Professor Richard Birke Willamette University College of Law, Salem Professor Richard Birke, Willamette University College of Law, Salem. Professor Birke has taught dispute resolution for more than 15 years, coming to Willamette University College of Law in 1993 to teach and direct the Center for Dispute Resolution (CDR). Under his leadership, the CDR has enjoyed high national ranking among academic dispute resolution centers in the United States. He is an award-winning author in the field of dispute resolution, and he has been deeply involved in the practice of ADR. Professor Birke trained the neutrals for the appellate settlement programs at the Oregon Court of Appeals and the First and Second Districts in California (San Francisco and Los Angeles). He continues to serve as a consultant and mediator for those programs. Professor Birke has trained hundreds of professionals from the fields of business, law, medicine, and other disciplines in negotiation, mediation, dispute resolution, trial practice, risk analysis, and related fields. He has lectured and taught in family law, criminal law, environmental law, commercial law, and banking law. Additionally, Professor Birke has taught or lectured at Harvard University, Stanford University, Northwestern University in Chicago, Hamline University, the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, the University of Chicago, and Duke University. (05/12)