University of New Haven
University of New Haven,
300 Boston Post Road,
West Haven, CT 06516
1-800 DIAL-UNH or 1-800-342-5864
UNH Faculty

Donna Decker Morris

Faculty Member
Donna Decker Morris
Title: Director, Legal Studies Program
College: Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences
Dept: Criminal Justice
Phone: 203.932.7373
Email: ddmorris@newhaven.edu
Office: 300 Boston Post Rd.
  West Haven Ct. 06516

Education

J.D., Yale University School of Law, 1979
B.S., Tufts University, magna cum laude, 1972

Published books and articles

  • "Choosing the Best Mediation Style," Connecticut Law Tribune, February 19, 2001.
  • Fair Management Practices: Employment Law Reference Guide, Donna Decker Morris, reference manual prepared for New Haven Consulting Group (1999).
  • Maintaining A Harassment-Free Workplace, training manual prepared by Donna Decker Morris and New Haven Consulting Group (1998).
  • Preventing Sexual Harassment , training manual prepared by Donna Decker Morris and New Haven Consulting Group (1998).
  • "1996 Connecticut Employment Law Decisions" in Eighteenth Annual Survey: Connecticut Labor and Employment Law Developments in 1996 , Connecticut Bar Association, June 1997.
  • "1995 Connecticut Employment Law Decisions" in Seventeenth Annual Survey: Connecticut Labor and Employment Law Developments in 1995 , Connecticut Bar Association, June 1996.

Courses Taught

LS 201 Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

LS 238 Civil Procedure I

LS 301 Administrative Law

LS 330 Legal Investigation

LS 401 Alternative Dispute Resolution

LS 410 Counterterrorism and the Law

LS 500 Pre-Internship

LS 501 Internship I

LS 502 Internship II

LS 599 Independent Study

CJ 102 Criminal Law

P 646 The Psychology of Negotiation and Mediation

Other

Professor Morris' research interests focus on alternative forms of dispute resolution, restorative justice, and conflict management. An article based on current research has been submitted for publication and is under review, "Reducing Juvenile Recidivism Through Restorative Justice Dialogue," Donna Decker Morris, Stuart D. Sidle, and Cengiz Yapici (August 2007).

University and Community Service

  • Faculty Adviser to the Legal Society
  • Coach of the Mock Trial Team
  • Director, UNH Center for Dispute Resolution
  • Vice-Chair, ADR Section of the Connecticut Bar Association
  • Mediator and Conflict Management Trainer
  • Editor of Dialogue, the newsletter of the Restorative and Community Justice Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.