Donna Morris


Faculty Member
Donna Decker Morris
Title: Assistant Professor & 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 Road
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 100
Introduction to Legal Concepts
 
LS 201
Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

LS 238
Civil Procedure I

LS 301Administrative 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
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1-800 DIAL-UNH or 1-800-342-5864
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