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Seth Freeman Mr. Seth Freeman, Contract Associate Professor, teaches on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Center for International Conflict Resolution at the School of International and Public Affairs in addition to his primary duties teaching in the full-time and evening MBA programs at Columbia Business School. He also is an assistant adjunct professor at New York University's Stern School of Business and a visiting professor of international business negotiation at Bordeaux École de Management. Professor Freeman teaches courses on a variety of subjects, including the economics of complex decisions, negotiation and conflict management, entrepreneurial negotiation, securities regulation, corporate law, and general business law. He has taught since 1991 prior to which he practiced corporate and securities law in large New York firms for six years following his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. Professor Freeman also serves as a trainer and consultant on negotiations for organizations such as UBS AG, Stew Leonard's, and Spire Capital. Since 1992, Professor Freeman also has been an active student of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He served as a mediator for the Queens Mediation Center, and as a member of the board of directors of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, New York Chapter. Professor Freeman's work in private practice included transactions involving initial public offerings, corporate restructurings and aircraft financing. He received his undergraduate degree in economic from Cornell University in 1981. |