Gary James Friedman is the co–founder and director of The Center for Understanding in Conflict, formerly the Center for Mediation in Law, in Mill Valley, California. He has practiced law since 1970, serving, since 1976, primarily as a mediator of commercial and family disputes with Mediation Law Offices in Mill Valley. He has conducted introductory, intermediate and advanced training programs in mediation and mediative approaches to the practice of law and conflict resolution throughout the United States since 1979, and in Europe since 1989. Author of numerous publications on mediation, including A Guide to Divorce Mediation Challenging Conflict: Mediation through Understanding, professor Friedman has taught negotiation and mediation at various law schools and continuing legal education programs throughout the United States including, more recently, through the Harvard Law School program on negotiation and through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva. His most recent book is entitled Inside Out. How Conflict Professionals can use Self–Reflection to help their clients.