Dr hab. Ewa Gmurzyńska Associate Professor  at  the  Faculty of Law and  Administration of the University of Warsaw; received her Ph.D. and habilitation degrees at  the University of Warsaw and her masters degree (LL.M) at the University of Florida; since 1998  she has been the Director of the Center for American Law Studies at the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw. She is also a coordinator  of the Mediation Clinic and   LL.M programs in negotiation, mediation and other ADR at the University of Warsaw, mediator in civil, commercial and academic disputes as well as co-founder and  member of the  board of  directors  of the Foundation Center for Conflict and Dispute Resolutions. Her international experiences include teaching  at  Bahcesehir University in  Istanbul, University of Helsinki and  Bergen University.  She  has been teaching regularly  since 2016  as  an adjunct professor at Emory School of Law and Georgia State University College of Law. She is author of many articles and publications  in the field of mediation and  alternative conflict resolution.