DENISE PIRROTTI HUMMEL, J.D. DIRECTOR

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• U.S. Pentagon, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Beyond Multi-Lingual: The Future of DoD presented to the Director, Associate Director and Deputy Director of Culture under the Obama Administration
  
  
• U.S. State Department, The Promise of Africa: Adapting the Western Facilitative Mediation Model to the Cultures of Africa: Lecture to a Department of State delegation of Africans from Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda and Togo. San Diego, California.
  
  
• U.S. State Department, International Visitor Leadership Program: Department of State delegation from the Ukraine on the topic of Diversity, Tolerance, and Ethnic Conflict Resolution. San Diego, California.
  
  
• How cultural issues impact mediation, National Conflict Resolution Center, NCRC Mediator Training, San Diego.
  
  
• Peace Through Global Travel: Building Bridges Rather Than Walls, Barnard College, Columbia University Alumni Association, San Diego.
  
  
• Communicating Across Corporate Cultures, Rady School of Management, UCSD, San Diego.
  
  
• The Cross-Cultural Issues Impacting International Negotiations, Mergers, and Acquisitions, CIBU, San Diego.
  
  
• Surviving the New Era: The Impact of Culture on Conflict Resolution, Miracosta University, San Diego.
  
  
• The Cultural Essentials of Mediation, Negotiation & Diplomacy, San Diego Bar Association.
  
  
• Adjunct Professor, National University, LED 430 Conflict and Negotiation for Leaders (Undergrad); LED 605 Negotiation, Bargaining, and Conflict Resolution (Masters).
  
  
• Adjunct Professor, University of Denver College of Law, "Disability Law and the Civil Rights Act, a Trial Seminar."
  
  
• "A Sneak Peek into the Arab World," Differences in communication, pace of interaction, gender dynamics, language and syntax and ways of doing business, Citizens Diplomacy Council.
  
  
• "Why Mediate While Others Litigate: Examining the Myth of Justice in American Courtrooms," Milan.
  
  
• "Image Restoration and Recovery after Natural Disaster or Terrorism," The International Institute for Peace Through Tourism 3rd Global Summit in Pattaya, Thailand
  
  
• "Trouble in the Workplace," University of Denver College of Law, The Conundrum of Employee Handbooks and the Necessity for A.D.R. Clauses and Processes.
  
  
• "The Woman Advocate - Colorado Style," University of Denver College of Law, Cross-Examination of an Expert Witness.
  
  
• Adjunct Professor, University of Denver College of Law, "Disability Law and the Civil Rights Act, a Trial Seminar," Spring Semester 1994.
  
  
• "Second Annual Women and Law Conference," Denver University, Denver.
  
  
• "Out of the Shadows: A Community Response to Stalking," Denver University, Denver.
  
  
• "Current Issues in Employment Litigation," Labor Law Committee and "Running the Administrative Gauntlet: Practice and Procedure Before the EEOC and CCRC," Administrative Law Committee, Ninety-Fifth Annual Convention, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Springs.
  
  
• "Mediating Civil Rights Disputes," American Bar Association Annual Convention, New York City.
  
  
• "Litigating Cases Under the ADA," Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, Vail.
  
  
• "What Every Government Attorney Needs to Know About the ADA," Colorado Family Support Council Annual Conference, Vail.
  
  
• "How to Try an ADA Case," Southern Methodist University School of Law, Multi-State Labor and Employment Conference, Colorado Springs.
  
  
• "War of the Worlds: The ADA and Workers’ Compensation," Continuing Legal Education, University of Denver, Denver.
  
  
• "Roll of the Dice: Employment Perils in the Casino Industry," Gaming, Entertainment and Sports Law Committee, Colorado Bar Association, Colorado Springs.
  
  
• "How to Try an ADA Case," Oregon Bar Association, Portland.
  
  
• "The ADA and Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Statute: Are They Incompatible?," Labor Law Forum, Colorado Bar Association, Denver.
  
  
• "Sexual Harassment in the Work Place," New York State Nurses Association Annual Convention, Rochester, New York.