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66 Drake L. Rev. Discourse 101 (2016-2017)

handle is hein.journals/dralours7 and id is 1 raw text is: Calkins 12/4/2016 5:59 PM HOW I BECAME A MEDIATOR Richard M. Calkins * You ask, how did I make the trek from trial lawyer to mediator, from advocate to peacemaker? What path did I take that placed me in the ranks of recovering trial lawyer? I will tell you, for the journey was long and arduous and included passing through the hallowed halls of Drake University Law School. The journey began upon graduation from Northwestern University Law School in 1959, where I was filled with inspiration and hope that on entering the temple of justice, where truth and justice prevailed, I would thrive. Instead, I found it was an arena where ultimate fighters engaged in combat, not to uncover truth, but to win. My accomplishments in that arena were modest at best, and that perhaps is an exaggeration of my success. I bankrupted a thriving chicken franchise started by two brothers 20 years before and led a senior vice president of a major corporation, whom I defended, to jail to serve time for violating Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.' He was one of the first individuals to be incarcerated for a violation of the criminal provisions of that law. I did succeed in becoming a partner in the prestigious antitrust law firm of Chadwell, Keck, Kayser, Ruggles and McLaren, which no longer exists, and in 1969, established my own law firm of Burditt and Calkins, which also no longer exists. However, my law firm had its moments of success and had grown to 22 lawyers when I left to join the faculty of Drake Law School, and continued growing to 63 lawyers thereafter, which shows you the impact my leaving had. I was dean at Drake Law School from 1980 to 1988 and had a modicum of * Richard M. Calkins is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Northwestern University Law School. Admitted to bar, 1959, Illinois; 1981, Iowa. From 1959-1961 he served as a law clerk to Judge Elmer J. Schnackenberg of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. From 1961-1969 he was an associate and partner of the law firm of Chadwell, Keck, Kayser, Ruggles & McLaren. From 1969-1980, he was a founding partner of the Burditt & Calkins Law Firm. During the years 1980-1988, he served as dean of the Drake University Law School, and from 1988 to 1993, was a partner in the law firm of Zarley, McKee, Thomte, Voorhees & Sease. In 1993 he entered the full-time practice of mediation and arbitration. Mr. Calkins was president of the American Mock Trial Association from 1984-2004; President of the Blackstone Inn of Court from 1992-1994; President of the American Academy of ADR Attorneys from 1999-2000 and Dean from 2000-2002; and president of the International Academy of Dispute Resolution from 2014-2016. He has completed over 2,000 mediations and arbitrations, and regularly holds classes in mediation training, having taught over 800 lawyers and 1,000 law and undergraduate students. He is also co-author of the treatise, Lane and Calkins Mediation Practice Guide. 1. 15 U.S.C. §1 (2012). 101 Calkins 12/4/2016 5:59 PM

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