The Martin Daniel Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at Stanford Law School has been honored with the Ninth Circuit Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Education Award. Established in 2005 by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit, this award recognizes institutions that have advanced ADR scholarship and research.

Established in 1996, the Gould Negotiation and Mediation Program offers some 14 courses and seminars—of which more than 80 percent of Stanford Law students take at least one.

Director of the Gould Center Janet Martinez, a senior lecturer in law, received the award from the 
Honorable Mary M. Schroeder, a former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a past American Inns of Court (AIC) national trustee, during a ceremony on July 22, 2009.