Brian Pappas
Associate Director, ADR Program, Adjunct Professor
330 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6968 Intercom: 166
pappasb@law.msu.edu
Biography: Brian A. Pappas, Adjunct Professor of Law and Associate Director Alternative Dispute Resolution Program at MSU College of Law, is a civil and domestic relations mediator trained and experienced in both facilitative and transformative methods. An expert on Mediation Ethics and Confidentiality, Mr. Pappas serves on the Michigan Supreme Court’s Mediation Confidentiality Committee. In 2008 he authored a study of the proposed Uniform Mediation Act on behalf of the State Bar of Michigan’s ADR Section. Mr. Pappas is also a member of the Section’s Higher Education Action Team, and for 2009-2010 is serving as Co-chair of the ADR Section of the Washtenaw County Bar Association.
At MSU, Mr. Pappas teaches mediation, directs the competition teams, and oversees the ADR events calendar. Mr. Pappas has presented Dispute Resolution topics at numerous conferences, including the American Association of Law School’s Dispute Resolution Works in Progress Conference, the Spring Conference of the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, and before the Detroit Metropolitan and Oakland County Bar Associations.
His writings on dispute resolution have been published in local and state journals, most recently in the UCLA Journal of Law & Technology.
Mr. Pappas received his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his law degree (JD) from Wayne State University. He also holds a Masters of Public Policy (MPP) and bachelor’s degree (BA) in Political Science from the University of Michigan.