BOOK CLUB – FIRST BOOK AND MEETING

The ADR Section is excited to launch its new Book Club, led by Cristina Acosta Blunt, a member‑focused initiative designed to bring meaningful, practice‑enhancing titles to Florida’s dispute resolution community. Our inaugural selection is The Art of Impasse‑Breaking in Mediation by David A. Hoffman, widely recognized as a leading resource for mediators, advocates, and conflict‑resolution professionals.

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David A. Hoffman is the John H. Watson, Jr. Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he teaches three courses: Mediation; Legal Profession: Collaborative Law; and Diversity and Dispute Resolution.  David is also an attorney, mediator, arbitrator, and founding member of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, where he handles cases involving family, business, employment, and other disputes.  Prior to founding BLC in 2003, David was a litigation partner at the Boston firm Hill & Barlow, where he practiced family law, employment law, and general litigation for 17 years.  He is past chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, and a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and the Academy of Professional Family Mediators.  David has published four books (including “Bringing Peace into the Room,” with co-editor Daniel Bowling) and more than 100 articles and book chapters on law and dispute resolution.  David is a graduate of Princeton University (A.B. 1970, summa cum laude), Cornell University (M.A. 1974, American Studies), and Harvard Law School (J.D. 1984, magna cum laude), where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.  David’s TEDx talk about “Lawyers as Peacemakers” can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKXv1_Sqe_4. David lives in a cohousing community in Acton, Massachusetts with his wife, Leslie Warner, who is a career coach.  Together they have five adult children, an adolescent cat, and a rescue Golden Retriever from Serbia.  Links to his publications and his bio can be found here: https://blc.law/team/david-hoffman.

Mr. Hoffman will join us on August 21, 2026, at 12 PM (Zoom) for a one‑hour conversation—featuring a brief author introduction, a moderated discussion using member‑submitted questions, and time for live Q&A. The session will count toward Florida CME credit.

The Kindle edition is available now, and an Audible version is expected by July 1.

We look forward to launching this new program with a thoughtful, high‑impact discussion on one of the most important skills in dispute resolution: breaking impasse.

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