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Scheinman Institute Conflict Resolution Club

The Scheinman Institute: An Overview

The Martin and Laurie Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution is the preeminent institute in the world focused on workplace conflict.  

The mission of the Scheinman Institute is to study the causes of workplace conflict, develop methods and cultures for managing it, and provide education and training to help individuals and organizations navigate workplace conflict.

The Institute developed the National Conflict Resolution Service (NCRS), which provides labor dispute resolution, training, facilitation, and conflict management and prevention services.

Labor Arbitrator Training Program

Upcoming Program

We offer two unique training opportunities designed to meet this demand:

  • Foundations of Labor Arbitration Course
  • Labor Arbitrator Development Program – Cohort Four

Together, these programs provide emergent arbitrators with the essential training, practical skills, personalized mentoring, and hands-on experience needed to build a successful career in labor arbitration.

Labor Arbitrator Training Program 2026

Professional Education

570 Lexington Avenue

We bring together the insight of leading scholars, researchers, and practitioners to design training courses for the modern workplace. We specialize in work – from HR practices to labor relations and conflict-resolution strategies. We train people who change their organizations.

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In The News

Media Mentions

Fla. City Council Approves $150k Settlement for 30-year Employee Hurt on Job

WorkersCompensation.com
A study co-written by Harry Katz, ILR professor and director of ILR’s Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution, that compared arbitration to litigation as a means of settling employer-employee disputes, is quoted from in this article about a workers’ compensation claim.
Fla. City Council Approves $150k Settlement for 30-year Employee Hurt on Job

Job Listings With Wide Pay Ranges May Deter Female Applicants

Cornell Chronicle
Pay range transparency laws intended to promote pay equity can inadvertently deter women from applying, thus perpetuating gender gaps in the workforce, according to research from Alice Lee, assistant professor of organizational behavior.
Job Listings With Wide Pay Ranges May Deter Female Applicants

First-of-its-kind study: Analysis finds prior authorization delays elective spine surgery without cutting costs

Yahoo! Finance
Information from the Scheinman Institute about medical debt and personal bankruptcy filings in the U.S. is shared by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
First-of-its-kind study: Analysis finds prior authorization delays elective spine surgery without cutting costs

Updates

Director's Update: The Role of Mediation in the Recent New York City Hospital Strikes

Harry Katz, Jack Sheinkman Professor and Scheinman Institute Director, discusses the role mediation played in helping to settle the strikes that occurred in numerous hospitals in the New York City region.
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Director's Update: The Role of Mediation in the Recent New York City Hospital Strikes

Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare

“Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare” examines the rapid rise of low-paying healthcare jobs, especially in home health and long-term care, and explores what this trend reveals about broader problems in wages, caregiving, and the U.S. healthcare system.
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Healthcare Insights: The High Growth of Low Wages in Healthcare

Scheinman/ILR Students Experience Labor, Culture, and Perspective in Vietnam

3 ILR tudents reflect upon their experience in the Vietnam Engaged Learning Program
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Scheinman/ILR Students Experience Labor, Culture, and Perspective in Vietnam

The issues surrounding conflict in the workplace are the center of our public discourse and public policy.

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It takes a certain set of skills and expertise to navigate this changing landscape.

"With my wife, Laurie, we endowed the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution to provide students, professionals and others interested in dispute resolution with the tools they need to help create a better society. Today, Scheinman Institute faculty and alumni stand at the forefront in resolving the most complicated and significant work-related issues."

-Marty Scheinman, Founder Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution

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