Carol B. Liebman

Clinical Professor of Law

Office:	829 Jerome Greene Hall 435 West 116th Street New York NY 10027
Tel:	(212) 854-8557
Fax:	(212) 854-3554
Email:	cliebman@law.columbia.edu

Assistant Info

Name:	Clinic Staff
Phone:	(212) 854-4291

Areas of Expertise:

• Negotiation
• Mediation
• Legal education

Education:

• B.A., Wellesley, 1962
• M.A., Rutgers, 1963
• J.D., Boston, 1975.

Detailed Biography:

Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Correction, 1976-79; clinical professor, Boston College Law School, 1979-91. Visiting clinical professor, Columbia, 1991-92. Joined Columbia faculty in 1992. Has lectured and taught widely on negotiation, mediation and legal education.

Liebman has taught negotiation and mediation in Vietnam, Brazil, Israel and China and designed and presented mediation training for a variety of groups including the Certification Program in Bioethics of Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; New York=s First Department, Appellate Division, Attorney Disciplinary Committee; the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; and high school students, parents and teachers. 

  Liebman is a member of the New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board and a former member of the Executive Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. She is co-principal investigator of the Mediating Suits against Hospitals (MeSH) project, and was co-principal investigator of the Demonstration Mediation and ADR Project, a part of the Project on Medical Liability in Pennsylvania, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Liebman is co-author of Mediating Bioethics Disputes: A Guide to Shaping Shared Solutions.