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The New Lawyer Supplement

Nov. 25, 2009

Pepperdine Grad Takes Mediation to the World

Staff writer Jean-Luc Renault puts the spotlight on Pepperdine Law School's Nootbaar Fellowship program.


By Jean-Luc Renault


John Napier had his own office, a personal driver, an AK-47-armed escort and experience working in transactions that reached into the billions of dollars within months of graduating Pepperdine Law School in May.


It might not sound like it, but Napier's actually quicker to settle disputes than to start them. He's working to introduce mediation to Uganda, where courts are clogged with cases, thanks to a lack of alternative disp...

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