Events

Date: Thursday, October 15, 2026

Time: 5:00pm to 6:00pm PT

Place: 

Santa Clara University School of Law
El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95050

This event is free to attend, Registration Required

Dorian Daley, J.D. '86, was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Oracle Corporation for over 15 years and was part of and then led the litigation group for 15 years prior to her appointment as General Counsel. Daley remained actively involved with litigation and dispute resolution, investigations, and working with regulators around the world. She has been named one of America’s “top” or outstanding general counsel in various local and national publications over the years, and she received the prestigious Burton Award (in conjunction with the Library of Congress) as a Legend in Law, a national honor given to general counsel whose careers have been exemplary.

In July 2026, Dorian made a transformative gift to Santa Clara University School of Law to create a state-of-the-art Center for Conflict Resolution, devoted to training in communication, negotiation, mediation, and conflict resolution. 

John Bates, J.D. ’74, has been mediating full time since 1991. He has conducted over a hundred lectures and trainings on mediation and has mediated several thousand matters in more than 30 states. 

John began mediating in the mid 1980’s as part of litigation practice and co-founded a mediation firm in 1990 which merged with JAMS in 1994. John has conducted many workshops, trainings, and lectures on all aspects of mediation, and has mediated several thousand disputes across the U.S. involving aviation, business, civil rights, class action, consumer, construction, employment, environmental, franchise, government/public agency, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, personal injury, professional liability, real estate, patent and trademark, securities, toxic torts, and wills.

John has been a long time supporter of Santa Clara University Law School's conflict resolution initiatives, and through his generosity and vision established the Bates Mediation Clinic, providing an opportunity for students to mediate real cases in the Santa Clara community.

Gary Spitko is the Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good and Professor of Law at the Santa Clara University School of Law. His teaching and scholarship focus on workplace law and conflict resolution. Professor Spitko’s scholarship has appeared in many of the nation’s leading law reviews, and Santa Clara University has recognized Professor Spitko’s scholarly contributions with its University Award for Recent Achievement in Scholarship, an honor given annually to only one faculty member across the university.

Professor Spitko serves as Faculty Director of the Law School’s Daley Center for Conflict Resolution. He also is an experienced conflict resolution neutral, acting as an arbitrator on the employment roster of the American Arbitration Association and as a mediator of employment disputes for the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District. He previously served as the Law School’s Associate Dean for Research and has held several leadership roles within AALS sections, including on the Executive Committee of the AALS Section on Dispute Resolution.

Lisa Kloppenberg serves as Law Professor & Dean Emerita. She previously served as Acting President, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dean of the School of Law between 2013-22. She is a nationally renowned scholar in Conflict Resolution and her latest book, The Best Beloved Thing is Justice, was published by Oxford University Press (2022). Lisa is dedicated to our Jesuit mission of educating the whole person: heads, hands and hearts for service to others.