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Status |
Active |
First name |
Lynn |
Last name |
Cohn |
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Full name |
Lynn P. Cohn |
Gender |
Female |
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Photo |
photos/Lynn-Cohn.jpg |
Web folder |
lynn-cohn |
Contact information |
Corporation |
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law |
Address 1 |
375 East Chicago Avenue |
Address 2 |
Room 861 |
City |
Chicago |
ZIP Code |
60611 |
State |
Illinois |
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Video conferencing? |
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Promote video conferencing? |
Online and In-Person |
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Assistant name |
Nancy Flowers |
Assistant email |
n-flowers@law.northwestern.edu |
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CC name |
Lynn P. Cohn |
CC email |
l-cohn@law.northwestern.edu |
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Formal Qualifications & Memberships |
Judge? |
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ADR services |
1,2,11,5,9 |
Education |
- Northwestern University School of Law - J.D.
- University of California Berkeley - Fellowship in Intensive Foreign Language Institute
- University of Illinois - Fellowship in Spanish Master Program
- University of Illinois - B.A. Cum Laude in Political Science, Spanish
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Flores Award for Outstanding Student in Humanities
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Memberships |
Member, Illinois Bar Member, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Voted Member, Leading Lawyers Network Member, Association for Conflict Resolution Former Board Chair, Community Justice for Youth Institute Executive Board Member, Dispute Resolution Research Ctr |
Biography |
Lynn P. Cohn is the Co-Director of the Center on Negotiation, Mediation, and Restorative Justice at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. Professor Cohn has devoted her career to the field of dispute resolution, both in her service as a mediator, special master, and trainer and in her work educating the next generation of problem-solvers.
Professor Cohn has served as a mediator or arbitrator in over 5000 cases with an emphasis on employment and commercial disputes whether in the single plaintiff, multi-party, class action, or collective action context. She has managed the settlement process of numerous complex class actions. Her practice is national and international in scope and includes projects in Brazil, Israel, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, Ghana, London, Paris, Milan, Central America, Ireland, and Puerto Rico. Professor Cohn has been elected to the Leading Lawyers Network in the categories of ADR Commercial and ADR Employment.
Professor Cohn has developed and taught courses in negotiation, mediation, mediation advocacy, emotional intelligence, conflict management and problem-solving. She has received the student-voted Outstanding Professor of a Small Class Award and the Dean’s Teaching Award.
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ADR Practice & Case Experience |
Additional languages |
1 |
Practice started |
1987 |
Rates |
Contact Professor Cohn's assistant Nancy Flowers at n-flowers@law.northwestern.edu for rates. |
Dispute areas |
1,12,13,14,15,16,19,20,95,24,25,28,33,43,58,61,64,77,96,78,79,92,94 |
Calendar Settings |
Private calendar purchased |
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Calendar preference |
Enabled |
Calendar display type |
7 day |
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Calendar last update time |
Mar 28 2024 |
Booking |
Whole days |
Disabled |
Multiple mediations |
Disabled |
Ask Client to Select ADR Service? |
Disabled |
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Time zone |
Central |
Location options |
By Video Conference and In-Person |
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? |
Disabled |
Auto hold type |
On Hold |
Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? |
Enabled |
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Notes mandatory? |
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Additional attendees |
No |
GoogleMaps |
Map enabled |
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Streetview enabled |
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Latitude |
41.8964996 |
Longitude |
-87.6177979 |
Rating |
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GoogleMaps accuracy |
Custom coordinates |
Time zone |
America/Chicago |