CNCR: Sanford M. Jaffe, Director

Sanford M. Jaffe, Co-Director
Office:
The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Civic Square Building
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 186
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1985

Phone: 732-932-2487 Ext. 696

Email: cncr@rci.rutgers.edu

Education | Career Record | Training | Civic Activities

Professional Activities | Admitted to Practice

Selected Papers, Publications and Lectures | Honors and Awards

Education: B.A. Rutgers University
L.L.B. Harvard University Law School

Career Record:

Co-Director, The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 1986-

Mediator, Facilitator, Arbitrator

- Extensive experience with large complex, multi-party matters
Public contexts: policy, planning, governance
Private contexts: insurance coverage, fraud, contracts, construction, discrimination, torts

Member, Graduate Faculty, FAS, Rutgers University, 1994

Lecturer: Negotiation and mediation

- Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, 1995-
- Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, 1988-1993

Chairman, Fund for Research on Dispute Resolution, 1987-1992

- Developed and implemented the Fund, which was created by the Ford Foundation to assess the effects on society of dispute resolution programs

Faculty Coordinator, National Judicial College, 1986-1990

- Developed an instructional and technical assistance program in dispute resolution; coordinated and taught

Adjunct Faculty, Rutgers University Law School, 1988-1993

Director, Dispute Resolution Assistance Center, Institute of Judicial Administration, New York University Law School, 1983-1986:

- Created and directed the Center which worked with governmental entities and organizations that had an interest in improving the ways disputes are managed

Officer in Charge, Government and Law Program, The Ford Foundation, 1968-1983:

- Administered a professional staff and grant program with an annual budget of approximately seven million dollars

Directed the Foundation's program in the following fields: litigation, civil rights, women's rights, public interest law, corrections, the administration of justice with emphasis on broad issues of policy, minority participation in government, government performance and improvement, environmental policy, legal education and dispute resolution

- Worked closely with colleagues in other divisions of the foundation on educational policy issues and international matters

- Conceptualized and implemented the public interest law program and administered grants of twenty-five million dollars in this field

- Developed the Foundation's program in dispute resolution and the National Institute for Dispute Resolution

Executive Director, Governor's Select Commission on Civil Disorders, State of New Jersey, 1967-1968:

- Developed plans for implementing the Governor's charge to the Commission

- Organized and administered a staff of thirty

- Directed a comprehensive investigation of the causes of riots in Newark and Plainfield, and presented recommendations to the Governor and Legislature

Special Assistant to the Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1965-1967:

- Drafted legislation and worked with Congressional Committees

- Organized and directed educational programs on federal legislative issues for United States Attorneys

- Reviewed and established departmental policy on justice issues, for example, prosecutorial discretion and sentencing

- Undertook special assignments such as the investigation of sensitive cases and the review of wiretapping allegations

Chief, Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, 1961-1965:

- Responsible for administration of all criminal prosecutions (and a staff of ten professionals)

- Prepared and argued cases at trial and on appeal in the Circuit Court of Appeals (cases prosecuted included many complex matters such as fraud, tax evasion, violations of national security)

Assistant Prosecutor (Director of Appellate Section), Essex County, New Jersey, 1958-1961:

- Handled trials and appeals before the New Jersey Supreme Court

- Directed Grand Jury inquiries on complex cases

Law Secretary to Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub, The New Jersey Supreme Court, 1957-1958

Training:

New Jersey Public Advocate/M.I.T. Program on Public Disputes: training in mediation, 1986

Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, Cambridge, Mass.: training in negotiation and mediation, 1988

Civic Activities:

- Member, New Jersey Supreme Court Joint Credentials Committee, January 1999-

- Member, Rutgers University Council of Academic Policy Advisors (advising state legislature on Public Employer-Employee Labor Relations), 1997-

- Chair, International Scientific & Professional Advisory Council of the United Nations Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice Branch=s Conflict Resolution Resource Committee, 1995 -

- Member, Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution, Administrative Office of the Courts, State of New Jersey, 1994-

- Special Counsel, Governor's Commission on Education, 1991-92

- Member of the Board of Governors, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (appointed by the Governor, confirmed by the Senate), 1975-1986

- Chairman, Budget and Finance Committee, Board of Governors, Rutgers University, 1982- 1985

- Member, Editorial Board, Resolve (The Conservation Foundation: Washington, D.C.), 1984

- Member, Advisory Board, New Jersey Institute on Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies, 1984-1987

- Member, New Jersey Panel, American Council on Education's Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, 1981-1983

Professional Activities:

- Chairman, Center for Public Dispute Resolution, State of New Jersey, 1984-1986; Member, 1986-1992

- Adjunct Faculty, New York University Graduate School of Public Administration, 1985-1986

- Lecturer in Law, Rutgers University Law School, Camden, 1985

- Lecturer in Negotiation and Mediation, The New School for Social Research, 1986-1988

- New Jersey Supreme Court Committees (Rules: 1972-1975, Judicial Performance: 1982- Dispute Resolution: 1983-)

- American Bar Association

- Essex County Bar Association

Admitted to Practice:

- United States Supreme Court; United States District Court; New Jersey Bar

Selected Papers, Publications and Lectures:

- New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research, "When Professional Judgments Collide", March 2003

- "Crucial Role for Counties in Handling Growth" (with Linda Stamato), The Star-Ledger, January 24, 2003

- "Settlement Secrecy Wrongly Hurts the Public's Right to Know", (with Linda Stamato), Alternatives, (CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution) Vol. 18, No. 9, October 2000

- "No Short Cuts to Justice", (with Linda Stamato), Alternatives, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Vol. 15, No. 5, May 1997

- "Mandatory Mediation: Incentive or Coercion?", (with Linda Stamato), New Jersey Law Journal, August 12, 1996

- "Bolting Over Backlogs: How ADR is Changing the Courts", New Jersey Law Journal, August 14, 1995

- "ADR Captures the Court's Imagination", New Jersey Law Journal, (Special ADR Supplement) August 16, 1993

- "ADR: The New Frontier of Justice", The Connecticut Law Tribune, September 20, 1993

- "ADR: The Quiet Revolution in the Courts", Legal Times, (Washington, DC), September 6, 1993

- "Institutionalizing Dispute Resolution," ABA Conference at Harvard University, April, 1991

- "Consent of the Governed", (with Linda Stamato), New Jersey Reporter, April 1990

- "Private Judging -- Proceed with Caution," in Alternative Dispute Resolution: Practice and Perspectives, (B.N.A., Washington, D.C.) 1990

- Dispute Resolution: Issues for the Future, University of Wisconsin Law School, 1985

- Seminar: "Conflict Resolution and Public Policy", The Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1983-1984

- Seminar: "Alternatives to Litigation", The Harvard University Law School, 1981 and 1986

- Dispute Resolution: Complementary Programs and the Courts, (Report to the New Jersey Supreme Court), 1983

- New Approaches to Conflict Resolution (The Ford Foundation, New York), 1978

- Public Interest Law: Five Years Later (The Ford Foundation, New York) 1976, The ABA Journal, 62: 982-7, August, 1976;

- The Public Interest Law Firm: New Voices for New Constituencies (The Ford Foundation: New York) 1973, The ABA Journal, 58: 459, May 1972;

- Assisting Legal and Judicial Education (The Ford Foundation: New York) 1972.

Honors and Awards:

- The Good Guy Award, Women=s Political Caucus of New Jersey, 1995

- The Arthur T. Vanderbilt Memorial Lecture, 1983

- The Brotherhood Award of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, New Jersey Division, 1970

- The Superior Achievement Award of the United States Department of Justice, 1965

- Phi Beta Kappa, 1954