traditional legal practice and alternative dispute resolution
• Practical tools for moving between roles, projects, and even practice areas
• How negotiation and conflict resolution education can shape careers and dispute-resolution approaches

Whether you are considering a career pivot, expanding into ADR, or looking to apply negotiation skills more strategically in your current role, this webinar offers concrete insights into turning training into impact.

Speakers/Presenters:

• Diana Pineda Esteban, Energy and ADR Expert
• Stephanie Chow, Mediator and Lecturer in Law
• Moderator: Peter Dixon, Ph.D., Program Director, M.S. in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution; Associate Professor of Practice

This event will be held online. The link to join virtually will be provided upon registration.

For questions about this event, please contact Kjerstin Pugh, kep2137 [[at]] columbia [[dot]] edu.