The Kheel Center on Resolution of Environmental Interest Disputes was established to provide educational programs for law students and lawyers in the techniques of discovery, fact-finding and other means of alternative dispute resolution to resolve environmental "interest disputes," i.e., those disputes that do not lend themselves to resolution by litigation.

The establishment of the Center was first announced as a commitment to the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative. The final commitment was announced by Pace Law School in April 2008. At the same time, Pace Law School announced a new course, designed explore the common characteristics of environmental disputes and the range of resolution options from rights-based approaches, such as litigation and appellate advocacy, to interest-based approaches, such as consensus building, mediation, collaborative governance, and facilitation. A major theme of this course will be to compare the advantages and disadvantages of adversarial and collaborative approaches in environmental disputes.

Additional information regarding the Center is included in an April 13, 2008 New York Times article and an April 7, 2008 article in the Journal News.

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